It’s been almost a year since we first started playing with the first test build of Microsoft Sync Framework. It was an absolute pleasure writing this book since then and we hope that you will have fun reading it, too. However, we must admit that it was a little tough writing a book on a cutting-edge technology that was still undergoing changes. Thankfully, after a lot of hard work and many sleepless nights we are proud to share the knowledge that we have gained during last year.

As with any Microsoft technology, you will find lots of information about Sync Framework on the MSDN website. There are some really cool videos, blogs, online documentation, and forums. However, we believe that the greatest strength of this book is that it provides you a step by step guide to quickly get started with Sync Framework and slowly start increasing the complexity level of the project. Almost every chapter is equipped with a code sample, and we have focused more on code than theory. Code examples are a great way for any developer to start learning a new technology. Most of the code can be used as the building blocks of any sync application.

Each chapter introduces a concept, discusses why it is important to learn that concept, and then explains how to put that concept in use with the help of code examples.