Visual Basic .Net Bible - Softcover

Evjen, Bill; Beres, Jason

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764548263 ISBN 13: 9780764548260

Publisher: Wiley, 2001

Synopsis

Contributors Include: Jim Chandler, Jacob Grass, Kevin Grossnicklaus, Uday Kranti, NIIT, Rob Teixeira, and Yancey Jones.

Visual Basic .NET Bible covers everything you need to get up and runningwith this much changed version of Visual Basic and to begin creating applications for the new Microsoft.NET Platform.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

If Visual Basic .NET can do it, you can do it too ... Visual Basic .NET represents the greatest generational leap Visual Basic has ever taken. Written by a talented team of Visual Basic .NET experts, this comprehensive guide helps you flatten the .NET learning curve and get to work, whether you're a Visual Basic 6 veteran, an ASP developer, or a programming newcomer. Starting with an overview of new object-oriented programming features, the authors walk you through Visual Basic language basics and the Visual Studio .NET IDE, explain ADO.NET and XML data access technologies, and demonstrate step by step how to create Windows Forms, ASP.NET applications, and Web Services. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Visual Basic .NET
* Get a quick rundown of differences between Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET
* Master the ins and outs of the Visual Basic .NET language, from "Hello World" to object-oriented programming, multithreading, and COM interoperability
* Find out how to boost your productivity in the Visual Studio .NET integrated development environment
* Harness ADO.NET and XML to access and manipulate data
* Get a handle on creating Windows Forms, from controls to visual inheritance
* Delve into HTML and Web controls, plus learn how to encapsulate code into user controls and find out what's new with security and configuration for your ASP.NET applications
* Learn everything you need to know to build and consume Web Services, including incisive coverage of SOAP
Companion Web site Companion Web site includes source code from the book: www.hungryminds.com/extras/ www.hungryminds.com

About the Author:

Bill Evjen has been programming in Web development since 1996. Though raised in Seattle, Bill is presently an Internet Applications developer in St. Louis, Missouri. His abilities in Microsoft-centric Web technologies have led him to develop a number of large Internet-based applications for Fortune 500 companies and others. Bill's love of the new .NET platform led him to be the Founder and President of the St. Louis .NET User Group (http://www.stlnet.org/), and has helped in bringing prominent .NET speakers to the Midwest. Bill graduated from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington with a Russian Linguistics degree, and when he isn't tinkering on the computer, he enjoys spending his free time in his summer place in Toivakka, Finland. You can reach Bill at evjen@yahoo.com.

Jason Beres has been a software developer for 10 years. He is currently a consultant in south Florida and works exclusively with Microsoft technologies. Jason holds the MCT, MCSD, and MCDBA certifications from Microsoft. When he is not teaching, consulting, or writing, he is formatting his hard drive and installing the latest beta products from Microsoft and keeping up with the latest episodes of Star Trek.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0764548263
• ISBN 13: 9780764548260
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1272