tutorials for Windows Forms

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Hi, can any body provides with link to Winforms tutorial, I mean how to use them. I have searched on the net but without any success. Any PFD or link to PDF or any book which teaches how to use Winforms and their various controls.
Please provide links for either PDF/video/e-book/website that teaches basic-middle level Winforms in C#.
I have to deliver a small project as Windows Forms application. So please provide the necessary resources or link to them.

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ANOOP

Posted 6-Feb-12 2:58am

anoop_vip

Updated 6-Feb-12 3:04am

CPallini

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Solution 1

Here[^] you may find a list of Windows Forms related books.

Posted 6-Feb-12 3:09am

CPallini

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thatraja 6-Feb-12 12:35pm

My 5!

CPallini 6-Feb-12 15:58pm

Thank you.

Espen Harlinn 6-Feb-12 15:16pm

Good place to start, my 5 :)

CPallini 6-Feb-12 15:58pm

Thank you.

Solution 2

Here more tan couple of ways to learn anything in internet.
Education Needed[^]

BTW Already CodeProject has a section for Desktop Development[^](WinForms)

Posted 6-Feb-12 6:34am

thatraja

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Espen Harlinn 6-Feb-12 15:17pm

5'ed!

CPallini 6-Feb-12 15:59pm

My 5.

Solution 3

Go for MSDN, my first choice:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa287561%28v=vs.71%29.aspx[^]

hope it helps :)

Posted 6-Feb-12 6:57am

Uday P.Singh

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thatraja 6-Feb-12 13:21pm

MSDN the best starter, 5!

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Sander Rossel · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-06T08:13:00

What really helped me was the Microsoft certification program. In specific certificate 70-505. Though I never really took an exam I did read the self-paced training kit which helped me a lot in developing WinForm applications.

This is the book I'm talking about.[^]
This site wraps up some topics.[^]

Also, as someone already mention, MSDN is a good place to start.[^]
A very important aspect of any application is working with data. You should check out the 'Data development' topics, with a special interest in ADO.NET.

What will also help in building any application in .NET (or any Object Oriented language) is at least some knowledge of SOLID, or Object Oriented Programming Principles[^] which will make certain problems easier to solve by applying Design Patterns[^]. This stuff might seem pretty intimidating at first, but it's SO important to building good and maintainable software.

Of course there's a lot more to learn, but I think these should get you on your way. Oh, there is one thing you won't get from books. It's called "experience". Practice, practice, practice... Good luck!