Designed to get programmers up to professional level as fast as
possible, ADO.NET: From Novice to Pro is aimed toward both developers
who have little or no experience with ADO.NET (or with .NET in general)
and programmers who are not comfortable with database programming.
Best-selling author Peter Wright painlessly moves readers from simple
database access to the sophisticated manipulation of XML documents. The
book begins by showing you the basic architecture of ADO.NET and then
provides you with what you need to know about data providers and the new
Connection, Command, and DataSet objects. Wright then drills down into
the topics professional developers need to grasp, such as transactions,
concurrency, typed DataSets, and using XML with ADO.NET. Through working
code adaptable to individual projects and numerous hands-on examples,
you will learn how to create fast and powerful ADO.NET enterprise
applications. The end goal of this book is to enable you to work at a
professional level utilizing Microsoft's most modern data-access
technology: ADO.NET! Author Information Peter Wright is a principal
consultant with Avanade Inc., based in London, England. He has over 10
years experience designing, developing and architecting applications
using Microsoft technologies. At Avanade, Peter specializes in the
architecture and development of .NET-enabled eBusiness solutions and
mobile applications. He is also the author of 10 books covering subjects
as diverse as Visual Basic, object-oriented applications development,
Delphi programming, and Linux GUI development.