Proven author Andrew Troelsen has a history of writing award-winning books for professional developers. This book is based on Troelsen’s extremely successful C# and the .NET Platform and is thoroughly updated and revised to cover VB .NET 2005. It offers a thorough and well-paced overview of the new VB .NET 2005 and .NET 2.0. After beginning with a quick tour of the basics, Troelsen focuses on the must-have skill for .NET 2.0 programming: object-oriented programming.
This book addresses the new features in .NET 2.0, such as generics, Windows Forms, web services, XML manipulation, .NET assemblies, and smart clients. It also covers advanced topics like the Intermediate Language (IL), into which all .NET 2.0 code is compiled. Since many of you will continue on the path from earlier versions of VB, this book is well suited to meet your needs.
