• Comprehensive, authoritative explanation of VB.NET 2005 and .NET 2.0 from a proven author who has a history of writing award-winning, successful books for professional developers. * The broad scope of this book provides aspiring professionals with all the information that they need to become proficient in coding .NET 2.0 applications "overnight."

• Visual Basic has one of the largest user groups of any coding language. It is estimated that a large number of them will be following the next path to the latest edition of the language from previous versions (VB.NET 1.1 and VB6 especially). This book is well placed to meet their needs.

Autorentext
Andrew Troelsen is a partner, trainer, and consultant at Intertech Inc., and is a leading authority on both .NET and COM. His book Pro C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform won the prestigious 2003 Referenceware Excellence Award and is in its third edition. Also of note are his earlier five-star treatment of traditional COM in the bestselling Developer's Workshop to COM and ATL mirrored in his book, COM and .NET Interoperability, and his top-notch investigation of VB .NET in Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Platform: An Advanced Guide. Troelsen has a degree in mathematical linguistics and South Asian studies from the University of Minnesota, and is a frequent speaker at numerous .NET-related conferences. He currently lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Amanda, and spends his free time investigating .NET and waiting for the Wild to win the Stanley Cup. You can check out his blog at AndrewTroelsen.blogspot.com.

Zusammenfassung

With the release of .NET 2.0, the Visual Basic 2005 language has been updated with numerous new programming constructs (XML code documentation, operator overloading, generics, and partial types just to name a few!). Now more than ever, choosing a .NET language boils down to personal preference (rather than a languages feature set).

However, to effectively make use of these language features, developers must have a rock-solid grounding in object-oriented technology, assemblies, and the core .NET technologies. The purpose of Pro VB 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform, Second Edition is to provide you with such a foundation by diving deep into the language of Visual Basic 2005 and the platform of .NET. Thus, rather than simply showing how a code wizard can generate all the code on your behalf, this text will first show you how to author the code yourself so you can alter the generated code to your liking.

Beyond learning all the details of the VB 2005 programming language, you will also dive into the details of building desktop applications (using Windows Forms) and websites (via ASP.NET 2.0), and how to interact with relational databases (à la ADO.NET). Furthermore, you will explore how to build distributed applications using the .NET remoting layer and XML web services. Rest assured, this text will expose you to all the major services of the .NET platform and put you in the perfect position for further exploration.

Inhalt
Introducing Visual Basic 2005 and the .NET Platform.- The Philosophy of .NET.- Building Visual Basic 2005 Applications.- Visual Basic 2005 Language Fundamentals.- VB 2005 Programming Constructs, Part I.- VB 2005 Programming Constructs, Part II.- Core Object-Oriented Programming Techniques.- Defining Encapsulated Class Types.- Understanding Inheritance and Polymorphism.- Understanding Structured Exception Handling.- Understanding Object Lifetime.- Advanced Object-Oriented Programming Techniques.- Working with Interfaces and Collections.- Callback Interfaces, Delegates, and Events.- Advanced VB 2005 Programming Constructs.- Understanding Generics and Nullable Data Types.- Programming with .NET Assemblies.- Introducing .NET Assemblies.- Type Reflection, Late Binding, and Attribute-based Programming.- Processes, AppDomains, Contexts, and CLR Hosts.- Building Multithreaded Applications.- COM and .NET Interoperability.- Exploring the .NET Base Class Libraries.- The System.IO Namespace.- Understanding Object Serialization.- The .NET Remoting Layer.- Building a Better Window with System.Windows.Forms.- Rendering Graphical Data with GDI+.- Programming with Windows Forms Controls.- Database Access with ADO.NET.- Web Applications and XML Web Services.- Building ASP.NET 2.0 Web Pages.- ASP.NET 2.0 Web Controls, Themes, and Master Pages.- ASP.NET 2.0 State Management Techniques.- Understanding XML Web Services.