VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell [Paperback]

Budi Kurniawan (Author), Ted Neward (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 2002 | Series: In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)

The .NET platform gives Visual Basic developers access to an entirely new and comprehensive class library that promises to further simplify and speed VB application development. In VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell, VB Programmers will find a concise and thorough reference to the types found in the core namespaces of the .NET Framework Class Library.

The heart of this book is a classic Nutshell Quick Reference to all the types found in 22 core .NET namespaces. The entry for each type describes its significance, explains how the type is used in .NET applications and lists its members and their signatures in readable VB.NET syntax.

The core namespaces documented in this book include types in the following areas:

• Essential system and programming services found in the System namespace
• Text handling and regular expression pattern searches
• Diagnostics, debugging, and performance monitoring
• Generalized and specialized collection objects
• Reflection
• Extensible Markup Language (XML)
• Input/output and serialization
• Networking
• Threading and timers
• COM interop and globalization

An essential companion to VB.NET Language in a Nutshell, this book completes a two-volume reference that VB.NET programmers will turn to repeatedly in both its print and online versions.

Thanks to a special partnership between O'Reilly and Microsoft, now you can integrate the content from this "In a Nutshell" title with the Dynamic Help inside Visual Studio .NET. Once you install the plug-in using the enclosed CD-ROM, you'll have full access to its 22 namespace overviews and 700-plus type entries. Requires Visual Studio .NET or Visual Basic .NET.

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About the Author

Budi Kurniawan is an IT consultant specializing in Internet and object-oriented programming, and has taught both Microsoft and Java technologies. Budi is among the first to develop commercial .NET applications and components and is currently writing the ".NET Real-World Projects" book to be published by APress this year, which includes the world's first .NET Pacman game. He is also the author of the best-selling "Java for the Web with Servlets, JSP, and EJB" (New Riders) and the developer of the most popular Java Upload Bean from BrainySoftware.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 574 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media (June 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0596002572
• ISBN-13: 978-0596002572
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,498,685 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, May 31, 2003

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Mr Pendent "Cody" (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell (Paperback)

As expected, this is a top notch book. Includes the information I was expecting, and a little bonus: not only can you install the VB.NET Core Classes information, but the CD that comes with this book includes all the information (for integration into VS.NET) for the VB.NET Language Reference, also by O'Reilly. So, while you only get the hard-copy of one book, you get the information of two. Quite a deal.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, in my opinion, May 31, 2003

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Mr Pendent "Cody" (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell (Paperback)

Okay--I don't dream in code often, and I don't make a living by programming. I do it for fun. I don't have any of the expensive versions of Visual Studio--just the "Standard", cheapie one.

With that said, I love having the framework laid out for me. The fact that it integrates into VS is a big plus. And, if you're undecided, here's a little tip--you can install the VB.NET Core Classes information *AND* the VB.NET Language reference into VS with this CD. I imagine that the VB.NET Language Reference is the same way. Whatever, for the price of one, you get two (albeit only on hardcopy version).

So--well worth the money. I love it.