VB.NET Language in a Nutshell
2nd Edition
Published on 4. June 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
672 pages
978-0-596-00308-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is a complete documentation for the Visual Basic .NET language. Beginning with a brief overview of the language, the book covers basic programming concepts, and introduces the .NET Framework Class Library and programming with attributes. The bulk of the book consists of an alphabetical reference to Visual Basic .NET statements, procedures, functions, and objects. Each entry has a standardized listing containing the following information: its syntax, using standard coding conventions; differences in the operation of the keyword in Visual Basic .NET and in VB 6.0; a list of arguments accepted by the function or procedure; a description of the data type returned by a function; the finer points of a language element's usage that are of ten omitted from or blurred over by other sources; tips and warnings that include undocumented behaviours and practical applications for particular language elements; a section for diagnosing or avoiding potential programming problems; and a cross-reference to related keywords. On the CD-ROM is a plug-in that adds a copy of the book's language reference to the dynamic help within Visual Studio .NET. The plug-in requires any edition of Visual Basic .N
ET or Visual Studio .NET.
ET or Visual Studio .NET.
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Edition
2., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
Sebastopol
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
1 CD-ROM
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
837 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-596-00308-1 (9780596003081)
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Steven Roman is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the California State University, Fullerton. His previous books with O'Reilly include Access Database Design and Programming, Writing Excel Macros, and Win32 API Programming with Visual Basic. Ron Petrusha is an editor for O'Reilly and is the author/coauthor of many books, including VBScript in a Nutshell. Ron has a background in quantitative labor history, specializing in Russian labor history, and holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Columbia University. He began working with computers in the mid 1970s, programming in SPSS (a programmable statistical package) and FORTRAN on the IBM 370 family. Since then, he has been a computer book buyer, an editor of a number of books on Windows and Unix, and a consultant on projects written in dBASE, Clipper, and Visual Basic. Paul Lomax, author of O'Reilly's VB & VBA in a Nutshell and a coauthor of VBScript in a Nutshell, is an experienced VB programmer with a passion for sharing his knowledge--and his collection of programming tips and techniques gathered from real-world experience.
Content
Preface Part I. The Basics Chapter 1. Introduction Why VB.NET? What Is VB.NET? What Can You Do with VB.NET? Chapter 2. Program Structure Getting a VB Program to Run The Structure of a VB Program Chapter 3. Variables and Data Types Variables Declaring Variables and Constants Data Types Arrays Object Variables and Their Binding The Collection Object Parameters and Arguments Chapter 4. Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming Why Learn Object-Oriented Techniques? Principles of Object-Oriented Programming Classes and Objects Inheritance Interfaces, Abstract Members, and Classes Polymorphism and Overloading Accessibility in Class Modules Chapter 5. The .NET Framework: General Concepts Namespaces Common Language Runtime (CLR), Managed Code, and Managed Data Managed Execution Assemblies Assemblies and VB.NET Chapter 6. The .NET Framework Class Library The System Namespace Other Namespaces Chapter 7. Delegates and Events Delegates Events and Event Binding Chapter 8. Attributes Syntax and Use Defining a Custom Attribute Using a Custom Attribute Chapter 9. Error Handling in VB.NET Error Detection and Error Handling Runtime Error Handling Dealing with Logical Errors Error Constants Part II. Reference Chapter 10. The Language Reference Part III. Appendixes Appendix A. What's New and Different in VB.NET Appendix B. Language Elements by Category Appendix C. Operators Appendix D. Constants and Enumerations Appendix E. The VB.NET Command-Line Compiler Appendix F. VB 6 Language Elements Not Supported by VB.NET Index