Who This Book Is For

You don't have to be an experienced .NET developer to use this book; it is designed for users of all levels. This book provides solutions to problems that developers face every day. Reference or tutorial books can teach general concepts but do not usually provide help solving real-world problems. This book teaches by example; the natural way for most people to learn.

While some of the samples in this book use advanced techniques, these problems are frequently faced by developers with all levels of experience. The code samples are all complete, well commented, and thoroughly explained to help you apply them and solve your own problems quickly, easily, and efficiently. At the same time, you will understand exactly how and why the solution works, the requirements, trade-offs, and drawbacks. This book is designed to move you up the learning curve quickly. The solutions show good programming discipline and techniques to further help less experienced developers.

You don't need to retype the code in this book since it is available on the O'Reilly web site (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/adonetckbk). Only code important to the solution is listed in this book. Enough code is presented so that the book can be used without loading the actual code. The book does not list user interface code, its background code, or code generated automatically by Visual Studio .NET.