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  Beginning Object-Oriented ASP.NET 2.0 with VB .NET: From Novice to Professional (Beginning: From Novice to Professional)

  by Brian Myers

  Beginning Object-Oriented ASP.NET 2.0 with VB .NET covers all of the basics, from definition to inheritance. This book even includes a chapter on Visual Studio 2005 and Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, enabling you to create ASP.NET 2.0 applications. Also included are chapters on creating web forms, web controls, and web services. Code samples illustrate the usage of each concept.

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  Beginning ASP.NET in VB .NET: From Novice to Professional

  by Matthew MacDonald

  (This book) has helped me to understand the core functionalities of .NET. — Sita Ananth, Central Maryland ASP Professionals The most up-to-date and comprehensive introductory ASP.NET book you'll find on any shelf, Beginning ASP.NET in VB .NET guides you through Microsoft's latest technology for building dynamic websites. This book will enable you to build dynamic web pages on the fly, and it assumes only the most basic knowledge of VB .NET. The book provides exhaustive coverage of ASP.

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  GDI+ Programming in C# and VB .NET

  by Nick Symmonds

  GDI+ both wraps arcane API calls and extends them for much easier use. Programmers no longer have to make do with the familiar but simplistic VB 6.0 drawing model, nor do they have to dig down into the GDI API in order to get any real work done. In GDI+, Microsoft has come up with a complete, but still extensible, set of classes for all of the .NET programmer's drawing needs. GDI+ requires different techniques than the Windows GDI API, as it is completely stateless.

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  Pro VB 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform (Windows.Net)

  by Andrew Troelsen

  Whether you’re moving to .NET for the first time, or you’re 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 new technology and serve as a comprehensive reference throughout your coding career: Explore five new chapters of content—including the grammar of the common intermediate language (CIL), .NET generics, and object serialization services. Discover all the new .NET 3.

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  Accelerated VB 2008

  by Guy Fouch, Trey Nash

  Visual Basic 2008 offers powerful new features, and Accelerated VB 2008 is the fastest path to mastering them, and the rest of Visual Basic, for both experienced Visual Basic programmers moving to VB 2008 and programmers moving to Visual Basic from another object–oriented language. Many books introduce VB, but very few also explain how to use it optimally with the .NET common language runtime (CLR).

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  Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET for Scientists and Engineers

  by Christopher M. Frenz

  Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET for Scientists and Engineers begins with an overview of the Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET IDEs, their important characteristics, and how the development environments can be manipulated to suit developers' needs. After a solid discussion of VB and VB .NET forms, controls, and namespaces, author Christopher Frenz shows you how to put controls to work by making use of the different control events.

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  Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in VB 2008: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition (Beginning from Novice to Professional)

  by Matthew MacDonald

  The most up-to-date and comprehensive introductory ASP.NET book you'll find on any shelf, Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in VB 2008 guides you through Microsoft's latest technology for building dynamic web sites. This book will enable you to build dynamic web pages on the fly, and it assumes only the most basic knowledge of VB 2008. The book provides exhaustive coverage of ASP.

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  Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 Databases: From Novice to Professional (Beginning: From Novice to Professional)

  by Damien Foggon

  Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 Databases: From Novice to Professional is a comprehensive introduction to connecting a website to many different data sources&emdash;not just databases. You'll learn how to build a relational database, use SQL to communicate with it, and leverage both in your web applications. You'll also learn about the new features of ADO.NET and ASP.NET in .NET 2.0. The authors cover mission-critical issues, such as design, transactions, error handling, optimization, and scalability.

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  Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 2008 in 24 Hours: Complete Starter Kit (Sams Teach Yourself -- Hours)

  by James Foxall

  In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you will be up and running with Visual Basic 2008. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds upon a real-world foundation forged in both technology and business matters, allowing you to learn the essentials of Visual Basic 2008 from the ground up. Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks. The Q&A section, quizzes, and exercises help you build and test your knowledge.