Alessandro Del Sole – författare

Fully updated for Windows 8 support, .NET 4.5, and Windows Phone development, this is the most comprehensive, practical reference to modern programming with Visual Basic 2012. Written by Visual Basic MVP Alessandro Del Sole, a long-time leader of the global VB community, this book illuminates the core of the VB language and demonstrates its effective use in many current programming scenarios.

Del Sole covers both Visual Basic 2012 Professional Edition for professional developers and the Express Edition for hobbyists, novices, and students. Writing for VB programmers at all levels of experience, he walks through using VB 2012 for data access, Windows desktop/Windows Phone user interface development, networking, communication, and much more.

For those moving from structured languages—including VB 6—Del Sole offers detailed guidance on building effective object-oriented code. He also demonstrates how to make the most of Microsoft’s updated .NET 4.5 platform to write more robust and powerful software.

Detailed information on how to…

¿ Understand the Visual Studio 2012 IDE, .NET Framework 4.5, and the anatomy of a VB 2012 application

¿ Debug VB applications and implement error handling and exceptions

¿ Build efficient object-oriented software with classes, objects, namespaces, and inheritance

¿ Work with advanced object-oriented features, including interfaces, generics, delegates, events, and collections

¿ Access data with LINQ—including LINQ to Objects, SQL, DataSets, Entities, XML, and Parallel LINQ

¿ Build modern Windows applications with WPF

¿ Develop web-centric applications using ASP.NET, Silverlight 5, and Windows Azure Services cloud computing

¿ Use advanced .NET 4.5 platform capabilities, including asynchronous programming, multithreading, parallel programming

¿ Build apps for Windows Phone

¿ Test code with unit tests, TDD, and code contracts

¿ Deploy apps efficiently with InstallShield for Visual Studio and ClickOnce

Quickly learn how to get the most out of the Visual Studio for Mac integrated development environment (IDE). Microsoft has invested heavily to deliver their very best development tools and platforms to other operating systems. Visual Studio for Mac is a powerful developer tool that reinforces Microsoft’s “mobile-first”, “cloud-first”, and “any developer, any platform, any device” strategy. With the author's guided expertise and extensive code samples, you will understand how to leverage the most useful tools in Visual Studio for Mac, the code editor, and the powerful debugger. You also will appreciate the author's guidance on collaborating with other team members using integrated tooling for the Git source control engine.Whether you are a Mac developer interested in cross-platform development or a Windows developer using a Mac, Beginning Visual Studio for Mac will quickly get you up to speed!What You'll LearnPrepare, configure, and debug in the Mac development environmentCreate cross-platform mobile apps for Android, iOS, and Windows with Xamarin and C# in Visual Studio for MacBuild cross-platform Web applications with .NET Core using Visual Studio for MacCustomize your productive and collaborative development environment Who This Book Is ForSoftware developers using a Mac computer who want to build mobile or web applications that run on multiple operating systems

Quickly learn how to get the most out of the Visual Studio for Mac integrated development environment (IDE). 

Microsoft has invested heavily to deliver their very best development tools and platforms to other operating systems. Visual Studio for Mac is a powerful developer tool that reinforces Microsoft’s “mobile-first”, “cloud-first”, and “any developer, any platform, any device” strategy. With the author''s guided expertise and extensive code samples, you will understand how to leverage the most useful tools in Visual Studio for Mac, the code editor, and the powerful debugger. You also will appreciate the author''s guidance on collaborating with other team members using integrated tooling for the Git source control engine.

Whether you are a Mac developer interested in cross-platform development or a Windows developer using a Mac, Beginning Visual Studio for Mac will quickly get you up to speed!

What You''ll Learn

Prepare, configure, and debug in the Mac development environmentCreate cross-platform mobile apps for Android, iOS, and Windows with Xamarin and C# in Visual Studio for MacBuild cross-platform Web applications with .NET Core using Visual Studio for MacCustomize your productive and collaborative development environment 

Who This Book Is For

Software developers using a Mac computer who want to build mobile or web applications that run on multiple operating systems

Dive headfirst into Microsoft’s Computer Vision APIs through sample-driven scenarios!Imagine an app that describes to the visually impaired the objects around them, or reads the Sunday paper, a favorite magazine, or a street sign. Or an app that is capable of monitoring what is happening inside an area without human control, and then makes a decision based on interpreting an occurrence detected with a live camera. This book teaches developers Microsoft's Computer Vision APIs, a service capable of understanding and interpreting the content of any image.Author Del Sole begins by providing a succinct “need to know” overview of the service with descriptions. You then learn from hands-on demonstrations that show how basic C# code examples can be re-used across platforms. From there you will be guided through two different kinds of applications that interact with the service in two different ways: the more common means of calling a REST service to get back JSON data, and via the .NET libraries that Microsoft has been building to simplify the job (this latter one with Xamarin). What You’ll Learn Understand AI’s role and how devices and applications use sophisticated algorithms to improve people’s lives and business tasks.Analyze images for Optical Character Recognition to detect written words and sentencesThink about the next-generation applications in relation to your customers’ needsGet up-to-speed on the latest version of the Computer Vision service, which now comes through AzureSet up an Azure subscription in order to access the Cognitive Services within the portalAfter reading this book, you will be able to get started with AI services from Microsoft in order to begin building powerful new apps for your company or customers. Who This Book Is For Developers just getting familiar with artificial intelligence. A minimal knowledge of C# is required.

Dive headfirst into Microsoft’s Computer Vision APIs through sample-driven scenarios!

Imagine an app that describes to the visually impaired the objects around them, or reads the Sunday paper, a favorite magazine, or a street sign. Or an app that is capable of monitoring what is happening inside an area without human control, and then makes a decision based on interpreting an occurrence detected with a live camera. This book teaches developers Microsoft''s Computer Vision APIs, a service capable of understanding and interpreting the content of any image.

Author Del Sole begins by providing a succinct “need to know” overview of the service with descriptions. You then learn from hands-on demonstrations that show how basic C# code examples can be re-used across platforms. From there you will be guided through two different kinds of applications that interact with the service in two different ways: the more common means of calling a REST service to get back JSON data, and via the .NET libraries that Microsoft has been building to simplify the job (this latter one with Xamarin). 

What You’ll Learn

Understand AI’s role and how devices and applications use sophisticated algorithms to improve people’s lives and business tasks.Analyze images for Optical Character Recognition to detect written words and sentencesThink about the next-generation applications in relation to your customers’ needsGet up-to-speed on the latest version of the Computer Vision service, which now comes through AzureSet up an Azure subscription in order to access the Cognitive Services within the portal

After reading this book, you will be able to get started with AI services from Microsoft in order to begin building powerful new apps for your company or customers. 

Who This Book Is For Developers just getting familiar with artificial intelligence. A minimal knowledge of C# is required.

Use Visual Studio Code to write and debug code quickly and efficiently on any platform, for any device, using any programming language, and on the operating system of your choice.

Visual Studio Code is an open source and cross-platform development tool that focuses on code editing across a variety of development scenarios, including web, mobile, and cloud development. Visual Studio Code Distilled teaches you how to be immediately productive with Visual Studio Code, from the basics to some of the more complex topics. You will learn how to work on individual code files, complete projects, and come away with an understanding of advanced code-editing features that will help you focus on productivity, and source code collaboration with Git.

What You''ll Learn

Comprehend Visual Studio Code in a way that is not just theory or a list of features, but an approach driven by developer tasks and needsUnderstand integrated support for team collaboration with Git for executing and debugging code, and the many ways you can extend and customize VS CodeDebug code on multiple platforms though real-world guidance, such as working under corporate networksExpand your coding intelligence from web to mobile to the cloud, and even artificial intelligenceAcquire valuable tips, tricks, and suggestions from hard-earned, real-world experience to be more productive

Who This Book Is For

All developers (including JavaScript, Java, NodeJS), not just those with a Microsoft background, who will benefit from learning and using VS code as a cross-platform and cross-language tool.

Use Visual Studio Code to write and debug code quickly and efficiently on any platform, for any device, using any programming language, and on the operating system of your choice.

Visual Studio Code is an open source and cross-platform development tool that focuses on code editing across a variety of development scenarios, including web, mobile, and cloud development. This second edition of Visual Studio Code Distilled has been updated and expanded with two new chapters on writing apps with Python and building apps for the cloud and deployment to Azure.

The book teaches you how to be immediately productive with Visual Studio Code, from the basics to some of the more complex topics. You will learn how to work on individual code files, complete projects, and come away with an understanding of advanced code-editing features that will help you focus on productivity, and source code collaboration with Git.

What You Will Learn

Get started with practical guidance on Visual Studio Code, including expansive guidance on writing apps with C# and PythonComprehend Visual Studio Code in a way that is not just theory or a list of features, but an approach driven by developer tasks and needsUnderstand integrated support for team collaboration with Git for executing and debugging code, and the many ways you can extend and customize Visual Studio CodeDebug code on multiple platforms through real-world guidance, such as working under corporate networksExpand your coding intelligence from web to mobile to the cloudAcquire valuable tips, tricks, and suggestions from hard-earned, real-world experience to be more productive

Who This Book Is For

All developers (including JavaScript, Java, NodeJS), not just those with a Microsoft background, who will benefit from learning and using VS code as a cross-platform and cross-language tool

Use Visual Studio Code to write and debug code quickly and efficiently on any platform, for any device, using any programming language, and on the operating system of your choice.Visual Studio Code is an open source and cross-platform development tool that focuses on code editing across a variety of development scenarios, including web, mobile, and cloud development. This third edition has been updated to match the latest releases of the environment. Additional updates relate to .NET 7 and explain how to consume AI services from code you write in Visual Studio Code. This new edition is also refreshed with the latest updates, such as enhanced merge editor, creating extensions, support for the Julia language, and much more.The book teaches you how to be immediately productive with Visual Studio Code, from the basics to some of the more complex topics. You will learn how to work on individual code files, complete projects, and come away with an understandingof advanced code-editing features that will help you focus on productivity, and source code collaboration with Git.What You Will LearnGet started with practical guidance on Visual Studio Code, including expansive guidance on writing apps with C# and PythonUnderstand how to edit individual files and how to work with folders by working on the latest workspace trust and multi-root workspacesDebug code on multiple platforms through real-world guidance, such as working under corporate networksPackage code into Docker containers and deploy these to AzureAcquire valuable tips, tricks, and suggestions from hard-earned, real-world experience to be more productiveWho This Book Is ForAll developers (including JavaScript, Java, NodeJS), not just those with a Microsoft background, who will benefit from learning and using VS code as a cross-platform and cross-language tool

Use Visual Studio Code to write and debug code quickly and efficiently on any platform, for any device, using any programming language, and on the operating system of your choice.

Visual Studio Code is an open source and cross-platform development tool that focuses on code editing across a variety of development scenarios, including web, mobile, and cloud development. This third edition has been updated to match the latest releases of the environment. Additional updates relate to .NET 7 and explain how to consume AI services from code you write in Visual Studio Code. This new edition is also refreshed with the latest updates, such as enhanced merge editor, creating extensions, support for the Julia language, and much more.

The book teaches you how to be immediately productive with Visual Studio Code, from the basics to some of the more complex topics. You will learn how to work on individual code files, complete projects, and come away with an understandingof advanced code-editing features that will help you focus on productivity, and source code collaboration with Git.

What You Will Learn

Get started with practical guidance on Visual Studio Code, including expansive guidance on writing apps with C# and PythonUnderstand how to edit individual files and how to work with folders by working on the latest workspace trust and multi-root workspacesDebug code on multiple platforms through real-world guidance, such as working under corporate networksPackage code into Docker containers and deploy these to AzureAcquire valuable tips, tricks, and suggestions from hard-earned, real-world experience to be more productive

Who This Book Is For

All developers (including JavaScript, Java, NodeJS), not just those with a Microsoft background, who will benefit from learning and using VS code as a cross-platform and cross-language tool