Expert VB 2008 Business Objects (Paperback)

~ Rockford Lhotka (Author), Joe Fallon (Author)
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Product Description

Do you want to create .NET applications that provide high performance and scalability? Do you want to employ object–oriented programming techniques in a distributed environment? Do you want to maximize the reuse and maintainability of your code? Then this book is for you.

In Rockford Lhotka’s Expert VB 2008 Business Objects, you’ll learn how to use advanced .NET Framework capabilities alongside OO design and programming to create scalable, maintainable object–oriented applications. Better still, this book includes CSLA .NET 3.6, a widely used framework on which you can base your application development. By using the concepts and framework in the book, you can focus more on your business issues, and less on technology.

Having updated this third edition using VS2008 and VB 2008, Rockford Lhotka shows you how CSLA .NET 3.6 allows great flexibility in object persistence, so business objects can use virtually any data sources available. The CSLA framework supports 1–, 2–, and n–tier models through the concept of mobile objects. This provides the flexibility to optimize performance, scalability, security, and fault tolerance with no changes to code in the UI or business objects.

Business objects based on CSLA .NET 3.6 automatically gain many advanced features that simplify the creation of Windows forms, web forms, WPF, WCF, WF and web services interfaces, and LINQ.

Who is this book for

This book is for Visual Basic .NET developers using VS 2008 who want to create .NET applications that provide high performance and scalability, and employ object–oriented programming techniques in a distributed environment.

About the Author

Rockford Lhotka is the author of numerous books, including Expert One-on-One Visual Basic .NET and Expert C# Business Objects. He is a Microsoft Software Legend, Regional Director, MVP, and INETA speaker. Rockford speaks at many conferences and user groups around the world and is a columnist for MSDN Online. Rockford is the principal technology evangelist for Magenic Technologies, one of the nation's premiere Microsoft Gold Certified Partners dedicated to solving today's most challenging business problems using 100% Microsoft tools and technology.

Joe Fallon is the director of framework development at PurchasingNet, Inc., and is responsible for the development and implementation of the .NET Framework for PNet products. Prior to joining PurchasingNet, he worked at Nestle Chocolate and Confection as an assistant plant engineer after completing five years of service in the U.S. Army as a captain in the field artillery. During his tenure at Nestle, he held various positions in industrial engineering and IT. Joe graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and was the 1981 recipient of the General Omar Bradley Award as the Academy's no. 1 mathematics major. He has been a Microsoft MVP for eight years in a row.

Product Details

• Paperback: 750 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (March 16, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430216387
• ISBN-13: 978-1430216384
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #118,132 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, April 17, 2009

By	R. Scott Steele (Madison, WI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As with the earlier editions, this book is a great help in understanding how to use business objects with VB. The book is worth the price just for the CSLA Framework alone.