Sams Teach Yourself More Visual Basic.Net in 21 Days - Softcover

Mauer, Lowell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0672322714 ISBN 13: 9780672322716

Publisher: Sams, 2001

Synopsis

Sams Teach Yourself More Visual Basic.NET in 21 Days provides step-by-step coverage of the most important new features of Visual Basic.NET and .NET that will allow programmers to begin creating rich Web applications and Web Services. Intermediate programmers gain the knowledge and skills to be able to design professional Windows applications and Web services. See how to use previous VB skills in this new environment. Covered topics include:

• The .NET Framework; Classes and how to work with them;
• Databases--the types available and how to pick the right one;
• Review SQL and how to use it;
• Application design process including developing a working prototype;
• Create control objects that enhance applications;
• How to use Crystal Reports; error-handling, performance, testing, and debugging;
• How to get a product to market;
• How to make use of XML in VB.NET.

About this title

About the Author

Lowell Mauer has worked in the field of data processing for more than 22 years as a programmer, instructor, and consultant. He has taught programming at Brooklyn College in New York City and Montclair State College in New Jersey, and has developed and marketed several Visual Basic applications, including a SQL Server-based reservation system for a private golf course. As a manager he has attended and presented training sessions in several countries and is an expert is more than six computer languages, including Visual Basic and Transact-SQL. He currently is a senior consultant in New York City.

From the Back Cover

Sams Teach Yourself More Visual Basic.NET in 21 Days provides step-by-step coverage of the most important new features of Visual Basic.NET and .NET that will allow programmers to begin creating rich Web applications and Web Services. Intermediate programmers gain the knowledge and skills to be able to design professional Windows applications and Web services. See how to use previous VB skills in this new environment. Covered topics include:

* The .NET Framework; Classes and how to work with them;
* Databases--the types available and how to pick the right one;
* Review SQL and how to use it;
* Application design process including developing a working prototype;
* Create control objects that enhance applications;
* How to use Crystal Reports; error-handling, performance, testing, and debugging;
* How to get a product to market;
* How to make use of XML in VB.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: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0672322714
• ISBN 13: 9780672322716
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 608