Pro VB 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform 3rd Edition

Whether youre moving to .NET for the first time, or youre already writing applications on .NET 2.0 or .NET 3.0, Pro VB 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform will provide you with a solid grounding in this technology and serve as a comprehensive reference throughout your coding career:

• Explore five new chapters of contentincluding the grammar of the common intermediate language (CIL), .NET generics, and object serialization services.
• Discover all the new .NET 3.5 featuresnullable types, delegate covariance, ASP.NET 2.0 master pages, the new Windows Forms Strip controls, and much more.
• Get a professional footholdtargeted to appeal to experienced software professionals and/or graduate students of computer science (so dont expect three chapters on iteration or decision constructs!).
• Gain a rocksolid foundation in programming using Visual Basic.
• Get comfortable with all the core aspects of the .NET platformincluding assemblies, remoting, Windows Forms, Web Forms, ADO.NET, XML web services, and much more.

Once youve digested the information contained in the 25 chapters of this 1000+ page book, youll be ready to apply this knowledge to your specific programming assignments and well equipped to explore the .NET universe on your own.

What youll learn

• Everything you need to put .NET 3.5 and Visual Basic 2008 to use in your professional workbefore anyone else!
• Insights and techniques from the authors experience since .NET 1.0
• Complete coverage of .NET 3.5WPF, WCF and WF

Who this book is for

Anyone with some software development experience interested in the new .NET 3.5 platform and the Visual Basic language. Whether youre moving to .NET for the first time or youre already writing applications on .NET 2.0 or .NET 3.0, this book will provide you with a solid grounding in this new technology and serve as a comprehensive reference throughout your coding career.

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Part 1 Introduction Visual Basic 2008 and the .Net Platform

Chapter 1 The Philosophy of .Net

Chapter 2 Building Visual Basic 2008 Applications



Part 2 Core VB Programming Constructs

Chapter 3 VB 2008 Programming Constructs, Part I

Chapter 4 VB 2008 Programming Constructs, Part II

Chapter 5 Designing Encapsulated Class Types

Chapter 6 Understanding Inheritance and Polymorphism

Chapter 7 Understanding Structured Exception Hnalding

Chapter 8 Understanding Object Lifetime



Part 3 Advanced VB Programming Consructs

Chapter 9 Working with Interface Types

Chapter 10 Collections, Generics, and Nullable Data Types

Chapter 11 Delegates, Events, and Lambdas

Chapter 12 Operator Overloading and Custom Conversion Routines

Chapter 13 VB 2008-Specific Language Features

Chapter 14 An Introduction to LINQ



Part 4 Programming with .NET Assemblies

Chapter 15 Introducing .NET Assemblies

Chapter 16 Type Reflection, Late Binding, and Attribute-Based Programming

Chapter 17 Processes, AppDomains, and Object Contexts

Chapter 18 Building Multithreaded Applications

Chapter 19 .NET Interoperability Assemblies



Part 5 Introducing the .NET Base Class Libraries

Chapter 20 File and Directory Manipulation

Chapter 21 Introducing Object Serialization

Chapter 22 ADO.NET Part I: The Connected Layer

Chapter 23 ADO.NET Part II: The Disconnected Layer

Chapter 24 Programming with the LINQ APIs

Chapter 25 Introducing Windows Communication Foundation

Chapter 26 Introducing Windows Workflow Foundation



Part 6 Desktop Applications with Windows Forms

Chapter 27 Introducing Windows Forms

Chapter 28 Rendering Graphical Data with GDI+

Chapter 29 Programming with Windows Forms Controls



Part 7 Desktop Applications with WPF

Chapter 30 Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation and XAML

Chapter 31 Programming with WPF Controls

Chapter 32 WPF 2D Graphical Rendering, Resources, and Themes



Part 8 Building Web Applications with ASP.NET

Chapter 33 Building ASP.NET Web Pages

Chapter 34 ASP.NET Web Controls, Themes, and Master Pages

Chapter 35 ASP.NET State Management Techniques



Index

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