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.
Bill Sheldon is a Microsoft MVP for Visual Basic
and a Principal Engineer with InterKnowlogy.
Billy Hollis is MSDN Regional Director of Developer Relations
for Microsoft in Nashville, Tennessee.
Kent Sharkey is an independent software consultant and former
content strategist for MSDN.
Jonathan Marbutt is Vice President of Development for WayCool
Software, Inc.
Rob Windsor is a Microsoft MVP and a Senior Consultant with ObjectSharp.
Gastón C. Hillar is an independent software consultant,
specialized in parallelism and multicore.