Application Development Using Visual Basic and .Net

Build industrial-strength .NET applications with Visual Basic. Experienced programmers: Quickly come up to speed on the new, powerful Visual Basic .NET Practical, hands-on coverage of the .NET Framework, CLR, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, Web services, security, interoperability, and more Running case study: see how concepts work together when you build .NET applications This book gives experienced developers the practical insight they need to build enterprise applications using Visual Basic .NET. Using extensive code examples and a running case study, the authors illuminate the .NET concepts and technologies that offer developers the greatest power and value. They cover the entire process of constructing a .NET application: developing a simple .NET console application; adding a Windows Forms interface; isolating functionality within components; providing database access via ADO.NET; securing your code; and using ASP.NET to create Web applications and services. .NET Framework and Common Language Runtime fundamentals for experienced programmers Key .NET features: interfaces, attributes, collections, I/O, threading, remoting, and more In-depth coverage of ADO.NET, ASP.NET Web Forms, and Web services Advanced user interface programming with Windows Forms and GDI+ Assemblies, component deployment, and versioning Ensuring interoperability with diverse and legacy systems Includes a self-contained Visual Basic .NET overview for those new to the language Part of The Integrated .NET Series from Object Innovations and Prentice Hall PTR.Oberg, Robert J. is the author of 'Application Development Using Visual Basic and .Net' with ISBN 9780130933829 and ISBN 0130933821.