Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: The Language (Pro Developer)

This immensely popular book has been fully revised and updated for Visual Basic 2005, providing definitive, one-volume reference and instruction on the intricacies and uses of the language.Key Book Benefits:• Delves into the core, must-know topics for developers working with Visual Basic 2005, , and advances their mastery with essential skills• Examines new features in Visual Basic, such as generics, code snippets, and My Namespace, in depth, while also providing the latest information on classic features such as classes and execution flow• Provides hands-on code examples to illustrate concepts and build skills mastery Get the essential, straightforward information you need to master the core capabilities of Visual Basic 2005. Focusing on the language and the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 base class library, a well-known authority on Visual Basic provides both new and experienced developers the pragmatic guidance and examples they need to build innovative solutions. Discover how to: Compress files, manipulate ACLs, use semaphores, and exploit other new capabilities in the .NET Framework 2.0 Implement generics to define a type-safe data structure Use inheritance, polymorphism, interfaces, delegates, and attributes to write flexible applications Use the My namespace to perform common tasks more easily Work with the new editing and debugging features of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Master regular expressions and perform complex text searches and input validation Take advantage of streams, serialization, and threading techniques Implement advanced programming techniques based on custom attributes, reflection, and on-the-fly compilation Interact with legacy code by using PInvoke and COM Interop Understand key differences from Visual Basic 6.0Get code samples on the Web

Get the expert insights, indispensable reference, and practical instruction needed to exploit the core language features and capabilities in Visual Basic 2005. Well-known Visual Basic programming author Francesco Balena expertly guides you through the fundamentals, including modules, keywords, and inheritance, and builds your mastery of more-advanced topics such as delegates, assemblies, and My Namespace. Combining in-depth reference with extensive, hands-on code examples and best-practices advice, this Core Reference delivers the key resources you need to develop professional-level programming skills for smart clients and the Web.

This book provides expert insights, indispensable reference, and practical instruction needed to exploit the core language features and capabilities in Visual Basic 2005. The author guides the reader through the fundamentals, including modules, keywords, and inheritance, and builds mastery of more-advanced topics such as delegates, assemblies, and My Namespace. It combines in-depth reference with hands-on code examples and best-practices advice. This referenece delivers the resources needed to develop professional-level programming skills for smart clients and the Web Provides information on the capabilities of Microsoft Visual BASIC, covering such topics as control flow and error handling, debugging applications, object-oriented programming, and working with the .NET Framework.