Jon Reid

Visual Studio is the only suitable environment for professional development of .NET 1.1 and. has retained global high sales, throughout the downturn. It is just about the only choice for developers in Microsoft technology. It is a complex and feature-rich vehicle mainly for C#, VB.NET and Web development and drawing out its full potential can be a challenge for novice and professional programmers alike. This book reveals and demystifies the product to enable programmers to do their job more quickly and with fewer errors. All the authors are well known in each field of .NET development and lever their hands-on experience of making the tool work in the real world. Programmers will understand how to tweak this environment to get the very best out of it and learn by seeing practical tasks put into, and through Studio, to get the best results. Ur innehållet: Introduction to VS.NET.- Building Windows Applications.- Building Web Applications.- Building Database and XML Apps.- Building Smart Device and Mobile Apps.- Source Safe.- Testing and Performance.- Project Deployment.- Crystal.- Customizing VS.NET.- Add-Ins.- Macros.- Wizards.- Enterprise Options.- Looking Forward to 2.0.- Webliography.- Project Files.- VS.NET Directory Structure.- The .NET SDK Toolkit.- VS.NET and Certification.

Build future ready iOS apps with Apple Foundation Models, MCP agents, Claude Code, and AI guided testing to ship code faster Key Features Build SwiftUI apps powered by Apple Foundation Models and on-device intelligence Apply MCP workflows to create AI-driven feature agents in real projects Master Clean Architecture, TDD, and modernization with Claude Code support Book DescriptionAI isn’t replacing engineers, it’s developers collaborating with intelligent tools to build stronger, safer, and more maintainable applications. AI Driven Swift Architecture is your practical guide to help intermediate and senior iOS developers confidently embrace the next era of Apple development. This book takes you on an unfiltered journey into modern Swift development with Swift 6 concurrency, SwiftUI, and Clean Architecture at its core. You’ll learn how Claude Code and advanced AI assistants can accelerate feature development, improve architectural decision-making, and transform testing into a collaborative workflow. You will explore Apple’s new on-device foundation models for private, offline intelligence and put the Model Context Protocol (MCP) into practice by building custom MCP servers in Swift. From AI-powered legacy modernization to governance workflows with Request for Comments and Architecture Decision Record, every chapter focuses on real code, real patterns, and real outcomes. Whether you’re modernizing existing UIKit systems or designing scalable SwiftUI architectures from scratch, this book will offer you a repeatable workflow for shipping future ready iOS apps feature by feature, agent by agent, and test by test. What you will learn Configure Xcode workflows for AI assisted Swift workflows Apply Swift concurrency patterns with AI guided reasoning Design SwiftUI features using Clean Architecture boundaries Learn to use Claude Code to drive TDD, refactors, and code reviews Modernize UIKit codebases with safe, incremental migrations Integrate Apple Foundation Models for private on device AI Build MCP servers in Swift to power feature focused agents Write RFCs and ADRs to govern AI adoption in iOS teams Who this book is forThis book is for intermediate to senior Swift developers who build and maintain iOS apps and want to adopt AI tools without sacrificing quality. If you are responsible for architecture, testing strategy, or modernization roadmaps, you will learn patterns that scale from a single feature to a full team workflow. Familiarity with Swift and Xcode is recommended.

Fearlessly change the design of your iOS code with solid unit tests. Use Xcode's built-in test framework XCTest and Swift to get rapid feedback on all your code - including legacy code. Learn the tricks and techniques of testing all iOS code, especially view controllers (UIViewControllers), which are critical to iOS apps. Learn to isolate and replace dependencies in legacy code written without tests. Practice safe refactoring that makes these tests possible, and watch all your changes get verified quickly and automatically. Make even the boldest code changes with complete confidence. Manual code and UI testing get slower the deeper your navigation hierarchy goes. It can take several taps just to reach a particular screen, never mind the actual workflow tests. Automatic unit testing offers such rapid feedback that it can change the rules of development. Bring testing to iOS development, even for legacy code. Use XCTest to write unit tests in Swift for all your code. iOS developers typically reserve unit tests for their model classes alone. But that approach skips most of the code common to iOS apps, especially with UIViewControllers. Learn how to unit test these view controllers to expand your unit testing possibilities. Since good unit tests form the bedrock for safe refactoring, you're empowered to make bold changes. Learn how to avoid the most common mistakes Swift programmers make with the XCTest framework. Use code coverage to find holes in your test suites. Learn how to identify hard dependencies. Reshape the design of your code quickly, with less risk and less fear.

Native apps have distinct advantages, but the future belongs to mobile web apps that function on a broad range of smartphones and tablets. Get started with jQuery Mobile, the touch-optimized framework for creating apps that look and behave consistently across many devices. This concise book provides HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript code examples, screen shots, and step-by-step guidance to help you build a complete working app with jQuery Mobile. If you're already familiar with the jQuery JavaScript library, you can use your existing skills to build cross-platform mobile web apps right now. This book shows you how. Get a high-level overview of jQuery Mobile: how it works and how to use it Learn about paging and navigation, including dialogs, Ajax content, and history Employ jQuery Mobile's extensive event system to create rich interactions Work with toolbars, buttons, lists, forms, and other UI elements Create a variety of visual designs with jQuery Mobile's sophisticated theming system Use the jQuery Mobile API for finer control over elements and interactions Put everything together and build a mobile app from start to finish

Assuming only basic knowledge of C# 2008, Beginning C# 2008 Databases teaches all the fundamentals of database technology and database programming readers need to quickly become highly proficient database users and application developers. A comprehensive tutorial on both SQL Server 2005 and ADO.NET 3.0, Beginning C# 2008 Databases explains and demonstrates how to create database objects and program against them in both T–SQL and C#. Full of practical, detailed examples, it's been fully revised and updated for C# 2008 and offers the most complete, detailed, and gentle introduction to database technology for all C# programmers at any level of experience. Comprehensively and concisely explains fundamental database concepts and programming techniques Rich in working examples of both T–SQL and C# programs Covers all the features most database programming ever requires

Beginning Visual Basic 2005 Databases teaches you everything you need to know about relational databases, SQL, and ADO.NET 2.0, giving you a sound start in developing console and Windows database applications. The book also includes chapters on the new SQL Server XML data type and the forthcoming LINQ enhancements to the next version of Visual Basic. In addition to teaching you database basics like using SQL to communicate with databases, this book provides you with detailed, code-practical techniques to access data in VB 2005 across a range of coding situations. Code-heavy and full of practical detail, this book has been fully revised and upgraded for .NET 2.0 and offers you the best contemporary practice in this core programming area, so that youll find yourself using it in nearly all your .NET projects.

Provides information on database applications using C#, covering such topics as SQL, ADO.NET architecture, data readers, datasets, queries, transactions, and XML.