The .NET Languages: A Quick Translation Guide

by Brian Bischof

Overview

The .NET Languages: A Quick Translation Guide answers two questions posed by the introduction of the .NET Framework: "How do I quickly upgrade my skills to this new language?" and "How do I understand the code that another developer has written?"

Author Brian Bischof offers a complete translation guide for converting programs among the three primary Microsoft languages: Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Basic .NET, and C#. Bischof makes it easy for the thousands of Visual Basic 6.0 programmers to take the knowledge they already have and use it to write for the .NET platform.

Each chapter is laid out in a clear and concise format. Most chapters begin with a syntax conversion chart displaying how each language translates into the other languages. Included are detailed points explaining these conversions. Each chapter ends with a fully comprehensive example, written in each language, that demonstrates that particular chapters concepts. This provides you with all the information you need for converting your programs: quick lookup charts, detailed explanations, and thorough examples. Nothing is left out.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781893115484
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	12/04/2001
Series:	.Net Developer
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	7.52(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Brian Bischof is the president of Bischof Systems, Inc., a software development firm providing custom solutions to businesses for the past 12 years. He has been a corporate trainer for the past three years and has taught Visual Basic to programmers from companies such as Intel, Toshiba, Bank One, Exxon, Texaco, General Electric, and Lockheed Martin. His professional certifications include Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).

Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Program Fundamentals.- 3 Data Types and Operators.- 4 Program Flow.- 5 Exception Handling.- 6 Classes.- 7 Class Interfaces.- 8 Class Inheritance.- 9 Events.- 10 String Management.- 11 Windows Form Applications.- 12 File Access.- 13 ADO .NET.- 14 Date and Time Functions.- 15 Math and Financial Functions.- 16 Collections.- 17 Program Interaction.- 18 The App Object.- 19 Drawing with Forms and Printers.