- Paperback: 784 pages
- Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (17 Jan 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 067232234X
- ISBN-13: 978-0672322341
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.3 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #88 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Programming > Microsoft Windows > .Net > Visual Basic.NET
- #92 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Programming > Languages > Visual Basic > Visual Basic .NET
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Aimed at the more experienced developer, Visual Basic.NET Unleashed will let you master the improved object-oriented capabilities of the newest version of Visual Basic quickly. Stressing "refactoring" and advanced class design features, this challenging tutorial proves that VB.NET is in the front rank of object-oriented programming languages today. The expert focus here on language features and "refactoring" (for efficient class design) is the hallmark of this text.
After an in-depth tutorial on the new IDE available in Visual Studio.NET, the author digs in with a fast-moving tour of VB.NET language features (including coverage of changes from VB 6). Starting with basic and then advanced topics, the real emphasis of this text is advance class design, using classes and interfaces with some excellent material on inheritance, polymorphism, as well as taking advantage of VB.NET is support for properties, reflection, among other topics. By continually advising how to re-write classes to improve their maintainability, the author raises the bar here by presenting some tips and best practices beyond the obvious, using techniques invented by the Extreme Programming (XP) movement.
Later chapters turn to the basics of using Windows Forms and graphics programming (with GDI+), as well as ADO.NET for building database-driven Web applications. The book finishes with a nicely comprehensive listing of all VB 6 to VB.NET changes, an invaluable resource for those making this transition.
If you are going to learn to design with objects, you might as well learn to do it right, this guide argues using the expertise garnered from other programming languages. In all, this title shows how VB.NET supports basic and advanced object-oriented design features. It will be most profitably read by those with some previous object-oriented programming experience, though it will be also benefit the beginner who wants to be challenged with some expert advice to get the most out of the new object support available in VB.NET. --Richard Dragan
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Visual Basic.NET Unleashed is a complete book on the fundamentals of programming with a fully object-oriented language filled with new idioms and capabilities. In addition to the fundamentals, this book covers:
- Free threading and multithreading
- Inheritance
- Virtual methods and shared methods
- Structured exception handling
- Event handling
- Encapsulation at the namespace level
- Web Services
- .NET Framework compatibility
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm an I.T. student & software developer and got this book before I switched from VB6 to programming the .NET platform. This book is very useful both as a reference guide as well as a step by step approach to building full-fletched VB.NET applications. The author often refers to traditional VB6 programming methods to pinpoint some major changes that help VB6 programmers to quickly grasp the .NET development environment. Of particular interest are the introductory chapters that explain in detail the major functions of the VS.NET IDE and give an overview of the .NET CLR that is critical for understanding what's really happening 'down there'. Very well written and would be useful both for experienced programmers and beginners wanting to enter the OO Programming world through the .NET platform.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
No ADO, are you kidding me?
6 May 2004
Format:Paperback
you have to be kidding me. how do you have a book called "unleashed" and then not even go into any database usage? i dont think i have ever had to write an application that did not include some type of database usage, yet the author does not even cover it. nor does he go into forms in any detail except when it comes to web forms. where are the 2 pages it would have taken to detail how to populate a listBox? i bought this book off a sidewalk vendor for half price and i got ripped off.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
There's Nothing to be unleashed! BAD BOOK
16 Feb 2004
Format:Paperback
The Title says "Visual Basic .Net Unleashed"... what a title? if you want to learn Visual Basic .Net, don't buy this book. Can we use definitions in writing programs? I don't think so. I bought this book because of its title but when i started reading it, its only full of definitions, less examples.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A very highly recommended instructional and reference book
7 Sep 2002
Format:Paperback
Visual Basic.NET Unleashed by computer expert Paul Kimmel is a complete, "user friendly", very highly recommended instructional and reference book on the fundamentals of programming with a fully object-oriented language filled with new idioms and capabilities. In addition to the fundamentals, Visual Basic.NET Unleashed covers: free threading and multithreading; inheritance; virtual methods and shared methods; structured exception handling; event handling; encapsulation at the namespace level; Web Services; and NET Framework compatibility. User Level: Beginning-Intermediate, 850 pages.
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