Pro VB 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform

Pro Visual Basic .NET 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform provides an enjoyable, fast-paced, and comprehensive explanation of Microsoft?s new .NET 2.0 technologies. It is based on the author?s extremely successful and award winning C# and the .NET Platform and is thoroughly updated and revised for the VB.NET 2005 audience.

The book shares all the traits of its elder sister ? being a fully-rounded and well-paced overview of the new VB.NET 2005 language and the .NET 2.0 platform upon which it is based. Aimed at programmers with little previous coding experience (VB6, Java, or VB.NET 2003), this book is all that you need to get up to date with the latest in Microsoft .NET development.

After beginning with a quick tour of the basics, the author focuses on the "must have" skills for .NET 2.0 programming, especially Object-Oriented Programming and the new features in .NET 2.0, such as Generics. He then moves on to more advanced topics, such as the Intermediate Language (IL) into which all .NET 2.0 code is compiled, together with the core skills readers need to have, such as proficiency with Windows Forms, Web Services, XML Manipulation, .NET Assemblies, and Smart Clients.