Building Client/Server Applications Under VB .NET: An Example-Driven Approach [Paperback]

Jeff Levinson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1590590708 | ISBN-13: 978-1590590706 | Publication Date: March 2003 | Edition: 1

Building Client/Server Applications Under .NET is based on Release 1.0 of the .NET Framework / Release 1.0 of Visual Studio .NET + .NET Framework Service Pack 1. Author Jeff Levinson walks readers through how to write a complete application - no "snippets" of code -  and will show readers examples of how, when, and why to perform a task. Building Client/Server Applications Under .NET is the step-by-step manual on software development for Enterprise application development.

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"Oh no, not another book on client/server! But this one is different. … Starting from the theoretical beginnings, it describes how to set up the IIS web server and what exactly it is you are trying to achieve. … A good book if you want a real example of Client/Server architecture in action." (Ian Elliot, VSJ – Visual Systems Journal, May, 2004)

About the Author

Jeff Levinson was born and raised in Tarzana, California (San Fernando Valley). He started developing in BASIC on the Apple ][ computer and Commodore-64 at the age of 7 as a hobby. He attended San Diego State University and after college worked in the film and television business for 6 years as a 1^st Assistant Cameraman and a 2^nd Assistant Director. After giving up the film business, he turned to his hobby of programming in order to make a living. He has contracted for such companies as Motorola and US Borax and he currently works for Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the Business Systems division. He has taught client/server programming at San Diego State University continuing education and he currently teaches part time at Bellevue Community College continuing education in the state of Washington. In his spare time, you can find him on the golf course – or more accurately in the woods just off the golf course looking for his ball…

Product Details

• Paperback: 624 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (March 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590590708
• ISBN-13: 978-1590590706
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,158,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am a senior ALM Consultant with Northwest Cadence (www.nwcadence.com) specializing in software development lifecycle management and process improvement with a focus on Team Foundation Server. I have taught classes at San Diego State University Extensions, University of Washington Extensions and Bellevue Community College Extended Studies in programming and database development.

I love speaking at events and have been recently speaking at VSLive!, Dev Connections and Tech Ed where I am scheduled to present again in 2011. Speaking and training developers, testers, project managers, business analysts and others in good, solid practices for software development is a passion of mine.

In 2003 I got tired of books purporting to tell developers how to accomplish this and that but without actually walking them through a working example and explaining the logic. I got lucky and knew someone who had written a book and she put me in touch with her editor. The editor liked my outline and agreed to the book deal. That was my first book and writing is a bug. It's a chance to get your knowledge out to everyone who is interested and if I think I can help, I will keep writing. While hard, the end result is immensely satisfying and even better if the books help make development teams lives easier.

My masters is in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. I am an MSCD, MCAD, MCDBA, MCT, SCJP, Security+ and ITIL certified consultant.

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If only all programming books were this concise, May 1, 2003

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This review is from: Building Client/Server Applications Under VB .NET: An Example-Driven Approach (Paperback)

Wow!

Thank you Mr.Levinson. Finally, a programming text that is easy to understand and relevant to modern application development.

This book is my new bible. I highly recommend it to anyone interested and capable of this level of programming.

I especially appreciated the examples, which were not only easy to implement, but presented a logical step-wise approach to the client/server model under .Net.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally a real world application!, October 20, 2005

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This book combines all the necessary elements, remoting, coding to interfaces, reusable code, to create a real world enterprise level application. The book takes difficult topics and applies them to the Northwind database which all developers are familiar with. This book is by no means a book for beginners. However, if you have a good understanding of Object Oriented application design then you should be okay. I took off one star because I felt there should be a little more background information on remoting to make using the sample application less frustrating. However, the author replied within a few hours and helped me troubleshoot my issue. All in all, a great, well-thought out book.

4.0 out of 5 stars Average programming textbook., October 16, 2011

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I was working for a douchebag developer as a programming analyst. He first agreed to use c#, which I had been working with. At the last minute, he decides to change over to vb.net. I used this book effectively to keep my job for a few weeks until I could find a better job. Are there better books out there? Probably, but who cares? Why not use a better language?