VB 6 Books
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GDI+ Programming in C# and VB .NET
Published 18 years ago includes sample chapter
by Nick Symmonds, Apress
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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CIL Programming: Under the Hood of .NET
Published 18 years ago includes sample chapter
by Jason Bock, Apress
The Common Intermediate Language (CIL) is the core language of .NET. Although .NET developers often use a high-level language (such as C# or VB .NET) to develop their systems, they can use CIL to do anything allowed by.NET specifications&emdash;which is not the case for C# and VB .NET. Understanding how CIL works will provide you with a deep, language-independent insight into the core parts of .NET. This knowledge is essential for creating dynamic types, a powerful part of the .NET Framework.
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Moving to ASP.NET: Web Development with VB .NET
Published 18 years ago includes sample chapter
by Steve Harris, Rob MacDonald, Apress
Moving to ASP.NET: Web Development with VB .NET provides focused and thorough guidance on creating Web applications using ASP.NET, including both Web Form applications and Web Services. Authors Steve Harris and Rob Macdonald have worked extensively with .NET throughout the Beta program, and offer their real-world experience creating and implementing ASP.NET applications. The authors discuss and examine relevant topics, and teach you how to make immediate use of ASP.NET.
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Software Development on a Leash
Published 18 years ago includes sample chapter
by David Birmingham, Valerie Haynes Perry, Apress
Suitable for any project manager or VB software professional willing to think outside the proverbial box, Software Development on a Leash presents some innovative ideas for building more flexible software based on patterns, and "best practices" for reusable component design illustrated in Visual Basic.This book's most salient feature is the authors' no-holds-barred attack on "traditional" ways of designing software.
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Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET for Scientists and Engineers
Published 19 years ago includes sample chapter
by Christopher M. Frenz, Apress
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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ADO.NET and ADO Examples and Best Practices for VB Programmers
Published 19 years ago includes sample chapter
by William R. Vaughn, Bill Vaughn, Apress
ADO.NET and ADO Examples and Best Practices for VB Programmers, Second Edition brings the popular first edition up to date with fresh insights and tips on COM-based ADO&emdash;and adds a voluminous section on the new ADO.NET technology. Written specifically for COM-based ADO developers retooling for ADO.NET, this is a developer's book, packed with practical advice on how to make code run faster, yet be easier to write and understand.
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Internationalization and Localization Using Microsoft .NET
Published 19 years ago includes sample chapter
by Nick Symmonds, Apress
Written for the IT manager or developer planning to bring software to today's global markets, Internationalization and Localization Using Microsoft .NET provides a solid blueprint for success with the new and improved support for multilingual software available in .NET. As a veteran of building software for multiple languages (with considerable experience with Visual Basic 6), author Nick Symmonds shares his insight about techniques that work best for internationalizing software.
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The .NET Languages: A Quick Translation Guide
Published 19 years ago includes sample chapter
by Brian Bischof, Apress
For Visual Basic and C# programmers facing Microsoft's new platform, The .NET Languages: A Quick Translation Guide offers an extremely useful comparison of three languages: Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic .NET, and C#. With nearly indispensable code snippets that show central language features at work, this book offers an excellent resource for getting up to speed with .NET in record time.The just-the-facts approach in this text is its best feature.
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Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Platform: An Advanced Guide
Published 19 years ago includes sample chapter
by Andrew Troelsen, Apress
Aimed at the more experienced programmer tackling the new VB .NET for the first time, Andrew Troelsen's Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Platform provides a quick-moving and intelligently rendered tour of .NET, with plenty of in-depth material on classes and object-oriented design. Notably, this book is a direct translation of the author's C# book, C# and the .NET Platform, using the same chapters and many examples ported from C# to VB .NET.
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Programming VB .NET: A Guide for Experienced Programmers
Published 19 years ago includes sample chapter
by Gary Cornell, Jonathan Morrison, Apress
This is the book that you want to read if you have knocked around VB 6 for a couple of years and you've decided to move up to .NET. ... For the target audience, technical books don't get much better than this. — Dan Mabbutt, Visual Basic Guide on About.com In Programming VB .NET: A Guide for Experienced Programmers, authors Gary Cornell and Jonathan Morrison carefully explain the exciting new features of Visual Basic .NET. Since VB