Pro VB 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform (Windows.Net) | 
| Author: Andrew Troelsen
Publisher: Apress
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 74483
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1377
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.8
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7 x 2.2
ISBN: 1590598229
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.262
EAN: 9781590598221
Publication Date: March 24, 2008
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Product Description
Whether you’re moving to .NET for the first time, or you’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 don’t expect three chapters on iteration or decision constructs!).
- Gain a rock–solid 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 you’ve digested the information contained in the 25 chapters of this 1000+ page book, you’ll be ready to apply this knowledge to your specific programming assignments and well equipped to explore the .NET universe on your own. What you’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 author’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 you’re moving to .NET for the first time or you’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.
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Excellent for VB6 programmers December 2, 2008
This book does a fantastic job getting you up to speed on Object Oriented Programming (OOP). I'm going through this book now with a team of 3 other veteran VB6 programmers, and they are being introduced to many OOP concepts for the first time. Though the concepts are very abstract, Troelsen manages to relate them in very practical examples. He is also much more thorough than other books I was considering when it came to the details of various .Net items such as the Exception class. The main reason I like this book is because the order of the chapters progress smoothly from the core concepts of OOP and the .Net architecture to the more specific concepts like form/control design or ASP.NET pages.
 VB2008 November 17, 2008
The book came in really fast, and it has a lot of what I expected. Thanks for such a good service.
The reference book all VB.net programmers should have. July 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I, for one, miss the days of large reference manuals as opposed to help files and Google searches. For me this book is a throwback in terms of its completeness and scope. If you program in VB.net I feel this is a must-have reference. I've given it to 2 of my developer friends already and plan to give it again. Do yourself and your career a favor. God bless.
Wow! This is THE book for VB2008 and/or .NET 3.5!!! July 7, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I cannot over-rate this book. I've been developing systems for 40 years, and I've never seen a better book of this type. The author, Andrew Troelsen, really knows his stuff, and knows how to teach it. I only wish I'd had his VB 2005/.NET 2.0 book two years ago when I started trying to learn .NET! There's a lot of advanced material in this book, but it's good for any experienced programmer who wants to really learn .NET and VB 2008. It explains not only the what, but the why and how. If you need a book on this material, this is absolutely the one to get, period.
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