This book gets you off to a fast start by showing you how to use Visual Studio 2012, C# 5.0, and the .NET 4.5 classes to develop Windows Forms applications. Next, it shows you the best techniques for developing object-oriented applications. Then, it shows you how to handle data...a must in business development...using data sources and ADO.NET for database data and LINQ for all types of data. And it ends with an introduction to Windows 8 programming so you can see how that may change the way you work. In short, when it comes to Windows Forms programming, No other book teaches you so much, so fast, or so thoroughly.