Product Description

Visual Basic .NET Kick Start is a rapid-progression tutorial that presents Visual Basic .NET to working programmers already familiar with another programming language or tool. This book speeds through basic concepts and focuses on practical examples showing the advantages of Visual Basic .NET in ASP programming, application design and creation, and .NET Web Services development. Because previous versions of Visual Basic are so prevalent, this book pays special attention to issues developers face when moving from VB to VB.NET. Although Visual Basic .NET Kick Start assumes no knowledge of the .NET Framework, it skips the handholding and basic programming instruction associated with entry-level tutorials. Full of code examples, tips, and professional insights, this book is about maximum payoff with minimum effort for the working programming who wants to use Visual Basic .NET now.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1166756 in Books
• Published on: 2003-12-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

From the Back Cover

Visual Basic .NET Kick Start is a rapid-progression tutorial that presents Visual Basic .NET to working programmers already familiar with another programming language or tool. This book speeds through basic concepts and focuses on practical examples showing the advantages of Visual Basic .NET in ASP programming, application design and creation, and .NET Web Services development. Because previous versions of Visual Basic are so prevalent, this book pays special attention to issues developers face when moving from VB to VB.NET. Although Visual Basic .NET Kick Start assumes no knowledge of the .NET Framework, it skips the handholding and basic programming instruction associated with entry-level tutorials. Full of code examples, tips, and professional insights, this book is about maximum payoff with minimum effort for the working programming who wants to use Visual Basic .NET now.

About the Author

Duncan Mackenzie is the Visual Basic Content Strategist for Microsoft's developer Web site, and as such, he chooses topics, acquires content, and writes material for the Visual Basic developer center on MSDN (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic). Duncan writes the monthly MSDN programming column "Coding 4 Fun" and has authored a variety of other articles on MSDN. He has been the author or co-author of several books on Visual Basic (and related Microsoft technologies), including Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic .NET in 21 Days, Platinum Edition Using Visual Basic 6.0, Word 2000 VBA Programmer's Reference, and more. In addition to writing, Duncan has also been active as a Visual Basic trainer and has taught many courses ranging from intermediate to advanced VB programming.