Programming Visual Basic .NET (Paperback)

This title's compact format has to be one of its most appealing features. After covering the basics of what's new in VB.NET, the author digs in with a fast-moving, authoritative tour of all essential language features in the new version. From basic language statements, data types and variables, to defining classes using properties, methods and inheritance (and more advanced whistles-and-bells), this language tutorial really shines. With short code excerpts illustrating just how to do it quickly, many readers will find this material useful as a reference for day-to-day questions about specific language features as they come up in real projects.

Of course, .NET has a brand-new set of APIs too. The author concentrates on basic Windows Forms and Web forms programming. The section on basic database ADO.NET (including bound controls) is a standout. It's all you need to get started with these essential programming APIs. Coverage of Web services will put using this new approach to building distributed systems into reach for many readers. (Here, the author provides some advice for creating effective distributed Web services.)

By focusing first on the language itself, this book will help virtually anyone get started with the latest version of Microsoft's most popular programming language without getting bogged down into the many details of the .NET platform. With plenty of detail for the expert, yet entirely approachable for the beginner, this title will serve both as a reference and a tutorial for getting onboard with this new version. It provides a valuable and timely resource for the aspiring VB.NET developer. --Richard Dragan

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This is a guide to application development using Visual Basic .NET. Targeted at programmers with some prior programming experience, the book covers the major areas of application development for Microsoft's new .NET platform. After starting with the traditional "hello world" application, the book discusses the two basic building blocks of any .NET application built with Visual Basic - the Visual Basic .NET programming language and the .NET Framework. Topics covered include: Visual Basic language elements; Visual Basic's object-oriented language features Programming with attributes; the common language runtime; garbage collection and the finalize and dispose methods; and programmatically reading from and writing to .NET configuration files. The remainder of the book focuses on the three major kinds of applications that can be developed with the .NET Framework: Windows Forms applications, ASP.NET applications, and web services. In each case, the book shows you how to build an application using Visual Studio .NET as well as using a text editor and the Visual Basic command-line compiler. This gives you an "under the hood" look at what Visual Studio is doing and should allow you to gain a greater understanding of how a .NET application works - an understanding that you can take advantage of in building your own applications. Individual development topics covered in these chapters include: developing multiple document interface (MDI); windows forms applications; handling form and control placement and resizing; working with Windows forms menus; working with Windows common dialogs; taking advantage of .NET printer services programmatically; using ASP.NET HTML controls and Web controls; understanding security in ASP.NET; creating, discovering, and consuming Web services; accessing data in your .NET applications using ADO.NET.

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