Visual Basic Developer's Toolkit


Book Description

The ultimate resource package for Visual Basic developers, this book covers not only how to create applications, but also how to succeed with Visual Basic. It looks at everything from how to develop professional applications with lighning speed to working in a team environment and using VB to develop client/server applications.




Visual Basic® .NET Power Tools


Book Description

Step-by-Step Instruction on Complex Topics Leads You to the Expert Level Do you scour VB.NET books seeking solutions for esoteric database programming, debugging, security, or printing challenges, but can't ever find them? Are you wrestling with VB.NET's newer topics, such as asynchronous programming, Web services, employing Office objects, using reflection, and the .NET Compact Framework? Could you use some assistance making the transition from VB6 to VB.NET? If so, peer inside. Visual Basic .NET Power Tools is intended for professional programmers geared up to tackle the complex, cutting-edge, and sophisticated aspects of VB.NET. In this rare book, two world-renowned VB authors thoroughly describe a broad range of fascinating and important aspects of VB that aren't addressed elsewhere. This solutions-oriented guide teaches you how to: Get under the hood of the .NET Framework, and find out why it works the way it does Employ serialization techniques Leverage Microsoft Office in your applications Master encryption, hashing, and creating keys Learn advanced printing techniques Use the new reflection technology to look inside executing assemblies Build data-driven Web applications Design data-driven Windows applications Work with regular expressions Employ advanced graphics techniques Create professional-looking forms Design effective User Interfaces Use the .NET Compact Framework and its emerging technologies




Advanced Visual Basic


Book Description

Now programmers can learn how to take full advantage of Visual Basic. This book covers the latest version of Visual Basic, and includes techniques for using Visual Basic and its tools, applications design, and advanced techniques. The accompanying disk includes programs that illustrate how to develop applications using both Visual Basic and Windows.




Professional Visual Basic 2010 and .NET 4


Book Description

Intermediate and advanced coverage of Visual Basic 2010 and .NET 4 for professional developers If you've already covered the basics and want to dive deep into VB and .NET topics that professional programmers use most, this is your book. You'll find a quick review of introductory topics-always helpful-before the author team of experts moves you quickly into such topics as data access with ADO.NET, Language Integrated Query (LINQ), security, ASP.NET web programming with Visual Basic, Windows workflow, threading, and more. You'll explore all the new features of Visual Basic 2010 as well as all the essential functions that you need, including .NET features such as LINQ to SQL, LINQ to XML, WCF, and more. Plus, you'll examine exception handling and debugging, Visual Studio features, and ASP.NET web programming. Expert author team helps you master the tools and techniques you need most for professional programming Reviews why Visual Basic 2010 will be synonymous with writing code in Visual Studio 2010 Focuses on .NET features such as LINQ, LINQ to SQL, LINQ to XML, WPF, workflow, and more Discusses exception handling and debugging, data access with ADO.NET, Visual Studio features for Visual Basic developers, Windows programming with Windows Forms, ASP.NET web programming with VB, communication interfaces, Windows workflow, and threading This Wrox guide presents you with updated coverage on topics you need to know now.




Visual C++ for Visual Basic Developers


Book Description

This book will concentrate on C++ and some C# techniques that will benefit Visual Basic programmers. The author's approach is to cover things that "feel good" in each language and where the languages can enhance each other, then the basics of C++, from a VB programmer's perspective, and finally COM and ActiveX programming in depth. This book should be more practical than most; much of the code shown will be shipping commercially and have a demonstrated application. There will be a great deal of source code, and will include controls and COM objects that can be directly adopted by the reader.




Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Web Development


Book Description

The latest version of the popular progamming tool allows programmers to bring Visual Basic to the Web. With the new release of Microsoft Web development tools, including Visual Basic 5.0, programmers can leverage their existing skills as they bring the advantages of Visual Basic to their Web sites. This book is a guide for experienced Visual Basic programmers, who are both new and experienced with the Internet, to developing Web applications with Microsoft's new suite of tools. Web Site provides actively maintained software demos and sourcecode contained in the book.




VB.NET for Developers


Book Description

First complete book in the market to quickly get developers up-to-speed with VB.NET.




Creating and Consuming Web Services in Visual Basic


Book Description

Get on the fast track of what will become a virtually required skill for software developers - the ability to create Web Services and the applications that consume Web Services.




Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the .NET Framework Class Library


Book Description

The definitive reference every VB.NET developer needs to understand the capabilities of .NET namespaces and increase productivity inside the .NET framework.