Pro VB 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform

by Troelsen, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9781590598221
• ISBN10: 1590598229
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-31
• Publisher: Apress

Summary

Whether yours"re moving to .NET for the first time, or yours"re already writing applications on .NET 2.0 or .NET 3.0, Pro VB 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform will provide you with a solid grounding in this new technology and serve as a comprehensive reference throughout your coding career: Explore five new chapters of content -including the grammar of the common intermediate language (CIL), .NET generics, and object serialization services. Discover all the new .NET 3.5 features -nullable types, delegate covariance, ASP.NET 2.0 master pages, the new Windows Forms "Strip" controls, and much more. Get a professional foothold -targeted to appeal to experienced software professionals and/or graduate students of computer science (so donrs"t expect three chapters on iteration or decision constructs!). Gain a rocksolid foundation in programming using Visual Basic. Get comfortable with all the core aspects of the .NET platform -including assemblies, remoting, Windows Forms, Web Forms, ADO.NET, XML web services, and much more.Once yours"ve digested the information contained in the 25 chapters of this 1000+ page book, yours"ll be ready to apply this knowledge to your specific programming assignments and well equipped to explore the .NET universe on your own. What yours"ll learn Everything you need to put .NET 3.5 and Visual Basic 2008 to use in your professional workbefore anyone else! Insights and techniques from the authorrs"s experience since .NET 1.0 Complete coverage of .NET 3.5-WPF, WCF and WF Who is this book for?Anyone with some software development experience interested in the new .NET 3.5 Platform and the Visual Basic language. Whether yours"re moving to .NET for the first time or yours"re already writing applications on .NET 2.0 or .NET 3.0, this book will provide you with a solid grounding in this new technology and serve as a comprehensive reference throughout your coding career.

Table of Contents

Introduction Visual Basic 2008 and the .Net Platform

The Philosophy of .Net

Building Visual Basic 2008 Applications

Core VB Programming Constructs

VB 2008 Programming Constructs, Part I

VB 2008 Programming Constructs, Part II

Designing Encapsulated Class Types

Understanding Inheritance and Polymorphism

Understanding Structured Exception Hnalding

Understanding Object Lifetime

Advanced VB Programming Consructs

Working with Interface Types

Collections, Generics, and Nullable Data Types

Delegates, Events, and Lambdas

Operator Overloading and Custom Conversion Routines

VB 2008-Specific Language Features

An Introduction to LINQ

Programming with .NET Assemblies

Introducing .NET Assemblies

Type Reflection, Late Binding, and Attribute-Based Programming

Processes, AppDomains, and Object Contexts

Building Multithreaded Applications

NET Interoperability Assemblies

Introducing the .NET Base Class Libraries

File and Directory Manipulation

Introducing Object Serialization

ADO.NET

The Connected Layer

ADO.NET

The Disconnected Layer

Programming with the LINQ APIs

Introducing Windows Communication Foundation

Introducing Windows Workflow Foundation

Desktop Applications with Windows Forms

Introducing Windows Forms

Rendering Graphical Data with GDI+

Programming with Windows Forms Controls

Desktop Applications with WPF

Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation and XAML

Programming with WPF Controls

WPF 2D Graphical Rendering, Resources, and Themes

Building Web Applications with ASP.NET

Building ASP.NET Web Pages

ASP.NET Web Controls, Themes, and Master Pages

ASP.NET State Management Techniques

Index

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