Contributors Include: Jim Chandler, Jacob Grass, Kevin Grossnicklaus, Uday Kranti, NIIT, Rob Teixeira, and Yancey Jones. Visual Basic .NET Bible covers everything you need to get up and runningwith this much changed version of Visual Basic and to begin creating applications for the new Microsoft.NET Platform.

This inexpensive--yet complete--Visual Basic resource includes something for everyone: tutorials, advanced tips and tricks, and a complete reference section to VB functions and commands. Chapters range from the basics of the development environment to interactive Web programming with ASP.NET and database programming with ADO.NET.

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.

The all new IDG Bible covering the hotly anticipated new version of Microsoft's hugely popular programming language.

In this book, you’ll be introduced to the features and capabilities of ASP.NET 3.5, as well as the foundation that ASP.NET provides. Updated for the latest release of Visual Studio, this new edition adds five hundred pages of great new content compared to the original 2.0 version of the book. Including both printed and downloadable VB and C# code examples, this edition focuses even more on experienced programmers and advanced web development. New coverage includes new chapters on IIS 7 development, LINQ, ASP.NET, Silverlight, and many others.

Designed for experienced Visual Basic programmers needing to master the details of building applications that access relational and other data stores. This guide is organized as a reference with entries that include tutorials, step-by-step instructions, code samples and other elements designed to speed mastery of the subject matter.

This multiple-volume set is the printed reference documentation for Visual Basic.NET--and a comprehensive, easy-to-use alternative to the online help system. (Computer Books - Languages/Programming)

100% comprehensive, the C# Bible will have even beginning programmers up and running with Microsoft's new C# language quickly and easily. But this title does not stop at just presenting the C# language - it teaches practical application development in the new .NET Framework. Starting at ground zero, readers will benefit from veteran developer Jeff Ferguson's insight into topics that include: * Background of C# * .NET concepts * Defining data with variables * Building containers with arrays * Writing expressions and statements * Object Oriented Programming with C# * Maintaining state with fields * Defining behavior with methods * Building WinForm and WebFom applications * Using C# in ASP.NET * Working with COM