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Moving to VB.NET: Strategies, Concepts and Code (.NET developer series)
 
 
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Moving to VB.NET: Strategies, Concepts and Code (.NET developer series) (Paperback)

by Dan Appleman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 560 pages
  • Publisher: Apress (Aug 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1893115976
  • ISBN-13: 978-1893115972
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 18.8 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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In his new book, Moving to VB.Net: Strategies, Concepts and Code, Visual Basic guru Dan Appleman takes aim at VB.Net, exposing the reality behind the hype, and showing you how to evaluate this technology in the context of your specific problems.

The book is divided into three parts, Strategies, Concepts and Code. In Strategies, you'll learn how VB.Net is perfect for new development of web and other server side applications - but that porting existing code may be disastrous - and how economics and human nature will play as strong a role as technology in how .NET is deployed. In Concepts, you'll learn key concepts such as inheritance and multithreading, and why they are over hyped. You'll learn why Microsoft is killing COM. And you'll learn other important concepts that are unfamiliar to most V B6 programmers but crucial to VB.Net programmers. In Code, you'll learn the VB.Net language and many of its features - all based on your current knowledge of VB 6.

Along the way, Appleman not only explains the technology features of VB.Net, but the reasons for them, and the controversies around some of those choices. Evaluating VB.Net from the perspective of the developer, you'll find material that will infuriate VB traditionalists and Microsoft marketing staff alike. But whether you agree with his judgments or not, you'll end up learning to write good quality VB.Net code in well-designed applications. Because above all Appleman brings to Moving to VB.Net: Strategies, Concepts and Code what he has brought to all his past books - a solid understanding of technology and the needs of real developers, and an ability to explain it all in a clear, straightforward and entertaining manner.

Daniel Appleman is the president of Desaware, Inc., a developer of add-on products and components for Microsoft Visual Development Tools including Visual Bas ic. He is also co-founder of Apress. Dan is the author of Dan Appleman's Win32 A PI Puzzle Book and Tutorial for Visual Basic Programmers and How Computer Progra mming Works, also Published by Apress. He is also the author of Dan Appleman's V isual Basic Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API and Dan Appleman's Developing CO M/ActiveX Components with Visual Basic 6.0: A Guide for the Perplexed, published by SAMS.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A guru of old reconfirms his status, 22 Aug 2001
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Early on in this book Dan admits that his VB guru status has lapsed, owing to the introduction of VB.Net! This book does much to reconfer that status, in my view.

Many of us know Dan from his Win32 API days, but his approach in this book is different: yes, there is lots of code, but Dan makes sure you understand all the reasons and thought-processes behind this massive architectural change, as well as the implications of each change.

This book has helped us at CIT Systems produce our first commercial VB.Net Beta 2 application - it has been an invaluable resource.

This won't be the last book you read on .Net, but if you're an Intermediate to Advanced VB programmer, this should be your first...

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A must for developers moving to VB.NET, 3 Aug 2001
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This book is excellent! I had heard a lot about VB.NET but not fully understand how much it would affect me as a developer.

This book gives a thorough review of the changes to Visual Basic introduced with VB.NET, explaining not just what was changed but why.

If you like Dan Applemans writing style, then you will enjoy the candid and honest approach that this book gives. Learn about the problems with Visual Basic as it exists today and how VB.NETs new features will address them.

If you're seriously thinking about moving to VB.NET then take the time to read this book.

An enlightened VB developer,

Chris Brito

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Does what it says on the tin, 13 Nov 2001
Dan Appleman goes to great pains to state that this is NOT a reference book.
It is, as the title suggests, a book designed to help experienced VB6 programmers in the transition to VB.NET. In this he does very well, though perhaps he jumps around from subject to subject in a seemingly random manor.

However, rather than just explaining concepts and syntax, he goes one step further and tells you why you should use this new feature and why you shouldn't.

Expect to be a little overwhelmed with Dan's knowledge of the internals of VB.NET. He is, after all, responsible for giving us the excellent guide to Win32 API for VB.

All of the code examples from the book are kept on a website and Dan claims he is updating them as the language evolves into a finished product. So even though the book is based on a Beta 2 release, it will be valid until the RTM is available.

This book is worth reading if you are well up on your VB6 and understand at least the basics of object oriented programming. Otherwise you will struggle to understand some of the text.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction to VB.NET
My background: I have developed in C++, VB and Java.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A "so-so" quality
This book contains some unneccessary "fluff" about COM ans COM+ and how the .NET technology overcomes the shortcomings in these previous technologies. Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars patronising and lacking in any depth of opinion
I was misktakenly under the impression that this would make a good reference type resource for me..

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