The purpose of this book is to provide experienced software developers with the means to quickly become productive in Microsoft's Visual Basic .NET development environment. The only assumption I make about you as a programmer is that you're comfortable with the concepts and processes of software development. This book will not teach you how to program. However, if you're currently a working Visual Basic, C++, or Java developer, this book will help you transfer your existing skills to this new environment | Copyright Table of Contents Index Full Description About the Author Reviews Reader reviews Errata Programming Visual Basic .NET Dave Grundgeiger Publisher O Reilly First Edition January 2002 ISBN 0-596-00093-6 464 pages By Giantdino Published just in time for the first release of Visual Basic Studio .NET Programming Visual Basic .NET is a programmer s complete guide to Visual Basic .NET. Starting with a sample application and a high-level map the book jumps right into showing how the parts of .NET fit with Visual Basic .NET. Topics include the common language runtime Windows Forms Web Forms Web Services and . Programming Visual Basic .NET Preface Organization of This Book Conventions Used in This Book How to Contact Us Acknowledgments 1. Introduction What Is the Microsoft .NET Framework What Is Visual Basic .NET An Example Visual Basic .NET Program 2. The Visual Basic .NET Language Source Files Identifiers Keywords Literals Types Namespaces Symbolic Constants Variables Scope Access Modifiers Assignment Operators and Expressions Statements Classes Interfaces Structures Enumerations Exceptions Delegates Events Standard Modules Attributes Conditional Compilation Summary 3. The .NET Framework Common Language Infrastructure CLI and Common Language Runtime CLR Common Type System CTS Portions of the CLI Modules and Assemblies Application Domains Common Language Specification CLS Intermediate Language IL and Just-In-Time JIT Compilation Metadata Memory Management and Garbage Collection A Brief Tour of the .NET Framework Namespaces Configuration Summary 4. Windows Forms I Developing Desktop Applications Creating a Form Handling Form Events Relationships Between Forms MDI Applications Component Attributes 2-D Graphics Programming with GDI Printing Summary 5.
