You will learn how to: quickly create Windows and web applications with drag-and-drop the data control in Visual Studio 2010 own presentation code, business, and databases with ADO.NET classes 4 to build 3-layer applications ... the professional route to take to the flexibility and control display and manipulate data in web applications using ASP.NET data controls that are designed specifically for that purpose, such as GridView and DetailsView work with XML-specific features of ADO.NET and SQL Server to read, write, and manipulate XML data in your application create a local report using the Visual Studio Designer and Report Viewer to easily display data ... and clear ... in table!, matrices, lists, and graphs Use the Framework for the Agency to create an entity data model that maps business objects to database objects, then retrieve and maintain the data through the model Use LINQ to dataset queries, the SQL Server database, and data entities Practice exercises at the end of each chapter and a complete database application throughout to help you master each skill along the road.