The Book of VB .NET: .NET Insight for VB Developers

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 468 pages
• Published by: No Starch Press
• Edition: 1st Edition February 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1886411824
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1886411821
• Book Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Weighs: 1.8 pounds

Product Review
The latest version of Visual Basic is VB .NET, and it's focused like a laser on Microsoft's .NET way of implementing Web Services and other distributed applications. Which is great, except that most of the people who crank up VB .NET aren't so much interested in using .NET as they are in satisfying their customers' requirements. More often than not, these have to do with accessing a database across a network and providing users--probably a couple of different kinds of them--with an attractive, speedy, and easy-to-use client interface. The Book of VB .NET shows how to use the latest version of Visual Basic to satisfy customer requirements of this sort, using .NET capabilities not for their own sake, but as a means of writing better applications that result in happier customers.

Designed for people with an understanding of how things used to be done in Visual Basic, some exposure to the .NET excitement, or a combination of the two, this book assumes less background knowledge than you might think. Matthew MacDonald is awesomely careful to introduce concepts (such as three-tier design of applications, custom exceptions, or ActiveX controls) with a combination of code and explanatory text. Combinations like this help ensure that the reader develops a practical understanding of the subjects at hand--a result of entering and compiling samples--as well as an academic understanding of why things are done as they are. MacDonald keeps one eye on the practical aspects of everything, as well, so trust his advice if you're designing your first VB .NET applications for customers. --David Wall

Topics covered: The VB .NET way of building software applications, including coverage of user interface design, VB-style object orientation, database access via ADO.NET, flat data files (including XML files), and deployment of distributed applications. The coverage of multithreading is particularly nice.

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"a vital guide to the new .net technology."

Reader Reviews
The Book Of VB .NET: .Net Insight for VB Developers by author, educator, and MCSD developer Matthew MacDonald is a comprehensive, handy, and highly practical resource for Visual Basic programmers seeking to create everything from Internet applications to highly sophisticated Windows operating system programs. Individual chapters cover VB .NET basics, object-oriented programming, printing, XML, threading, web services, and much more. Sample code and step-by-step instructions effectively illustrated with computer screenshots all contribute to the goal of an easy-to-use guide to help anyone develop first-class applications with .NET. The Book Of VB .NET is an excellent resource for VB .NET programmers of all skill levels.