"How Do I?" Videos for Visual C#

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“How Do I?” Videos for Visual C#

On this page you will find dozens of videos designed for all Visual C# developers, from the novice to the professional.

How Do I: Build a WPF Master-Detail Data Entry Form Using Entity Framework?

Visual Studio developers will learn how to create a master-detail (or one-to-many) data entry form against the Entity Framework in WPF using Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1.

Presented by Beth Massi
Length: 36 minutes 20 seconds

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C# 4.0 Video Series

This video series shows new features in pre-release versions of C# 4.0 and explains how to use them.

#1 | How Do I: Named and Optional Parameters in C# 4.0?
(10 minutes, 9 seconds)

#2 | How Do I: COM Interop and Office in C# 4.0?
(10 minutes, 13 seconds)

#3 | How Do I: Use Covariance and Contravariance in VS 2010 Part I?
(8 minutes, 22 seconds)

#4 | How Do I: Use Covariance and Contravariance in VS 2010 Part II?
(11 minutes 19 seconds)

How Do I Use the Visual Studio IDE

This series features techniques you can use to enhance the development process in the Visual Studio IDE. Tips for C# and VB developers highlight how they can use built in features of the IDE to create code more quickly and more efficiently.

Presented by Charlie Calvert


#1 \| How Do I Use Highlight References in the Visual Studio 2010 IDE (4 Minutes, 8 Seconds)	#2 \| How Do I use Code Snippets in the Visual Studio IDE (9 Minutes, 42 Seconds)	#3 \| How Do I Use Generate from Usage in Visual Studio 2010? (7 Minutes, 35 Seconds)

#4 \| How Do I: Use the Call Hierarchy with DJ Park? (6 Minutes, 39 Seconds)	#5 \| How Do I: Step with The Debugger in Visual Studio? (7 Minutes, 56 Seconds)	#6 \| How Do I: Refactor my Code in Visual Studio? (08 Minutes, 16 Seconds)

#7 \| How Do I: Refactor my Code with Visual Studio Part II? (8 Minutes, 41 Seconds)

WPF Forms with Entity Framework Video Series

This how-to video series is focused on data-based application development in Windows Presentation Foundation using Entity Framework for data access in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1. It is recommended you watch these videos in order because each one builds upon techniques shown in the previous video.

Presented by Beth Massi

You will need: SQL Server or SQL Server Express and Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 or Visual Basic 2008 Express Service Pack 1

Download Code and Discuss on Code Gallery: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/wpfdatavideos

#1 | How Do I: Get Started with Entity Framework in WPF Applications?
(17 minutes, 33 seconds)

#2 | How Do I: Build a WPF Data Entry Form Using Entity Framework?
(24 minutes, 42 seconds)

#3 | How Do I: Create a WPF Lookup Combobox using Entity Framework?
(24 minutes, 27 seconds)

#4 | How Do I: Hook Up and Display Validation in WPF using Entity Framework?
(29 minutes, 24 seconds)

#5 | How Do I: Build a WPF Master-Detail Data Entry Form Using Entity Framework?
(36 minutes, 20 seconds)

Practical Entity Framework for C#

#1 | Practical Entity Framework for C#: Explore Entity Framework
(11 minutes 52 seconds)

#2 | Practical Entity Framework for C#: Compiled Queries in Entity Framework
(6 minutes 16 seconds)

#3 | Practical Entity Framework for C#: Entity Framework for ASP.NET
(12 minutes 8 seconds)

#4 | Practical Entity Framework for C#: Stored Procedures in Entity Framework
(7 minutes 52 seconds)

#5 | Practical Entity Framework for C#: Paging
(11 minutes 52 seconds)

WPF Forms over Data Video Series

This how-to video series is focused on data-based application development in Windows Presentation Foundation using Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1.

Presented by Beth Massi

You will need: SQL Server or SQL Server Express and Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 or Visual Basic 2008 Express Service Pack 1

Download Code and Discuss on Code Gallery: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/wpfdatavideos

#1 | How Do I: Create a Simple Data Entry Form in WPF?
(24 minutes, 32 seconds)

#2 | How Do I: Display Data in a List in WPF?
(11 minutes, 47 seconds)

#3 | How Do I: Create a Lookup Combobox in WPF?
(23 minutes, 43 seconds)

#4 | How Do I: Hook Up and Display Validation in WPF?
(22 minutes, 20 seconds)

#5 | How Do I: Edit Tabular Data in WPF?
(31 minutes, 3 seconds)

#6 | How Do I: Create a Master-Detail Data Entry Form in WPF?
(24 minutes, 58 seconds)

#7 | How Do I: Format Data in WPF Controls?
(11 minutes, 22 seconds)

Windows Forms Controls Series

This how-to video series is dedicated to getting beginner Visual C# developers productive with some of the most common Windows Forms controls, showing how to use them in Visual C#.