Pro Vb 2005 And The Net 2 0 Platform

* 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.

This book provides a complete A-to-Z reference for using VB with the .NET 2.0 platform and the .NET 3.0 extensions. It contains new chapters that explore the interactions between the existing framework and the new extensions, offering readers an edge when they evaluate and implement .NET 3.0 for the first time. To provide even more support, the book comes with a bonus CD that provides over 500 pages of carefully selected additional content to help broaden a reader's understanding of both .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.0.

* 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.

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 VB 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.Part 1 - Introducing Visual Basic 2005 and the .NET PlatformPart 2 - Visual Basic 2005 Language FundamentalsPart 3 - Core Object-Oriented Programming TechniquesPart 4 - Advanced Object-Oriented Programming TechniquesPart 5 - Programming with .NET AssembliesPart 6 - Exploring the .NET Base Class LibrariesPart 7 - Web Applications and XML Web Services

*First fully compliant .NET 2.0 title for the professional C# programmer in 2005. *Based on one of Apress’ best selling books, by original author. *Prepares working C# programmers to face new .NET 2.0 technology.

*Completely up to date with the ASP.NET 2.0 technology and demonstrates the new best-practices and coding styles that it requires *Focuses on the needs of the developer and explains the technology in a way that is easy to apply to their development projects *Provides a comprehensive coverage of the whole of ASP.NET 2.0 (with VB .NET 2.0) to give the reader the best possible understanding of the whole subject area

To celebrate recent innovations, and to demonstrate Apress’ commitment to the ASP.NET market, we are publishing a special edition of Pro ASP.NET 2.0 in VB 2005, with new chapters explaining how to use these important new technologies. On top of the book’s already extensive coverage, readers will learn how to create Ajax and Atlas applications in ASP.NET 2.0. They will be treated to a deeper coverage of ASP.NET 2.0 Performance Tuning and will be given a slew of bonus material to truly make this special edition special. This includes a free eBook of the title’s content and a bonus 150 page eBook of carefully selected ASP.NET 2.0 articles.