作者：Christian Gross
出版日期：February 11, 2008
出版社：Apress
页数：450
ISBN：ISBN-10: 1590599381 ISBN-13: 978-1590599389
文件格式：PDF


Product Description
This book is for anyone who wants to write good Visual Basic 2008 code – even if you have never programmed before.
Writing good code can be a challenge, there are so many options,especially in a language like Visual Basic. If you want to really getthe best from a programming language you need to know which featureswork best in which situations and understand their strengths andweaknesses. It is this understanding that makes the difference betweencoding and coding well.
Beginning VB 2008 has been written to teach you how to usethe Visual Basic programming language to solve problems. From theearliest chapters, and from the first introductory concepts, you’ll belooking at real-world programming challenges and learning how VisualBasic can be used to overcome them. As you progress through the bookthe problems become more involved and interesting while the solutionsbecome correspondingly more complex and powerful as Visual Basicfeatures interact to achieve the results that you want.
By the time you’ve finished reading this book and worked through thesample exercises, you’ll be a confident and very competent Visual Basicprogrammer. You will still have many explorations of the .NET FrameworkAPI to look forward to in your future career, but you will have a firmfoundation to build from and you will know exactly where to go to findthe things that you need to progress confidently in your projects.
Christian Gross is dedicated to helping his readersunderstand every detail of Beginning VB 2008 and so you can contact himvia SKYPE (christianhgross) if you have bought this book and have aquestion about something Christian discusses. If Christian is availablewhen you contact him, he will even try to answer you right away!
What you’ll learnBecome skilled in the Visual Basic 2008 programming language.Learn everything you need to begin building your own applicationsin a solid, well–considered way: this book will teach you .NET codingfrom 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 thatthe .NET Framework offers: LINQ, ASP.NET AJAX, ADO.NET 3.0, WPF, WCF,and Windows Workflow are all introduced and explained in astraightforward and easy-to-follow way.Who is this book for?This book is for anyone who’s just starting out to learn aboutVisual Basic 2008. It doesn’t assume any prior knowledge ofobject–oriented programming, of the .NET Framework, or of coding ingeneral. It simply assumes that you’re an intelligent person who wantsto learn and starts the journey from there.
About the Apress Beginning SeriesThe Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get theinformation you need to land that crucial entry–level job. These bookswill teach you a standard and important technology from the ground upbecause they are explicitly designed to take you from “novice toprofessional.” You’ll start your journey by seeing what you need toknow—but without needless theory and filler. You’ll build your skillset by learning how to put together real–world projects step by step.So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learningopportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there—it isyour trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!
About the Author
Christian Gross is a consultant with vast experience in theclient/server world. He has consulted for Microsoft on DNA solutions,and he has held consulting positions with Daimler Benz, Microsoft,NatWest, and other major corporations. Gross was a contributor to Professional Active Server Pages, Professional SQL Server 6.5 Administration, Professional NT Internet Information Server Administration, and Programming Microsoft Windows 2000 Unleashed. He is the author of A Programmer’s Introduction to Windows DNA.