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Beginning Visual Basic 2008
This title features expanded coverage of Windows Vista, Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation, and Windows Communication Foundation. All code and examples are updated to cover the latest version of VB and the .NET 3.5 Framework. 62 percent of developers use some form of Visual Basic; this book teaches readers the basics and gets
them programming with one of Microsoft's most popular development languages. Readers quickly learn to write applications for Windows, the Web, and mobile devices. It also covers object-oriented programming, creating custom controls, working with databases, creating menus, and working with graphics. Other topics include building class libraries, Web services and .NET remoting, and deploying applications.
Contents:
Introduction.Chapter 1
Welcome to VB.NET.Chapter 2
The Microsoft .NET Framework.Chapter 3
Writing Software.Chapter 4
Controlling the Flow.Chapter 5
Working with Data Structures.Chapter 6
Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML).Chapter 7
Building Windows Applications.Chapter 8
Displaying Dialog Boxes.Chapter 9
Creating Menus.Chapter 10
Debugging and Error Handling and Validation.Chapter 11
Building Objects.Chapter 12
Advanced Object-Oriented Techniques.Chapter 13
Building Class Libraries.Chapter 14
Creating Your Own Custom Controls.Chapter 15
Programming Custom Graphics.Chapter 16
Accessing Databases.Chapter 17
Database Programming with SQL Server and ADO.NET.Chapter 18
ASP.Net.Chapter 19
Web Projects.Chapter 20
Visual Basic.NET and XML.Chapter 21
Distributed Computing with the Windows Communication Foundation.Chapter 22
Building a Sequential Workflow using the Windows Workflow Foundation.Chapter 23
Building Mobile Applications.Chapter 24
Deploying Your Application.Chapter 25
Where to now?Appendix A
Exercise Answers.Appendix B
Program Architecture and Design Patterns an Introduction.Appendix C
An Introduction to Code Security.Appendix D
An Introduction to Windows Cardspace.Appendix E
.Net Framework Differences.
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