Expert One-on-One Visual Basic 2005 Database Programming
Roger Jennings
ISBN: 978-0-7645-7678-2
Paperback
624 pages
December 2005

Are you hesitant to migrate to Visual Studio(r) 2005? Maybe you're ready to upgrade to Visual Basic 2005 but feel a bit overwhelmed by ADO.NET 2.0 and the Visual Data Tools of this new release. In this hands-on guide, I'll share with you the best practices, the latest features, and advanced data management techniques with Visual Basic 2005 and SQL Server or SQL Server Express 2005. Plus, I'll incorporate simple to moderately complex project examples that feature real-world, database front-end applications with Windows and Web forms.

First, I'll begin with ADO.NET 2.0 basics, then I'll move on to designing and programming smart clients with typed DataSets as their data sources. Gradually, I'll walk you through using DataSource, GridView, and DetailsView Web controls. Finally, I'll demonstrate how to take advantage of the new T-SQL extensions, in-process Web services, and notifications.

What you will learn from this book

* How to build usable Windows(r) and Web forms from a sample database in less than five minutes-without writing a line of code
* Effective writing of data validation code for bound text boxes and DataGridViews
* Ways to apply advanced ASP.NET 2.0 data techniques
* The process of creating and deploying VB 2005 SQL CLR projects

Who this book is for

This book is for experienced VB programmers who are upgrading from VB6 or VS 2002/2003 to VB 2005. Basic familiarity with the VS 2005 or VB Express 2005 environment is helpful but not assumed. No prior VB6, VBA, or VBScript experience is necessary.

Wrox Expert One-On-One books present the wisdom accumulated by an experienced author who is recognized as an expert by the programming community. These experts challenge professional developers to examine their current practices in pursuit of better results.


Introducing Microsoft® Visual Basic® 2005 for Developers
Campbell, Swigart, Horrocks, Hatchard, Bernhardt, O'Brien, Rugless
Pages 288
Disk N/A
Level Beg/Int
Published 09/01/2004
ISBN 9780735620582
ISBN-10 0-7356-2058-X

About the Book

Get a head start evaluating and exploiting the productivity features in Visual Basic 2005.

Get a focused, first look at the features and capabilities in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and .NET Framework 2.0. If you currently work with Visual Basic 6, these authors fully understand the adoption and code migration issues you’ll encounter. They’ll step you through a quick primer on .NET Framework programming, offering guidance for a productive transition. If you already work with .NET, you’ll jump directly into what’s new, learning how to extend your existing skills. From the innovations in rapid application development, debugging, and deployment, to new data access, desktop, and Web programming capabilities, you get the prerelease insights and code walkthroughs you need to get productive right away. Discover how to: •Exploit new features for writing clean code at design time and debugging at run time •Simplify the creation of dynamic, data-centric applications •Deliver a rich client UI though Windows Forms or Web Forms functionality •Build a zero-code Web site with Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 •Rediscover the Edit-And-Continue function •Use ClickOnce technology for simple, reliable deployments and updates •Quickly produce strongly typed code with new ‘generics’ •Provide code-access security features using .NET Framework enhancements


OOP with Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft Visual C#™ .NET Step by Step
Author Robin A. Reynolds-Haertle
Pages 416
Disk 1 Companion CD(s)
Level All Levels
Published 01/23/2002
ISBN 9780735615687
ISBN-10 0-7356-1568-3

About the Book

Learn object-oriented programming with the most popular development languages for the Microsoft® .NET Framework.

Embark upon object-oriented programming in the .NET era with this straightforward, accessible guide. Progress at your own pace from the basics through advanced OOP concepts with the help of clear instructions, candid reference notes and design tips, and engaging programming examples. Learn how to take full advantage of the objects provided by Visual Basic® .NET and Visual C#™—or how to create and implement your own objects. In less time than you thought possible, you’ll absorb object-oriented design concepts and terminology and understand how to construct elegant object-oriented programs with two of the most powerful development languages. Topics covered include: • Writing your first object-oriented program • Creating class instances with constructors • Creating fields and properties • Working with methods • Using inheritance to create specialized classes • Designing base classes and abstract classes • Responding to changes with events and exceptions • Putting it all together with components • Providing services using interfaces • Using classes interchangeably through polymorphism • Using shared and static members • Overloading operators with Visual C# • Saving instance data • Reducing complexity by design INCLUDED ON CD-ROM: • Sample code in Visual Basic .NET and Visual C#


Programming Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 with Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET
Author Rick Dobson
Pages 704
Disk 1 Companion CD(s)
Level Int/Adv
Published 05/29/2002
ISBN 9780735615359
ISBN-10 0-7356-1535-7

About the Book

Learn how to turn data into solutions with SQL Server 2000, Visual Basic .NET, and XML.

Find out the fastest ways to transform data into potent business solutions with this definitive guide for developers. You’ll get a fundamental grasp of SQL Server™ programming techniques for data access, data manipulation, and data definition with T-SQL, and you’ll learn how to make the most of the language enhancements in Visual Basic® .NET, the programming advances in the Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET integrated development environment, and the state-of-the-art technologies of the .NET framework, including ADO.NET, ASP.NET, and XML Web services. You also get in-depth coverage of SQL Server database security management, SQL Server Web releases, and features for interoperability between ADO.NET and XML. If you’re looking for expert insights on how to build powerful, secure solutions with SQL Server 2000 and Visual Basic .NET, this is the book for you. Coverage includes these topics: • XML Web services • SQL Server 2000 XML functionality • XML data-processing techniques • Class, event, and error-processing innovations • Tables and data types • Programming data access with T-SQL • Programming views and stored procedures • Programming user-defined functions and triggers • SQL Server 2000 security • Creating Microsoft Windows®–based applications with SQL Server 2000 and Visual Basic .NET • Programming Windows solutions with ADO.NET • Programming ASP.NET solutions CD-ROM FEATURES: • A fully searchable electronic copy of the book • Sample code written in Visual Basic .NET and T-SQL


Programming VB .Net: A Guide for Experienced Programmers
by Gary Cornell, Jonathan Morrison
ISBN: 1893115992
Pub. Date: October 2001
When Gary Cornell and VB legend Dan Appleman founded APress, they both committed to writing a book to get their fledgling company off the ground. (Dan wrote the API Puzzle Book.) This is Gary's contribution.

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.

This book doesn't waste time on the fundamentals but rather gets right to the core of what's new, different, interesting - and especially, what's important to know. But at the same time, this isn't likely to be the book you keep at the side of your workstation to reference. The authors' goal was to get you "over the hump" into the huge world of .NET rather than provide a comprehensive encyclopedia. In the chapter on GDI+, you can see Gary's shifting focus in the footnote, ". . . we can only touch on (GDI+) here . . . if you are willing to write a book, contact gary_cornell@apress.com …" (Nick Symmonds evidently took Gary up on it with his APress book on GDI+.

For the target audience, technical books don't get much better than this. It's full of industry insider comments, comments and opinion that experienced programmers will appreciate, and it answers the "why" questions that Microsoft left completely out of the "official" documentation. Because the focus is much more than just syntax and code examples, the "shelf life" of a book like this is much longer. Don't buy this one to have in case you need it. Buy this one to read.
About the Author

Gary Cornell is another author who started his career as a mathematician (PhD, Brown University) but after a twisted career through technical training and writing, ended up co-founding APress ("The Authors Press") with Dan Appleman primarily because he was disgusted with the way traditional publishing companies treat technical authors. He has reached the point in life where he speaks and writes plainly now. Here's a quote about Microsoft's Upgrade Wizard, for example, "The whole idea of giving us a half-baked conversion tool is an abomination IMHO."


Programming Visual Basic .NET - First Edition
by Dave Grundgeiger
Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: December 2001
More recent edition of this book available.
ISBN: 0-596-00093-6
Pages: 464

Targeted at experienced programmers, Programming Visual Basic .NET is the complete guide to application development using Visual Basic .NET. Starting with a sample application and a high-level map, the book jumps right into showing how the parts of .NET fit with Visual Basic .NET. Topics include the common language runtime, Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Web Forms, Web Services, and ADO.NET.


Title: VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell
First Edition: June 2002
Series: In a Nutshell
ISBN 10: 0-596-00257-2
ISBN 13: 9780596002572
Pages: 576

VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell, provides a concise and thorough reference to the types found in the core namespaces of the .NET Framework Class Library. A companion to VB.NET Language in a Nutshell, this is a reference that VB.NET programmers will turn to repeatedly. Due to a special partnership between O'Reilly and Microsoft, this book also includes a CD that integrates the book's reference into Visual Studio .NET.