El Libro del Día: Azure Web Apps for Developers

El Libro del Día: 2015-07-22

Titulo: Azure Web Apps for Developers
Autor: Rick Rainey
Editorial: Microsoft Press
Nro Paginas: 123

Capítulos:
Chapter 1 Microsoft Azure Web Apps
Chapter 2 Azure WebJobs
Chapter 3 Scaling Azure Web Apps
Chapter 4 Monitoring and diagnostics

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El Libro del Día: Microsoft Azure SQL Database Step by Step

El Libro del Día: 2015-05-22

Titulo: Microsoft Azure SQL Database Step by Step
Autor: Leonard G. Lobel, Eric D. Boyd
Editorial: Microsoft Press
Nro Paginas: 401

Capítulos:
CHAPTER 1 Getting started with Microsoft Azure SQL Database
CHAPTER 2 Configuration and pricing
CHAPTER 3 Differences between SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL Database
CHAPTER 4 Migrating databases
CHAPTER 5 Security and backup
CHAPTER 6 Cloud reporting
CHAPTER 7 Microsoft Azure SQL Data Sync
CHAPTER 8 Designing and tuning for scalability and high performance
CHAPTER 9 Monitoring and management
CHAPTER 10 Building cloud solutions

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El Libro del Día: Adaptive Code via C#

El Libro del Día: 2015-05-19

Titulo: Adaptive Code via C#
Autor: Gary McLean Hall
Editorial: Microsoft Press
Nro Paginas: 433

Capítulos:
PART I AN AGILE FOUNDATION
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Scrum
CHAPTER 2 Dependencies and layering
CHAPTER 3 Interfaces and design patterns
CHAPTER 4 Unit testing and refactoring
PART II WRITING SOLID CODE
CHAPTER 5 The single responsibility principle
CHAPTER 6 The open/closed principle
CHAPTER 7 The Liskov substitution principle
CHAPTER 8 Interface segregation
CHAPTER 9 Dependency injection
PART III ADAPTIVE SAMPLE
CHAPTER 10 Adaptive sample: Introduction
CHAPTER 11 Adaptive sample: Sprint 1
CHAPTER 12 Adaptive sample: Sprint 2
Appendix A: Adaptive tools
Appendix B: GitHub code samples

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El Libro del Día: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2014

El Libro del Día: 2015-03-03

Titulo: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2014
Autor: Ross Mistry, Stacia Misner
Editorial: Microsoft Press
Nro Paginas: 144

Capítulos:
PART I DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 1 SQL Server 2014 editions and engine enhancements
CHAPTER 2 In-Memory OLTP investments
CHAPTER 3 High-availability, hybrid-cloud, and backup enhancements
PART II BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 4 Exploring self-service BI in Microsoft Excel 2013
CHAPTER 5 Introducing Power BI for Office 365
CHAPTER 6 Big data solutions

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El Libro del Día: Creating Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms

El Libro del Día: 2015-03-02

Titulo: Creating Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms
Autor: Charles Petzold
Editorial: Microsoft Press
Nro Paginas: 275

Capítulos:
Introduction
Chapter 1 How does Xamarin.Forms fit in
Chapter 2 Pages, layouts, and views
Chapter 3 Building an app: Infrastructure
Chapter 4 Building an app: Architecture
Chapter 5 Principles of presentation
Chapter 6 The interactive interface

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El Libro del Día: .NET Technology Guide for Business Applications

El Libro del Día: 2015-02-26

Titulo: .NET Technology Guide for Business Applications
Autor: Cesar de la Torre, David Carmona
Editorial: Microsoft Press
Nro Paginas: 70

Capítulos:
1. Key takeaways
2. Purpose of this guide
3. Overview
4. Emerging application patterns
5. Established application patterns
6. Conclusions
Appendix A: Silverlight migration paths
Appendix B: Positioning data-access technologies

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El Libro del Día: Windows Runtime via C#

El Libro del Día: 2015-01-30

Titulo: Windows Runtime via C#
Autor: Jeffrey Richter, Maarten van de Bospoort
Editorial: Microsoft Press
Nro Paginas: 320

Capítulos:
PART I CORE CONCEPTS
CHAPTER 1 Windows Runtime primer
CHAPTER 2 App packaging and deployment
CHAPTER 3 Process model
PART II CORE WINDOWS FACILITIES
CHAPTER 4 Package data and roaming
CHAPTER 5 Storage files and folders
CHAPTER 6 Stream input and output
CHAPTER 7 Networking
CHAPTER 8 Tile and toast notifications
CHAPTER 9 Background tasks
CHAPTER 10 Sharing data between apps
CHAPTER 11 Windows Store
Appendix: App containers

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El Libro del Día: Microsoft Visual C# 2013 Step by Step

El Libro del Día: 2015-01-29

Titulo: Microsoft Visual C# 2013 Step by Step
Autor: John Sharp
Editorial: Microsoft Press
Nro Paginas: 824

Capítulos:
Part I INTRODUCING MICROSOFT VISUAL C# AND MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO 2013
Chapter 1 Welcome to C#
Chapter 2 Working with variables, operators, and expressions
Chapter 3 Writing methods and applying scope
Chapter 4 Using decision statements
Chapter 5 Using compound assignment and iteration statements
Chapter 6 Managing errors and exceptions
Part II UNDERSTANDING THE C# OBJECT MODEL
Chapter 7 Creating and managing classes and objects
Chapter 8 Understanding values and references
Chapter 9 Creating value types with enumerations and structures
Chapter 10 Using arrays
Chapter 11 Understanding parameter arrays
Chapter 12 Working with inheritance
Chapter 13 Creating interfaces and defining abstract classes
Chapter 14 Using garbage collection and resource management
Part III DEFINING EXTENSIBLE TYPES WITH C#
Chapter 15 Implementing properties to access fields
Chapter 16 Using indexers
Chapter 17 Introducing generics
Chapter 18 Using collections
Chapter 19 Enumerating collections
Chapter 20 Decoupling application logic and handling events
Chapter 21 Querying in-memory data by using query expressions
Chapter 22 Operator overloading
Chapter 23 Improving throughput by using tasks
Chapter 24 Improving response time by performing asynchronous operations
Chapter 25 Implementing the user interface for a Windows Store app
Chapter 26 Displaying and searching for data in a Windows Store app
Chapter 27 Accessing a remote database from a Windows Store app

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El Libro del Día: Microsoft Visual Basic 2013 Step by Step

El Libro del Día: 2015-01-28

Titulo: Microsoft Visual Basic 2013 Step by Step
Autor: Michael Halvorson
Editorial: Microsoft Press
Nro Paginas: 700

Capítulos:
Part I INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL STUDIO DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 1 Visual Basic 2013 development opportunities and the Windows Store
Chapter 2 The Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment
Chapter 3 Creating your first Windows Store application
Chapter 4 Windows desktop apps: A walkthrough using Windows Forms
Part II DESIGNING THE USER INTERFACE
Chapter 5 Working with Windows Store app controls
Chapter 6 Working with Windows Forms controls
Chapter 7 XAML markup step by step
Chapter 8 Using XAML styles
Chapter 9 Exploring Windows 8.1 design features: Command bar, flyout, tiles, and touch
Chapter 10 Creating console applications
Part III VISUAL BASIC PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES
Chapter 11 Mastering data types, operators, and string processing
Chapter 12 Creative decision structures and loops
Chapter 13 Trapping errors by using structured error handling
Chapter 14 Using arrays, collections, and generics to manage data
Chapter 15 Innovative data management with LINQ
Chapter 16 Object-oriented programming techniques
Part IV DATABASE AND WEB PROGRAMMING
Chapter 17 Database controls for Windows desktop apps
Chapter 18 Data access for Windows Store apps
Chapter 19 Visual Studio web development with ASP.NET
Part V MICROSOFT WINDOWS PHONE PROGRAMMING
Chapter 20 Introduction to Windows Phone 8 development
Chapter 21 Creating your first Windows Phone 8 application

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