VB.NET Language in a Nutshell

VB.NET Language in a Nutshell

by Paul Lomax (Author), Ron Petrusha (Author), PhD Steven Roman (Author)

Synopsis

This is a complete documentation for the Visual Basic .NET language. Beginning with a brief overview of the language, the book covers basic programming concepts, and introduces the .NET Framework Class Library and programming with attributes. The bulk of the book consists of an alphabetical reference to Visual Basic .NET statements, procedures, functions, and objects. Each entry has a standardized listing containing the following information: its syntax, using standard coding conventions; differences in the operation of the keyword in Visual Basic .NET and in VB 6.0; a list of arguments accepted by the function or procedure; a description of the data type returned by a function; the finer points of a language element's usage that are of ten omitted from or blurred over by other sources; tips and warnings that include undocumented behaviours and practical applications for particular language elements; a section for diagnosing or avoiding potential programming problems; and a cross-reference to related keywords. On the CD-ROM is a plug-in that adds a copy of the book's language reference to the dynamic help within Visual Studio .NET. The plug-in requires any edition of Visual Basic .N ET or Visual Studio .NET.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 688
Edition: 2
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Published: 26 Apr 2002

ISBN 10: 0596003080
ISBN 13: 9780596003081

Author Bio
Steven Roman is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the California State University, Fullerton. His previous books with O'Reilly include Access Database Design and Programming, Writing Excel Macros, and Win32 API Programming with Visual Basic. Ron Petrusha is an editor for O'Reilly and is the author/coauthor of many books, including VBScript in a Nutshell. Ron has a background in quantitative labor history, specializing in Russian labor history, and holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Columbia University. He began working with computers in the mid 1970s, programming in SPSS (a programmable statistical package) and FORTRAN on the IBM 370 family. Since then, he has been a computer book buyer, an editor of a number of books on Windows and Unix, and a consultant on projects written in dBASE, Clipper, and Visual Basic. Paul Lomax, author of O'Reilly's VB & VBA in a Nutshell and a coauthor of VBScript in a Nutshell, is an experienced VB programmer with a passion for sharing his knowledge--and his collection of programming tips and techniques gathered from real-world experience.