Christian Nagel - Professional C# 2012 and .NET 4.5

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Professional C# 2012 and .NET 4.5

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To my family Angela, Stephanie, and Matthias I love you all!

Christian Nagel

This work is dedicated to my wife and son. They are my world.

Jay Glynn

Love is as strong as death; Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can the floods drown it.

Morgan Skinner

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

CHRISTIAN NAGEL is a Microsoft Regional Director and Microsoft MVP, an associate of thinktecture, and founder of CN innovation. A software architect and developer, he offers training and consulting on how to develop solutions using the Microsoft platform. He draws on more than 25 years of software development experience. Christian started his computing career with PDP 11 and VAX/VMS systems, covering a variety of languages and platforms. Since 2000, when .NET was just a technology preview, he has been working with various .NET technologies to build .NET solutions. Currently, he mainly coaches the development of Windows Store apps accessing Windows Azure services. With his profound knowledge of Microsoft technologies, he has written numerous books, and is certified as a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Professional Developer. Christian speaks at international conferences such as TechEd, Basta!, and TechDays, and he founded INETA Europe to support .NET user groups. You can contact Christian via his websites, www.cninnovation.com and www.thinktecture.com , and follow his tweets at @christiannagel.

JAY GLYNN started writing software more than 20 years ago, writing applications for the PICK operating system using PICK basic. Since then, he has created software using Paradox PAL and Object PAL, Delphi, VBA, Visual Basic, C, Java, and of course C#. He currently works for UL PureSafety as a senior software engineer writing web-based software.

MORGAN SKINNER began his computing career at a young age on the Sinclair ZX80 at school, where he was underwhelmed by some code a teacher had written and so began programming in assembly language. Since then he has used a wide variety of languages and platforms, including VAX Macro Assembler, Pascal, Modula2, Smalltalk, X86 assembly language, PowerBuilder, C/C++, VB, and currently C#. Hes been programming in .NET since the PDC release in 2000, and liked it so much he joined Microsoft in 2001. Hes now an independent consultant.

ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITORS

DAVID FRANSON has been a professional in the field of networking, programming, and 2D and 3D computer graphics since 1990. He is the author of 2D Artwork and 3D Modeling for Game Artists, The Dark Side of Game Texturing, and Game Character Design Complete.

DON REAMEY is an architect/principal engineer for TIBCO Software working on TIBCO Spotfire business intelligence analytics software. Prior to TIBCO Don spent 12 years with Microsoft as a software development engineer working on SharePoint, SharePoint Online and InfoPath Forms Service. Don has also spent 10 years writing software in the financial service industry for capital markets.

MITCHEL SELLERS specializes in software development using Microsoft technologies. As the CEO of IowaComputerGurus Inc., he works with small and large companies worldwide. He is a Microsoft C# MVP, a Microsoft Certified Professional, and the author of Professional DotNetNuke Module Programming (Wrox Press, 2009). Mitchel frequently writes technical articles for online and print publications including SQL Server magazine, and he regularly speaks to user groups and conferences. He is also a DotNetNuke Core Team member as well as an active participant in the .NET and DotNetNuke development communities. Additional information on Mitchels professional experience, certifications, and publications can be found at http://mitchelsellers.com/ .

CREDITS

ACQUISITIONS EDITOR

Mary James

SENIOR PROJECT EDITOR

Adaobi Obi Tulton

TECHNICAL EDITORS

David Franson

Don Reamey

Mitchel Sellers

PRODUCTION EDITOR

Kathleen Wisor

COPY EDITOR

Luann Rouff

EDITORIAL MANAGER