Moving to VB .NET: Strategies, Concepts, and Code

by Dan Appleman

Overview

In this new edition of his popular title, Moving to VB .NET: Strategies, Concepts, and Code, Second Edition, Visual Basic guru Dan Appleman not only updates the book to include coverage of changes to Visual Basic .NET in Visual Studio .NET 2003, but he extends the areas most important to VB .NET programmers since its release. Topics such as .NET remoting, versioning, and object-oriented programming are further illuminated using Appleman's own personable and highly effective style.

Appleman explains the whys and hows of the VB .NET technology features, and delves into the controversies around many of the choices. Evaluating VB .NET from the perspective of the developer, you'll learn to write high quality VB .NET code in well-designed applications. The author brings the same attention to technical detail and real-world attitude to this second edition as he has brought to all of his past books.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590591024
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	04/08/2003
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed.
Pages:	640
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.26(d)

About the Author

Daniel Appleman is the president of Desaware Inc., a developer of add-on products and components for Microsoft Visual Studio, including SpyWorks, StateCoder, and the NT Service Toolkit for .NET languages and VB6. He is a cofounder of Apress, a publishing company specializing in high-quality professional level books for computer programmers and IT professionals. He is the author of numerous books, including Moving to VB .NET: Strategies, Concepts and Code, How Computer Programming Works, and Dan Appleman's Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API, and he is the author of a series of eBooks on .NET-related topics.

Table of Contents

One Strategies.- 1 Where Should You Begin?.- 2 Facing VB .NET without Fear or Panic.- 3 Adoption Strategies.- Two Concepts.- 4 .NET in Context.- 5 Inheritance.- 6 Memory Management in VB .NET.- 7 VB .NET Multithreading.- Three Code.- 8 Data Types and Operators.- 9 Language Syntax.- 10 Objects In-Depth.- 11 Reflection and Attributes.- Interlude.- Four The Wonderful World of .NET.- 12 .NET Namespaces—The Grand Tour.- 13 Windows Applications.- 14 Internet Applications and Services.- 15 COM Interop and Accessing the Win32 API.- 16 Living with .NET.- Conclusion.