Visual Basic 2010 Programmer's Reference (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) [Paperback]

Rod Stephens (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470499834 | ISBN-13: 978-0470499832 | Publication Date: March 8, 2010 | Edition: 1

Visual Basic expert Rod Stephens shows you how to leverage the latest features of VB 2010

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) is the most popular programming language in the world, with millions of lines of code used in businesses and applications of all types and sizes. The new release of Visual Basic 2010 is tightly integrated with the Windows operating system and the .NET programming environment. Renowned VB authority Rod Stephens provides a comprehensive guide to Visual Basic programming, including the latest enhancements to the VB language and programming environment with Visual Studio 2010 The tutorial is packed with detailed and practical code examples that show readers how to master all of the features of VB.

• Visual Basic authority Rod Stephens presents a must-have resource on Visual Basic, the most popular programming language in the word
• Fully covers the newest features of Visual Basic 2010, such as array literals and initializers, collection initializers, implicit line continuation, Lambda expressions, and more
• Features extensively revised and tested code to ensure compliance with the latest release

With this essential resource, you'll be able to quickly review the details of important programming, objects, properties, methods, and events.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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Harness the capabilities of Visual Basic 2010

This comprehensive tutorial and reference guide provides programmers and developers of all skill and experience levels with a broad, solid understanding of essential Visual Basic 2010 topics and clearly explains how to use this powerful programming language to perform a variety of tasks. As a tutorial, the book describes the Visual Basic language and covers essential Visual Basic topics. Also serving as a reference guide, the material presents categorized information regarding specific operations and reveals useful tips and tricks to help you make the most of Visual Basic 2010.

Visual Basic 2010:

• Reviews the forms, controls, and other objects that Visual Basic provides for building applications in a modern windowing environment

• Discusses the latest features of Visual Basic, including auto-implemented properties, array literals and initializers, and nullable optional parameters

• Explains how to customize the Visual Studio integrated development environment

• Reviews WPF controls, error handling and debugging techniques, LINQ features, user access security, and more

• Addresses object-oriented programming with Visual Basic 2010

• Details the various graphics classes in the GDI+

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About the Author

Rod Stephens frequently writes for such magazines as Visual Basic Developer, Visual Basic Programmer's Journal, and Dr. Dobb's Journal. His web site (vb-helper.com) receives several million hits per month. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Visual Basic Programmer's Reference, both the 2005 and 2008 editions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1272 pages
• Publisher: Wrox; 1 edition (March 8, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470499834
• ISBN-13: 978-0470499832
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #93,445 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Visual Basic Resource, July 26, 2010

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This review is from: Visual Basic 2010 Programmer's Reference (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback)

This book is an excellent coverage of Visual Basic in the Visual Studio 2010 environment. Over 1000 pages of reference material including appendices. The book is well written, comprehensive, and concise. A reference book needs a good index and this book has one.

I purchased the book in April, 2010. It is now three months later and I briefed the reference and am writing my first Visual Bssic program in years. The programming environment has changed dramatically and this book is an entensive guide to my requirements. The text offers code within the book and links to many sources for assistance. In addition the author offers help through e-mail assistance, which is very timely. I don't think you can go wrong with this book for the money.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent TextBook in Visual Basic 2010, May 11, 2010

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Alberto Torres "atklinger" (Mount Arlington, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Visual Basic 2010 Programmer's Reference (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback)

Rod Stephens, all times amazed me with his books and this one is not an exception.
The Visual Basic 2010 Programmer's Reference, is a great textbook written with the accumulation of experiences from VB 7.0, 7.1, 8, and VB (9) 2009.
Visual Basic 2010, is the best among the (Visual Basic) .NET, and Rod has been able to present a very good book, that can be use for the beginners as well for the experienced programmers.

VB 2010, the program, is full of good and great features that allow an easy programming, eliminating "almost all errors" from the point of view of the language and allow, more clear and powerful programs. This book is helping to accomplish this and more with very well detailed examples and also with the support of the Wrox and VB-Helper.

The way Rod, presents the many topics in the book, is remarkable for the simplicity he uses to explain every single statement, etc and for the thing, we as programmers are looking for: KNOW-TO, KNOW-HOW, HOW-TO. Rod is very good in each one and the book is clear about all of them.
As in any book, there are some chapters, that are more interesting for the reader.

I have read and worked out the 37 Chapters and the appendices, and the time and money are worth.

Because VB 2010, have not been completely released and still pending more software, we can wait to get the Crystal Reports and other goodies and knowing Rod, will come out with very good new material.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource Book, July 19, 2010

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Joe Waldin - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Visual Basic 2010 Programmer's Reference (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback)

I have several of Rod Stephen's books. This one is a great reference book jam packed with examples. I have already used the book to get myself out of several jams. Rod provides in-depth information where it is needed. Rod covers everything including WCF and LINQ. The appendices are also a wealth of information. The book download code works and Rod provides great examples. If you want a great resource book to add to your collection, this is the book for you.