Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce: Deploying Windows Forms Applications with ClickOnce

The revolution in smart clients (a subset of Windows applications) is in full swing because of .NET’s ClickOnce. In the foreword, the CEO of InterKnowlogy explains that this paradigm represents a shift from computer-hosted, server-based Web applications to the elimination of such infrastructure with companies sharing applications housed on servers. After introducing ClickOnce as a major step in solving deployment challenges for complex distributed applications, Noyes (a Microsoft architecture consultant, trainer, and writer) details options in deploying and auto-updating applications, and how to work efficiently and securely within this environment. The book, with case studies and code examples in C#, includes trial access to the online edition.
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Synopsis:
Microsoft’s new ClickOnce(TM) auto-updating technology can radically simplify application deployment. Using it, .NET developers and architects can deliver a powerful, rich-client experience along with the easy maintenance of today’s best Web applications. In “Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce(TM),” Microsoft MVP Brian Noyes demonstrates exactly how to make the most of ClickOnce in your real-world enterprise applications.

Drawing on his unsurpassed experience previewing ClickOnce and teaching it to professional developers, Noyes presents the perfect balance of theory and practice. This focused, concise book explains exactly how and why ClickOnce works as it does, and how to overcome the obstacles to using it in today’s complex environments. Noyes covers design, architecture, security, and the three approaches to implementing ClickOnce auto-updates–each with a full case study and detailed sample code.

Noyes’ friendly, approachable style and practical examples make it easy to Choose the right ways to architect any Smart Client application for efficient auto-updatingPerform “first-time” application deployments quickly and easilyDeliver “on-demand” client application updates Deploy prerequisites with the Visual Studio 2005 Bootstrapper Permit automatic updates without compromising securityTake full control of ClickOnce’s powerful publishing, update, and security options Leverage the Visual Studio 2005 and .NET 2.0 platform features that make ClickOnce possibleUnderstand how your application will behave in the ClickOnce runtime environment

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