Beginning ArcGIS for Desktop Development using .NET (ePub)

Get the very most out of the ArcGIS for Desktop products
through ArcObjects and .NET

ArcGIS for Desktop is a powerful suite of software tools for
creating and using maps, compiling, analyzing and sharing
geographic information, using maps and geographic information in
applications, and managing geographic databases. But getting the
hang of ArcGIS for Desktop can be a bit tricky, even for
experienced programmers. Core components of ArcGIS platform is
called ArcObjects. This book first introduce you the whole ArcGIS
platform and the opportunities for development using various
programming languages. Then it focuses on ArcGIS for Desktop
applications and makes you familiar with ArcObjects from .NET point
of view. Whether you are an ArcGIS user with no background in
programming or a programmer without experience with the ArcGIS
platform, this book arms you with everything you need to get going
with ArcGIS for Desktop development using .NET?right away. Written
by a leading expert in geospatial information system design and
development, it provides concise, step-by-step guidance,
illustrated with best-practices examples, along with plenty of
ready-to-use source code. In no time you?ll progress from .NET
programming basics to understanding the full suite of ArcGIS tools
and artefacts to customising and building your own commands, tools
and extensions?all the way through application deployment.

Among other things, you?ll learn to:

* Object-Oriented and Interface-based programming in .NET (C# and
VB.NET)

* Finding relationship between classes and interfaces using
object model diagrams

* Querying data

* Visualizing geographical data using various rendering

* Creating various kinds of Desktop Add-Ins

* Performing foreground and background geoprocessing

Learn how to improve your productivity with ArcGIS for
Desktop and Beginning ArcGIS for Desktop Development Using
.NET