Professional Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5 Programming - Softcover

Sheldon, Bill; Hollis, Billy; Windsor, Rob; McCarter, David; Hillar, Gastón C.; Herman, Todd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 111831445X ISBN 13: 9781118314456

Publisher: Wrox, 2013

Synopsis

Explore Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5 with this fully updated resource

After a quick review of the of introductory topics of Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5, this book moves quickly into advanced topics such as data access with ADO.NET, security, ASP.NET web programming with Visual Basic, Windows workflow, and threading. You'll explore the essential Visual Basic 2012 functions you need, including .NET features such as LINQ, WCF, and more. Plus, you'll examine exception handling and debugging, Visual Studio features, and deployment.

• Puts the new Async keyword and Iterators to work
• Explores new options and interfaces presented by Windows 8 development and WinRT
• Continues strong coverage of core language elements and tools and creating componentized applications

This updated version of Professional Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5 retains its expert author team, including one of the best-known and respected Microsoft Visual Basic MVPs, Bill Sheldon, and Microsoft Regional Director “Software Legend” Billy Hollis.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Explore Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5 with this updated resource

The new Visual Basic 2012 and its compatibility with .NET 4.5 require that programmers be familiar with all the latest subject matter. After a quick refresher of the basics, this must-have resource quickly dives into more advanced topics to examine the important topics, such as data access with ADO.NET, security, ASP.NET web programming with VB, Windows workflow, and threading. In-depth coverage looks at the new .NET features, including LINQ, WCF, XML, WPF, and more. Plus, you'll address exception handling and debugging, Visual Studio features, and deployment.

Professional Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5 Programming:

• Details the elements of a .NET application and discusses how to create your own namespace
• Addresses implementing inheritance and creating an abstract base class
• Highlights advanced language concepts such as lambdas, iterators, and async keywords
• Reviews designer concepts and the Win8 client
• Discusses assemblies and reflection, parallel programming using tasks and threads, and deployment
• Looks at XAML syntax, using XAML to create a window, and creating a WinRT XAML application

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About the Author

Bill Sheldon, Visual Basic MVP for 8 years, is the Vice President of Information Technology for Rubio's Restaurants. He can be found at @NerdNotes.

Billy Hollis, MVP, is a developer and UX designer at Next Version Systems. He is also a well-known and prolific speaker and trainer.

Rob Windsor, MVP, is Lead SharePoint Consultant with Portal Solutions—a Microsoft Gold Partner.

David McCarter, MVP, is a principal software engineer/architect and editor-in-chief of dotNetTips.com.

Gaston C. Hillar, MVP, is tech leader and architect at Bootsoft Inc. He contributes to Dr. Dobbs and blogs for Intel Software Network.

Todd Herman is a senior software engineer at Apx Labs focused on developing a library to support the XMPP standard.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wrox
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 111831445X
• ISBN 13: 9781118314456
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 912