Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic .NET in 24 Hours - Softcover

Foxall, James D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0672320800 ISBN 13: 9780672320804

Publisher: Sams, 2002

Synopsis

Teach Yourself Visual Basic.NET in 24 Hours provides readers with 24 structured lessons with step-by-step guidance to real-world tasks. Each chapter also contains exercises that reinforce the lessons learned in each chapter. Tips, Notes, and Cautions provide additional advice from the authors on how to get up-to-speed and programming quickly with Visual Basic.NET.

About this title

About the Author

James Foxall is vice president of Tigerpaw Software, Inc. and is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider (MCSP) specializing in commercial database applications. James is responsible for management of all Windows application development at Tigerpaw, and he is an authority on application interface and behavior standards of applications for the Microsoft Windows and Office environments. James, a MCSD, has written more than 100,000 lines of commercial production Visual Basic code in both single-programmer and multiple-programmer environments.

James is the author of several books on Visual Basic, including the a definitive work on standards, entitled Practical Standards for Microsoft Visual Basic (Microsoft Press), MCSD in a Nutshell: The Visual Basic Exams (O'Reilly), Discover Visual Basic, Access 97 Secrets (Hungry Minds), Access for Windows 95 Secrets (Hungry Minds), and the Access 97 Bible Gold Edition (Hungry Minds). He also contributes to Visual Basic Programmer's Journal and Access/Office/VBA Advisor magazine, and he is an international speaker on Visual Basic and Access. In addition to speaking and writing, James has taught Visual Basic at the college level and has been featured on numerous television news shows, in trade publications, and in newspaper articles for his technology expertise.

From the Back Cover

Teach Yourself Visual Basic.NET in 24 Hours provides readers with 24 structured lessons with step-by-step guidance to real-world tasks. Each chapter also contains exercises that reinforce the lessons learned in each chapter. Tips, Notes, and Cautions provide additional advice from the authors on how to get up-to-speed and programming quickly with Visual Basic.NET.

Reviews

Microsoft's new .NET initiative represents either the golden future of web technologies or an insidious plot to take over the world. Either way, expect demand for titles on Visual Basic .NET, the update to Visual Basic 6 and a major component in the .NET framework. Microsoft's February release of Visual Studio .NET, which includes the new Visual Basic, makes these newer titles a better choice than earlier releases on .NET technologies (see Computer Media, LJ 7/01). The two Teach Yourself titles are characteristically thorough, practical introductions for new VB .NET programmers that include quizzes and exercises for self-paced learning. 21 Days is a bit more extensive in its coverage, especially of the .NET framework as a whole. Both are solid purchases for all public libraries. Assuming familiarity with Visual Basic 6 and focusing on the changes in the new .NET version, Programmer's Introduction is less basic. Programmer's Reference is a useful supplement, containing definitions and sample code for common applications. Each definition features a description, syntax, parameters, returns, code sample, and See also. Unleashed is the most comprehensive of these titles, with more coverage of advanced object-oriented programming and ASP. NET. These titles are more appropriate for larger libraries.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Sams
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0672320800
• ISBN 13: 9780672320804
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 508