| Beginning VB 2008: From Novice to Professional Contributor(s): Gross, Christian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1590599381 ISBN-13: 9781590599389 Publisher: Apress
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2008 Annotation: The VB 2008 language is your gateway to the powerful .NET platform. VB combined with Visual Studio gives you the freedom to create your applications faster and with a greater range of tools than any other coding environment. The new .NET Framework 3.5 is the most powerful yet devised, with new innovations such as Language Integrated Query making it easy for you to query your databases directly from your VB code and ASP.NET AJAX giving you drag-and-drop access to AJAX techniques for your web pages. Christian Gross will walk you through everything you need to know in order to feel at home in the VB 2008 coding environment. You'll start creating real applications in the first few pages of Beginning VB 2008 and encounter good design and testing habits in every chapter. You'll not only learn the language, but also appreciate the mindset of an accomplished developer as you progress through the book. What you'll learn Become skilled in the VB 2008 programming language. Learn everything you need to begin building your own applications in a solid, well-considered way: this book will teach you .NET coding from the ground up. Use the Visual Studio IDE to create, debug, and deploy your applications. Understand the mysteries of database access and the many ways that it can be accomplished from VB. Delve deeply into the huge range of supporting technologies that the .NET Framework offers--LINQ, ASP.NET AJAX, ADO.NET 3.0, WPF, WCF, and Windows Workflow are all introduced and explained in a straightforward and easy-to-follow way. Who is this book for? This book is for anyone who's just starting out to learn about VB 2008. It doesn't assume any prior knowledge of object-orientedprogramming, of the .NET Framework, or of coding in general. It simply assumes that you're an intelligent person who wants to learn and starts the journey from there. About the Apress Beginning Series The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry-level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from "novice to professional." You'll start your journey by seeing what you need to know--but without needless theory and filler. You'll build your skill set by learning how to put together real-world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there--it is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory! Related Titles Beginning SQL Server 2005 for Developers: From Novice to Professional |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Programming Languages - Visual Basic - Computers | Programming - Microsoft - Computers | Software Development & Engineering - General |
| Dewey: 005.276 |
| LCCN: 2008299137 |
| Series: Expert's Voice in .NET |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 7.06" W x 9.26" L (1.63 lbs) 450 pages |
| Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
| Review Citations: Scitech Book News 06/01/2008 pg. 164 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: T he first computer programming book I read was titled Programming Windows 3.0 by Charles Petzold. This was around the time when Microsoft Windows 3.0 (circa 1992) once and for all showed the industry that Microsoft was a company with a future. Writing code for Windows back then was complicated by many things: lack of documentation, 16-bit architecture, and the necessity of buying a compiler separate from the software development kit (SDK). Charles's book tied everything together and solved the problem of how to write a program for Windows. Now the problems are quite the opposite: we have too much documentation, we have 64-bit architectures, and everything including the kitchen sink is thrown into a development envir- ment. Now we need to figure out what we actually need. We have too many options--too many ways to solve the same problem. What I am trying to do with this book is the same thing that Charles did for me when I first started out, and that was to help me figure out what I needed to write code. This book is about explaining the Visual Basic programming language in the context of solving problems. Visual Basic has become a sophisticated programming language that can achieve many goals, but you are left wondering what techniques to use when. This book is here to answer your questions. This book is not a reference to all of the features of the Visual Basic programming language. |
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