Product Description

Get the expert insights, practical code samples, and best practices you need to advance your expertise with Visual Basic .NET 2003. Now updated for Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, Visual Studio .NET 2003, and Windows Server 2003, this popular reference delves even deeper into Visual Basic .NET capabilities—and accelerates your productivity with new features and techniques—for faster, more reliable code. From fully exploiting the language’s advanced object-oriented capabilities to reusing legacy Visual Basic code, this exhaustive reference delivers the professional, pragmatic guidance you need to produce rich solutions for Microsoft Windows and the Web. Discover how to: •Manipulate .NET Framework classes using serialization, threading, and reflection •Create components to better manage large programs and solve versioning issues •Work with GDI+, custom Windows Forms controls, and Windows services •Develop database applications using Microsoft ADO.NET and XML data •Use Web Forms data binding to create sophisticated Internet application interfaces •Utilize Microsoft ASP.NET features such as user and custom controls, caching, security services, and Web services •NEW—Know how and when to use .NET Remoting and Component Services •NEW—Call unmanaged code with PInvoke and COM Interop •NEW—Employ code access security and other techniques to build trustworthy applications •NEW—Write, debug, and create security settings for Windows Forms applications you deploy over HTTP Get code, bonus content, and eBooks on CD CD features: •All the Visual Basic .NET 2003 samples featured in the book •Bonus material on the .NET Framework class hierarchy and tools •Searchable eBook of the entire text •Searchable eBook of Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #476363 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1403 pages

Customer Reviews

A Must Have
If you are an intermediate to advanced programmer who wants to get to grips with VB.Net, especially if moving from VB6, then this book is about the best you could buy. The author assumes familiarity with various concepts such as object orientation and explains all subjects in a very unpatronising manner. Balena goes into more detail than most other authors I have read on this subject, often explaining what is going on 'under the hood' which leaves you with a richer understanding of any given topic. The content is comprehensive and the style concise. I'm off to have a look at what else this guy has written...

Not for coding beginners
If you know VB6 and want to move to VB.Net this is an invaluable read. Every topic is covered indepth with plenty of examples. It will act as a fantastic reference book for me for years to come.

Excellent book
I wonder why nobody else has "rated" this book, the best book I have read so far. It acts as "my bible" alongside many other books on the same subject. It goes much deeper than the usual books and gives invalueable examples with a lot of smart techniques. This is not a beginners book, but a book you return to again and again. I exspecially love his way of teaching in class fundamentals, inheritance, interfaces and delegates. A "must read" for any serious VB.NET programmer!
The only thing I might be missing was some more functional sample code on the accompaining CD!