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Visual Basic .NET Bible [Paperback]

Bill Evjen (Author), Jason Beres (Author)
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0764548263 978-0764548260 December 15, 2001 1
Contributors Include: Jim Chandler, Jacob Grass, Kevin Grossnicklaus, Uday Kranti, NIIT, Rob Teixeira, and Yancey Jones.

Visual Basic .NET Bible covers everything you need to get up and runningwith this much changed version of Visual Basic and to begin creating applications for the new Microsoft.NET Platform.

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If Visual Basic .NET can do it, you can do it too ... Visual Basic .NET represents the greatest generational leap Visual Basic has ever taken. Written by a talented team of Visual Basic .NET experts, this comprehensive guide helps you flatten the .NET learning curve and get to work, whether you're a Visual Basic 6 veteran, an ASP developer, or a programming newcomer. Starting with an overview of new object-oriented programming features, the authors walk you through Visual Basic language basics and the Visual Studio .NET IDE, explain ADO.NET and XML data access technologies, and demonstrate step by step how to create Windows Forms, ASP.NET applications, and Web Services. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Visual Basic .NET
* Get a quick rundown of differences between Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET
* Master the ins and outs of the Visual Basic .NET language, from "Hello World" to object-oriented programming, multithreading, and COM interoperability
* Find out how to boost your productivity in the Visual Studio .NET integrated development environment
* Harness ADO.NET and XML to access and manipulate data
* Get a handle on creating Windows Forms, from controls to visual inheritance
* Delve into HTML and Web controls, plus learn how to encapsulate code into user controls and find out what's new with security and configuration for your ASP.NET applications
* Learn everything you need to know to build and consume Web Services, including incisive coverage of SOAP
Companion Web site Companion Web site includes source code from the book: www.hungryminds.com/extras/ www.hungryminds.com

About the Author

Bill Evjen has been programming in Web development since 1996. Though raised in Seattle, Bill is presently an Internet Applications developer in St. Louis, Missouri. His abilities in Microsoft-centric Web technologies have led him to develop a number of large Internet-based applications for Fortune 500 companies and others. Bill's love of the new .NET platform led him to be the Founder and President of the St. Louis .NET User Group (http://www.stlnet.org/), and has helped in bringing prominent .NET speakers to the Midwest. Bill graduated from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington with a Russian Linguistics degree, and when he isn't tinkering on the computer, he enjoys spending his free time in his summer place in Toivakka, Finland. You can reach Bill at evjen@yahoo.com.

Jason Beres has been a software developer for 10 years. He is currently a consultant in south Florida and works exclusively with Microsoft technologies. Jason holds the MCT, MCSD, and MCDBA certifications from Microsoft. When he is not teaching, consulting, or writing, he is formatting his hard drive and installing the latest beta products from Microsoft and keeping up with the latest episodes of Star Trek.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 1240 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (December 15, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0764548263
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764548260
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 2.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,452,100 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bill Evjen is an active proponent of .NET technologies and community-based learning initiatives for .NET. He has been actively involved with .NET since the first bits were released in 2000. In the same year, Bill founded the St. Louis .NET User Group (www.stlnet.org), one of the world's first such groups. Bill is also the founder and former executive director of the International .NET Association (www.ineta.org), which represents more than 500,000 members worldwide. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Bill is an acclaimed author and speaker on ASP.NET and XML Web Services. He has authored or co-authored more than twenty books including Professional ASP.NET 4, Professional C# 4 and .NET 4, ASP.NET Professional Secrets, XML Web Services for ASP.NET, and Web Services Enhancements: Understanding the WSE for Enterprise Applications (all published by Wiley Publishing, Inc.).

In addition to writing, Bill is a speaker at numerous conferences, including DevConnections, VSLive, and TechEd. Along with these items, Bill works closely with Microsoft as a Microsoft Regional Director and an MVP. Bill is the CIO for Swank Motion Pictures (www.swank.com), a company focused on film and TV distribution. You can reach Bill via Twitter at @billevjen.

 

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3.0 out of 5 stars Misses the Mark, May 2, 2002
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I guess that I am the exception here, since everyone else seems to love this book. I thought that the book was not very well put together. Let me give you some concrete examples:

First, I think that it has already been said that this book does not have enough OOP. That is probably true. I have been doing OOP for so long that I didn't miss the omission, but it might be a little frustrating for a novice.

There are also a lot of little things that I noticed. Much of the book seems to be a reprinting of the .NET SDK documentation. Another thing that bothered me quite a bit is that in their tables that list the methods of classes, they didn't list the return values of the methods. This may seem like a little thing, but it meant that I had to go look everything up in the SDK anyway, so after a while I ditched the book and just used the SDK.

Another thing that I noticed was some incorrect terminology. As an example, Mr. Beres refers to the System.IO.Directory class as a "static" class. I knew what he meant, because I am also a Java programmer, but that terminology is not used in VB.NET. That could be very confusing because there is no such thing as a static class in VB.NET. VB used to support static methods, but static in this sense meant something completely different than what Mr. Beres is trying to express. I believe that he meant that the class consists only of Shared methods, not that it is a static class.

Again, I don't mean to nitpick here, because there were some good things, too. I have also written books for a competing publisher, so I know how hard it is to get everything just right (trust me folks, its not as easy as it looks!), and the authors have done an admirable job. It's just that better attention to detail as well as more consideration of the audience could have made this book so much better.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book but lacks OOP discussion, February 22, 2002
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It is really a well written book. The authors are really good programmers. Good treatment is given as for as the GUI and .NET framework is concerened. Surprisingly not much about OOP itself. For example the most important form of inheritance, namely the interface inheritance is not at all discussed! If you read this book along with cornell's apress book (which is excellent for OOP but lacks GUI treatment)then you will get the complete picture.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars VB .NET power, January 23, 2002
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I got this book several days ago. At the first look book is very good. There is a big difference between VB6 and VB .NET and this book will show you more than you will find in any other book written for VB .NET so far. 1240 pages, 50 chapters, source code at companion web site. I have seen MOC 2373 Object Oriented Programming using Visual Basic .NET and some other books. This book will help me (probably you too) to learn new product and hopefully pass future MCSD certification exams.
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Visual Basic .NET is the most exciting upgrading to the Basic language since the GW-Basic upgrade to Visual Basic 1.0. Read the first page
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public instance property, public instance method, protected instance method, required string expression containing, preceding statement displays, datagrid designers, named ctemp, optional numeric value, entry point file, linked reference groups, control inherits, internal stylesheet, one required argument, session state support, web service methods, proxy class, editable portion, visual inheritance, ancestry information, solution explorer window, querystring variable, calendar portion, option button list, designer surface, property browser
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End Sub, Visual Basic, Public Instance Event, Member Name, Private Sub, End Function, Imports System, Internet Explorer, Get Return, End Get Set, Public Property, Server Explorer, Add Web Reference, End Try, Inherits System, Select Case, End While, Style Builder, Description Specifies, Add Reference, Protected Overrides Sub, Public Sub New, Option Strict, End Get End Property, Public Static Property
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