Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Platform
An Advanced Guide
Published on 1. January 2008
XLVIII, 1053 pages
978-1-4302-0849-5 (ISBN)
Description
- 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 offer (and will prominently feature on the cover and in ads) FREE ELECTRONIC UPDATES to keep the book absolutely current as VB.NET moves towards its final release. - "C# and the .NET Platform", has sold more than 5,000 copies in first 2 months.
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11/2001
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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.
Content
1 The Philosophy of .NET.- 2 Building Visual Basic .NET Applications.- 3 VB .NET Language Fundamentals.- 4 Object-Oriented Programming with VB .NET.- 5 Interfaces and Collections.- 6 Delegates, Events, and Callback Interfaces.- 7 Assemblies, Threads, and AppDomains.- 8 Type Reflection and Attribute-Based Programming.- 9 Building a Better Window (Introducing Windows Forms).- 10 A Better Painting Framework (GDI+).- 11 Programming with Windows Form Controls.- 12 Input, Output, and Object Serialization.- 13 Interacting with Unmanaged Code.- 14 Data Access with ADO.NET.- 15 Web Development and ASP.NET.- 16 Building (and Understanding) Web Services.
