Visual Basic.Net Developer's Headstart

by Shapiro, Jeffrey

• ISBN13: 9780072195811
• ISBN10: 0072195819
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

Create powerful and complex applications using this hard-core and practical resource. Readers learn how to take advantage of Visual Basic.NET's powerful new object-oriented features and understand the core differences between VB and VB.NET.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
An Introduction to the .NET Framework and VB.NET	1	(32)
Casting the .NET	2	(10)
Divide and Rule	5	(1)
The First COMing	6	(2)
The Elements of COM	8	(3)
COM Unbecoming	11	(1)
The Second COMing	12	(5)
What Is the .NET Framework?	13	(1)
The Common Type System	13	(1)
Why .NET Is Better	14	(1)
Is .NET Another Java?	15	(2)
Why .NET Depends of Visual Basic	17	(1)
The Legacy of Visual Basic	17	(4)
Don't Mind Us: We're Making Moolah	18	(1)
Componentware Arrives with OLE and COM	19	(1)
Death of a C++ Programmer	20	(1)
The Legacy of ASP	20	(1)
And the VB Machine Rolls On	21	(2)
And then Along Came a Cpider?	21	(2)
Entering VB Nirvana	23	(7)
True Object Orientation	23	(3)
Structured Exception Handling	26	(1)
Delegates	27	(1)
Interfaces	27	(1)
Multithreading	27	(1)
Managed Execution	28	(1)
ADO.NET	28	(1)
ASP.NET	29	(1)
Observations	30	(3)
Introduction to the Common Language Runtime	33	(24)
The CLR Is More, by Far	34	(3)
A Hosted Execution Environment	35	(1)
An Execution Manager	36	(1)
Assembly Basics	37	(4)
Assemblies Exposed	41	(2)
The Elements of the Assembly	42	(1)
Generating MSIL	43	(1)
The Common Language Specification	44	(2)
Language Interoperability	44	(2)
Metadata	46	(2)
Down to Executable Code	48	(1)
``JIT'er'' Bugs Beware	48	(1)
Managed Execution	49	(4)
Side-by-Side Execution	49	(1)
Application Domains	50	(1)
Garbage Collection	51	(2)
The .NET Security Model	53	(1)
Just-in-Time (for Tea) Deployment	54	(2)
Observations	56	(1)
VB.NET Building Blocks	57	(50)
Let the Mission Begin	58	(5)
Goodbye World, Hello VB.NET	60	(3)
Option Compare, Explicit, and Strict	63	(1)
Data Type Conversion	63	(1)
VB.NET Operators	64	(7)
The Value of True Is-1	64	(1)
Operator Precedence	65	(1)
Unary Operators	66	(1)
Assignment Operators	66	(1)
Relational Operators	67	(2)
Concatenation Operator	69	(1)
Bitwise Operators	69	(1)
Arithmetic Operators	70	(1)
Execution Control Statements	71	(5)
Branching	71	(2)
Decision-making and Switches	73	(3)
Iteration Statements	76	(3)
Do...Loop	76	(1)
For...Next	77	(1)
For Each...Next	78	(1)
While	78	(1)
Arrays	79	(6)
Declaring and Initializing Arrays	79	(1)
Working with Arrays	80	(2)
Working with the Array's Upper Boundary	82	(2)
The Erase Statement	84	(1)
The IsArray Function	85	(1)
Collections	85	(2)
The Collections Namespace	86	(1)
Strings	87	(17)
Working with Strings	88	(1)
The Methods of System.String	88	(16)
Methods	104	(2)
Sub-procedures and Functions	106	(1)
Observations	106	(1)
Object-Oriented Software Development Using VB.NET	107	(40)
Types	109	(5)
The .NET Value Type Reference Model	109	(1)
The .NET Object Reference Model	110	(4)
Inheritance, Encapsulation, and Polymorphism in VB.NET	114	(9)
Inheritance	114	(5)
Encapsulation	119	(2)
Polymorphism	121	(2)
A ``Real-World'' Scenario	123	(1)
Designing the Application	124	(3)
Modeling	125	(2)
Creating Classes	127	(7)
Class Visibility and Role	128	(1)
Encapsulation at Work	128	(1)
Creating a Class Others Can Use	129	(3)
Inheritance at Work	132	(2)
Implementation in the Parent Class	134	(4)
Adding the Methods	134	(4)
Object-Oriented Development at Work	138	(7)
Inheriting the Implementation	138	(3)
Using the Classes	141	(2)
Instantiation	143	(2)
Observations	145	(2)
VB.NET in Action	147	(48)
.NET Exception Handling	148	(9)
The Exception Handler	151	(2)
Exit Try and Finally	153	(1)
Nesting Exception Handlers	154	(1)
Creating Your Own Exception Classes	155	(2)
Extending the Base Class	157	(3)
Object Serialization and .NET 1/0	160	(13)
Serialization Part I	162	(1)
1/0 Support in .NET	163	(4)
Serialization Part II	167	(3)
Serialization Part III	170	(3)
ADO.NET	173	(7)
ADO Revisited	173	(1)
Enter ADO.NET	174	(2)
Connection Architecture	176	(1)
XML	177	(1)
Implementing Database Integration with ADO.NET	178	(2)
Interfaces	180	(2)
Forms	182	(5)
Windows Forms and Web Forms	184	(1)
The Graphical Login	185	(2)
ASP.NET	187	(4)
ASP.NET in Action	188	(3)
Creating a Simple Web Service	191	(3)
Observations	194	(1)
Migration to and Interoperability of VB.NET	195	(18)
Protecting Your Investment in Existing Code	197	(4)
Stay in Classic VB	198	(1)
Migrate Code to VB.NET	198	(1)
Rewrite	199	(2)
Is It Worth Porting?	201	(1)
Using the Visual Basic Upgrade Wizard	202	(5)
Understanding the Upgrade Process	203	(3)
Upgrading COM and COM+ Services Using the Wizard	206	(1)
Upgrade Tools for Interop	206	(1)
Accessing COM Components from VB.NET Clients	207	(2)
Using the TLBIMP Utility	208	(1)
Calling .NET Objects from COM or Standard VB Clients	209	(2)
Understanding Object Lifetime and Deterministic Finalization	211	(1)
Moving from ASP to ASP.NET	211	(1)
Observations	212	(1)
Making the Move to VB.NET	213	(12)
What Makes a Software Development Language	214	(3)
The Way It Was	216	(1)
The Way It Is	216	(1)
Syntax and Idioms	217	(2)
Managed Execution, Managed Code . . . and Java	219	(1)
User Interfaces	220	(1)
VB.NET: The Best RAD Tool	220	(2)
Late Binding	220	(1)
VB.NET With Blocks	221	(1)
Market Demand	222	(1)
Observations	223	(2)
Index	225