. NET 3.5 will help you create better Windows applications, build Web Services that is more powerful, implement new Workflow projects and dramatically enhance the user experience. In Programming NET 3.5., Bestselling author Jesse Liberty and industry expert Alex Horovitz uncover the common threads that unite NET 3.5. Technology, so you can benefit from best practices and architectural patterns incorporated into this newest generation of Microsoft frameworks. While single-topic. NET 3.5 books delve into Windows Presentation Foundation and other frameworks in greater detail, Programming NET 3.5. Offers a "Grand Tour" of releases that describe how the four main technologies that can be used together, with Ajax, to build n-tier applications and service-oriented modern. Concepts and technologies that this book includes, among others: XAML - Microsoft's new XML-based markup language for UI, used with WPF Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) - new presentation framework and graphics subsystem for Windows that puts Vista-like effect in your grasp Ajax Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) - a new standards-based framework that allows applications to communicate on the network using various protocols Workflow Foundation (WF) - framework for defining, executing, and managing workflows CardSpace - framework for managing the identity of your users You'll learn how useeach from the four frameworks alone and in concert to build a series of meaningful example applications.