Coding Techniques for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET [Paperback]

John Connell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 10, 2001

This unique title goes beyond simply using academic snippets of code to demonstrate a point or language construct to teach Visual Basic.Net. Designed for the beginning, self-taught, or even experienced programmers who are switching to Microsoft Visual Basic.Net from other languages, this book provides insights.

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About the Author

In his day job, John Connell is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer with BankFinancial in Chicago, a 100% Microsoft tools and operating system business. John and his team develop applications with Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft Visual C++ .NET, Microsoft BackOffice, MTS, MSMQ, Microsoft Site Server Commerce Edition, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Microsoft SQL Server. He has an MBA and a Master's Degree in Computer Science. John also currently teaches evening and weekend graduate-level programming classes at DePaul University. His five years of teaching led him to see a large opportunity for a new category of Visual Basic book, which he has presented to us.

Product Details

• Paperback: 633 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (November 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735612544
• ISBN-13: 978-0735612549
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,779,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I would have given this 6 stars if possible, March 1, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Coding Techniques for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Paperback)

I would not be surprised if this book is destined to become 'The book' to learn Visual Basic.Net. I completely agree with the other reviewers. John Connell leads the reader through .Net in such a clear and enjoyable way that you don't realize just how much you learned. After finishing a chapter, I close the book and reflect on all the ground that has been covered. The book logically leads the reader through assemblies, interned strings, structured error handling (i.e., try, catch, finally), classes, how to understand and quickly use the massive framework, OOP techniques, Web Services, Windows Services, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, XML, disconnected datasets, and much more. For me, these were pretty much completely new concepts - yet this book makes them crystal clear. I wish more books could be writting with this style of clearity and razer sharp examples. If you are trying to learn VB.Net, in my humble opinion you just can't go wrong with this book.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One book shows how .Net fits together, March 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Coding Techniques for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Paperback)

As a consultant that uses VB and C++, I have to keep technically current. This book takes you through OO, deriving classes, new data types and tips, managing collections and arrays, covers new (for VB) structured error handling and debugging, deploying pubic and private assemblies, ADO.NET and ASP.NET and WEb Services. Each chapter builds on the next, so the reader can easily see how the pieces fit together. The fairly complete coverage of ADO.NET (3 chapters) shows how to deploy disconnected recordsets. Next, Connell moves into ASP.NET and shows how to use what was just learned in ASP - very logical progression. There is some good coverage of file management, logical and visual inheritance, and XML. In the final chapter, a desktop app (Sticky Yellow Note) is built using OO, static procedures, context menues, filestreams, and XML. Then the app is deployed - you can give this to people that don't have the .NEt framework installed yet. All in all, a very conprehensive and readable book. I found this useful. I think if you are already proficient in VB or C++ you will really enjoy this.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent book!, January 17, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Coding Techniques for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Paperback)

I'm a pretty decent VB programmer, and have been reading various articles about VB.Net. Most were a bit cryptic and expected that the reader was already familiar with .Net. So when I picked up VB.Net Coding Techniques I was very pleasantly surprised. Mr. Connell eases the reader into OO VB.Net using real programs.

The book provides all sorts of tips on what Vb.Net programmers will find the most challenging - finding the right object in the amazingly expansive .Net Framework. Connell's guidance and tips makes it almost trivial now. The book provides seasoned guidance on how namespaces are layed out. Best of all, how to use various tools and more to immediately find, instantiate, and use the correct framework class. Not only is there crystal clear coverage of XML, Web Services, assemblies, inheritance, ASP.NET and more, but it ties these together seamlessly. Anyway, that's my 2 cents worth. If you need to learn VB.Net right now - you can't go wrong with Coding Techniques.