Visual Basic 2005 with .NET 3.0 Programmer’s Reference

Paperback: 1056 pages
Publisher: Wrox; 1 edition (October 21, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764571982
ISBN-13: 978-0764571985
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 2.5 inches






Visual Basic 2005 Programmer's Reference

Visual Basic 2005 adds new features to Visual Basic (VB) that make it a more powerful programming language than ever before. This combined tutorial and reference describes VB 2005 from scratch, while also offering in-depth content for more advanced developers. Whether you're looking to learn the latest features of VB 2005 or you want a refresher of easily forgotten details, this book is an ideal resource.

Well-known VB expert Rod Stephens features the basics of Visual Basic 2005 programming in the first half of the book. The second half serves as a reference that allows you to quickly locate information for specific language features. It's a comprehensive look at programming using the increased set of language options offered with the VB 2005 release, confirming that there has never been a better time to learn Visual Basic than now.

user Review :
This book is positioned somewhere between Beginner and Intermediate. It begins with Visual Studio's integrated development environment (ICE). If you've programed in something before, most of the concepts of the IDE and of the language itself will make sense to you and allow you to become productive quickly. I don't think it would matter which language you have used, just being a bit familiar with the programming concept is enough.

The book begins with a fairly quick overview or introduction to the IDE, the language and an introduction to programming. This lasts about a third of the book, maybe a bit more. At the end of this time you will have a good overview of the language. Part II of the book covers object oriented concepts, classes, structures, namespaces, collection classes, generics. Part III is called graphics, but it also includes things like printing and producing reports using Crystal Reports. Part IV is called Interacting with the Environment and is on using external resources such as the system registry, files, streaming data and so on. By the end of Part IV, you will be a fairly accomplished programmer.

The last third of the book is a series of appendicies. These provide a concise reference book for the language. This is a convenient way to combine the tutorial approach with the reference book approach that will give the book greater usefulness as you actually work in the language.

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