Overview

Intermediate and advanced coverage of Visual Basic 2010 and .NET 4 for professional developers If you've already covered the basics and want to dive deep into VB and .NET topics that professional programmers use most, this is your book. You'll find a quick review of introductory topics-always helpful-before the author team of experts moves you quickly into such topics as data access with ADO.NET, Language Integrated Query (LINQ), security, ASP.NET web programming with Visual Basic, Windows workflow, threading, and more. You'll explore all the new features of Visual Basic 2010 as well as all the essential functions that you need, including .NET features such as LINQ to SQL, LINQ to XML, WCF, and more. Plus, you'll examine exception handling and debugging, Visual Studio features, and ASP.NET web programming. Expert author team helps you master the tools and techniques you need most for professional programming Reviews why Visual Basic 2010 will be synonymous with writing code in Visual Studio 2010 Focuses on .NET features such as LINQ, LINQ to SQL, LINQ to XML, WPF, workflow, and more Discusses exception handling and debugging, data access with ADO.NET, Visual Studio features for Visual Basic developers, Windows programming with Windows Forms, ASP.NET web programming with VB, communication interfaces, Windows workflow, and threading This Wrox guide presents you with updated coverage on topics you need to know now.

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Author:   Bill Sheldon ,  Billy Hollis ,  Kent Sharkey ,  Jonathan Marbutt
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   Wrox Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 4.90cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   1.926kg
ISBN:  

9780470502242

ISBN 10:   047050224
Pages:   1320
Publication Date:   10 May 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION xxxv PART I: LANGUAGE CONSTRUCTS AND ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER 1: VISUAL STUDIO 2010 3 CHAPTER 2: OBJECTS AND VISUAL BASIC 67 CHAPTER 3: CUSTOM OBJECTS 137 CHAPTER 4: THE COMMON LANGUAGE RUNTIME 211 CHAPTER 5: DECLARATIVE PROGRAMMING WITH VISUAL BASIC 253 CHAPTER 6: EXCEPTION HANDLING AND DEBUGGING 267 CHAPTER 7: TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT 287 PART II: BUSINESS OBJECTS AND DATA ACCESS CHAPTER 8: ARRAYS, COLLECTIONS, AND GENERICS 311 CHAPTER 9: USING XML WITH VISUAL BASIC 341 CHAPTER 10: ADO.NET AND LINQ 389 CHAPTER 11: DATA ACCESS WITH THE ENTITY FRAMEWORK 437 CHAPTER 12: WORKING WITH SQL SERVER 457 CHAPTER 13: SERVICES (XML/WCF) 507 CHAPTER 14: WINDOWS FORMS 541 CHAPTER 15: ADVANCED WINDOWS FORMS 575 CHAPTER 16: USER CONTROLS COMBINING WPF AND WINDOWS FORMS 599 CHAPTER 17: WPF DESKTOP APPLICATIONS 617 CHAPTER 18: EXPRESSION BLEND 3 667 CHAPTER 19: SILVERLIGHT 679 CHAPTER 20: SILVERLIGHT AND SERVICES 699 CHAPTER 21: WORKING WITH ASP.NET 719 CHAPTER 22: ASP.NET ADVANCED FEATURES 751 CHAPTER 23: ASP.NET MVC 787 CHAPTER 24: SHAREPOINT 2010 DEVELOPMENT 807 CHAPTER 25: VISUAL STUDIO TOOLS FOR OFFICE 843 CHAPTER 26: WINDOWS WORKFLOW FOUNDATION 881 CHAPTER 27: LOCALIZATION 905 CHAPTER 28: COM-INTEROP 929 CHAPTER 29: NETWORK PROGRAMMING 949 CHAPTER 30: APPLICATION SERVICES 981 CHAPTER 31: ASSEMBLIES AND REFLECTION 1001 CHAPTER 32: SECURITY IN THE .NET FRAMEWORK 1021 CHAPTER 33: PARALLEL PROGRAMMING USING TASKS AND THREADS 1051 CHAPTER 34: DEPLOYMENT 1101 APPENDIX A: THE VISUAL BASIC COMPILER 1137 APPENDIX B: VISUAL BASIC POWER PACKS TOOLS 1151 APPENDIX C: WORKFLOW 2008 SPECIFICS 1165 APPENDIX D: ENTERPRISE SERVICES 1185 APPENDIX E: PROGRAMMING FOR THE CLOUD 1205 INDEX 1233

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Bill Sheldon is a Microsoft MVP for Visual Basic and a Principal Engineer with InterKnowlogy. Billy Hollis is MSDN Regional Director of Developer Relations for Microsoft in Nashville, Tennessee. Kent Sharkey is an independent software consultant and former content strategist for MSDN. Jonathan Marbutt is Vice President of Development for WayCool Software, Inc. Rob Windsor is a Microsoft MVP and a Senior Consultant with ObjectSharp. Gastón C. Hillar is an independent software consultant, specialized in parallelism and multicore.

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