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