Erik Brown

Erik Brown is a 12-year veteran of three startup companies, all successful. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Mathematics from Carnegie-Mellon University and currently runs a consulting company specializing in Windows-based applications and data-driven interfaces. Erik lives in northern Virginia with his wife and two daughters.

books by Erik Brown

Windows Forms in Action
  • April 2006
  • ISBN 9781932394658
  • 950 pages
catalog / Programming Languages and Styles

Using many examples all on a common theme, this second edition of Windows Forms Programming with C# presents Windows application development in a step-by-step, easy to follow format. Written for beginner and intermediate programmers eager to get their hands dirty, the text covers fundamentals like labels, buttons, and tool strips, as well as advanced concepts like owner-drawn lists, custom controls, and two-way data binding.

Windows Forms in Action is a tutorial, leading the reader through Windows application development using C# and Visual Studio .NET. It illustrates how the classes in the .NET Framework interact in a fully functional application. Material added for the second edition includes coverage of the .NET 2.0 Framework, extender providers, cryptographic classes, and application deployment.

Windows Forms Programming with C#
  • March 2002
  • ISBN 9781930110281
  • 752 pages
  • printed in black & white
catalog / Programming Languages and Styles / Microsoft Technologies / C#

In the .NET environment, GUI elements like menus, buttons, lists, trees--and of course the window itself--are created and deployed using the new Windows Forms framework. Windows Forms is an object-oriented set of classes that offers an effective, modern programming environment for rich Windows applications development.

Intended for beginner and intermediate programmers willing to get their hands dirty, this book teaches by example. Step-by-step instructions guide the reader through the entire Windows Forms namespace. Examples build around a common theme, collectively developing a real-world application. The book covers fundamentals like labels, menus, buttons, as well as advanced concepts like owner-drawn lists, explorer-style interfaces, customized data binding, and the integration of the Microsoft web browser control into a Windows program. Appendices include a 30-page reference to the C# language and a handy visual index of the Windows Forms classes.

What's Inside:

  • Owner-drawn list boxes
  • List and tree views
  • Multiple document interfaces
  • Data grids and data binding
  • Drag and drop
  • How to implement, among other things:
    • reusable libraries
    • auto-filled combo boxes
    • keyboard and mouse processing
    • printing and print previewing
    • embedded web browsers