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Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Platform

An Advanced Guide

Apress

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  • At more than 1,000 pages, this book will be and will always remain the most comprehensive book on using VB.NET for .NET applications

  • Being based on BETA 2 code it is likely to remain accurate as VB.NET moves towards its final release

  • Apress will be offering (and prominently featuring on the cover and in our ads) free electronic updates to keep the book absolutely current as VB.NET moves towards its final release

  • Andrew's first book with Apress, C# and the .NET Platform, has sold more than 5,000 copies since its release, June 2001

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
  2. The Philosophy of .NET

    • Andrew Troelsen
    Pages 1-40
  3. Building Visual Basic .NET Applications

    • Andrew Troelsen
    Pages 41-76
  4. VB .NET Language Fundamentals

    • Andrew Troelsen
    Pages 77-158
  5. Object-Oriented Programming with VB .NET

    • Andrew Troelsen
    Pages 159-225
  6. Interfaces and Collections

    • Andrew Troelsen
    Pages 227-262
  7. Delegates, Events, and Callback Interfaces

    • Andrew Troelsen
    Pages 263-296
  8. Assemblies, Threads, and AppDomains

    • Andrew Troelsen
    Pages 297-384
  9. Type Reflection and Attribute-Based Programming

    • Andrew Troelsen
    Pages 385-420
  10. A Better Painting Framework (GDI+)

    • Andrew Troelsen
    Pages 507-588
  11. Programming with Windows Form Controls

    • Andrew Troelsen
    Pages 589-675
  12. Input, Output, and Object Serialization

    • Andrew Troelsen
    Pages 677-732
  13. Interacting with Unmanaged Code

    • Andrew Troelsen
    Pages 733-789
  14. Data Access with ADO.NET

    • Andrew Troelsen
    Pages 791-875
  15. Web Development and ASP.NET

    • Andrew Troelsen
    Pages 877-970
  16. Building (and Understanding) Web Services

    • Andrew Troelsen
    Pages 971-1017
  17. Back Matter

    Pages 1019-1056

About this book

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET provides the productivity features developers need to rapidly create enterprise-critical web applications. In Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Platform: An Advanced Guide, author Andrew Troelsen shows experienced developers how to use VB .NET for developing virtually every possible kind of .NET application. From Windows-based to web-based applications, ADO .NET, XML Web services, and object-oriented language features, it's all here. There are detailed discussions of every aspect of .NET development and useful examples with no toy code.

Troelsen starts with a brief philosophy of the VB .NET language and then quickly moves to key technical and architectural issues for .NET developers. Not only is there extensive coverage of the .NET Framework, but Troelsen also describes the object-oriented features of VB .NET including inheritance and interface-based programming techniques. Youll also learn how to use VB .NET for object serialization, how to access data with ADO.NET, and how to build (and interact with) .NET Web Services, and how to access legacy COM applications.

Written in the same five-star style as Troelson's previous two books, Developer's Workshop to COM and ATL 3.0 and C# and the .NET Platform, this is the comprehensive book on using VB .NET to build .NET applications that you've been waiting for!

Learn from the author! Check out Andrew's workshop schedule at http://www.intertech-inc.com/courses/CourseDetails.asp?ID=99075&LOC.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Minneapolis, USA

    Andrew Troelsen

About the author

Andrew Troelsen is a partner, trainer, and consultant at Intertech Inc., and is a leading authority on both .NET and COM. His book Pro C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform won the prestigious 2003 Referenceware Excellence Award and is in its third edition. Also of note are his earlier five-star treatment of traditional COM in the bestselling Developer's Workshop to COM and ATL mirrored in his book, COM and .NET Interoperability, and his top-notch investigation of VB .NET in Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Platform: An Advanced Guide. Troelsen has a degree in mathematical linguistics and South Asian studies from the University of Minnesota, and is a frequent speaker at numerous .NET-related conferences. He currently lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Amanda, and spends his free time investigating .NET and waiting for the Wild to win the Stanley Cup. You can check out his blog at AndrewTroelsen.blogspot.com.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Platform

  • Book Subtitle: An Advanced Guide

  • Authors: Andrew Troelsen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0849-5

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Andrew Troelsen 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-0849-5Published: 01 January 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XLVIII, 1053

  • Topics: Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

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eBook USD 44.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever

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