Visual Basic .NET Codemaster's Library

Microsoft's new .NET version of Visual Basic is its most radicalrevamping of the product since it was first released. Even if youknow your way around VB6, the latest version presents specialchallenges. There are some new ways of doing things, some newthings to do, and a new environment in which to work. With a fewtips and tricks from expert Matt Tagliaferri, however, you'll bewell on your way to VB.NET mastery.Visual Basic .NET Codemaster's Library offers a collection of 99clear, concise programming examples, which show you how to useVB.NET and Visual Studio .NET to make the most of functionalityavailable for the first time in the .NET Framework. You can beginwith any topic and read only the ones that matter to you.Each topic provides a solution that you can incorporate into yourown work, in areas ranging from garbage collection to databasetransactions, from memory management to XML Web Services. You evenget coverage of mixing C# and VB.NET in the same application. Takentogether, the tips in this book help you make the transition tothinking and working effectively within the object-oriented worldof .NET.

Autorentext
Matt Tagliaferri is a Senior Analyst with the Cleveland Indians baseball organization, programming retail/merchandising, ticketing, and other applications. Currently, he is working on developing a batter-vs.-pitcher application for analyzing at-bats in a professional baseball game. Matt specializes in Visual Basic, SQL Server, and ASP. Matt wrote Duke Nukem 3D Level Design Handbook and Quake Level Design Handbook for Sybex.

Klappentext
Microsoft’s new .NET version of Visual Basic is its most radical revampingof the product since it was first released. Even if you know your way around VB6,the latest version presents special challenges. There are some new ways of doingthings, some new things to do, and a new environment in which to work. With a fewtips and tricks from expert Matt Tagliaferri, however, you'll be well on your wayto VB.NET mastery.

*Visual Basic .NET Codemaster’s Library*offers a collection of 99 clear, concise programming examples, which show youhow to use VB.NET and Visual Studio .NET to make the most of functionalityavailable for the first time in the .NET Framework. You can begin with any topicand read only the ones that matter to you.

Each topic provides asolution that you can incorporate into your own work, in areas ranging fromgarbage collection to database transactions, from memory management to XML WebServices. You even get coverage of mixing C# and VB.NET in the same application.Taken together, the tips in this book help you make the transition to thinking and working effectively within the object-oriented world of .NET.

Zusammenfassung
Microsoft's new .NET version of Visual Basic is its most radical revamping of the product since it was first released. Even if you know your way around VB6, the latest version presents special challenges. There are some new ways of doing things, some new things to do, and a new environment in which to work. With a few tips and tricks from expert Matt Tagliaferri, however, you'll be well on your way to VB.NET mastery.
Visual Basic .NET Codemaster's Library offers a collection of 99 clear, concise programming examples, which show you how to use VB.NET and Visual Studio .NET to make the most of functionality available for the first time in the .NET Framework. You can begin with any topic and read only the ones that matter to you.
Each topic provides a solution that you can incorporate into your own work, in areas ranging from garbage collection to database transactions, from memory management to XML Web Services. You even get coverage of mixing C# and VB.NET in the same application. Taken together, the tips in this book help you make the transition to thinking and working effectively within the object-oriented world of .NET.

Inhalt
Introduction.Part I: From VB6 to VB .NET.Part II: The .NET Framework.Part III: OOP Techniques.Part IV: Databases.Part V: More Framework Topics.Part VI: Visual Studio.Part VII: Beyond Visual Basic.Part VIII: Internet and Distributed Development.Part IX: .NET Delegates: A C# (and Now VB .NET) Bedtime Story.Index.