- The authors are the premier writers for the C-Sharp Corner Web Site, one of the most popular Web sites for .NET articles, examples, discussions, and jobs (www.c-sharpcorner.com) - This is one of the few books for C# programmers that focuses on databases and ADO.NET. - Contains numerous examples (code) that illustrate how to use ADO.NET with Microsoft's SQL Server and Access databases - and even includes an example that shows how to connect to the popular open source database MySQL. Also provides step-by-step instructions for creating a guest book application that runs on ASP.NET. - Includes "what you need to know" sections on C# and XML.