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Take control of Visual Basic 2010 -- from basic Windowsr and Web development to building advanced multithreaded applications. Led by two Visual Basic experts -- including a key member of the Visual Studio team -- you'll get in-depth reference on language concepts and features, and scenario-based guidance for putting Visual Basic to work.Discover how to: Use Visual Basic for Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation projects Apply best practices for using Visual Basic for Web development Work with language keywords and commands, and Microsoft .NET Framework types and namespaces Connect your applications to databases and bind to data Delve deep into Microsoft LINQ, including LINQ to XML Use Visual Basic to work with the Entity Framework Tackle threading, multitasking, and multiprocessor development and debugging

Klaus L¿ffelmann is a Microsoft MVP for Visual Basic .NET, and has been a professional software developer for over 20 years. He has written several books about Visual Basic, and is the owner and founder of ActiveDevelop in Lippstadt, Germany, a company specializing in software development, localization, technical literature and training/coaching with Microsoft technologies.

Foreword

Introduction

Beginning with Language and Tools

Chapter 1: Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
Chapter 2: Introduction to the .NET Framework
Chapter 3: Sightseeing
Chapter 4: Introduction to Windows Forms-Designers and Code Editor by Example
Chapter 5: Introduction to Windows Presentation Foundation
Chapter 6: The Essential .NET Data Types

Object-Oriented Programming

Chapter 7: A Brief Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
Chapter 8: Class Begins
Chapter 9: First Class Programming
Chapter 10: Class Inheritance and Polymorphism
Chapter 11: Developing Value Types
Chapter 12: Typecasting and Boxing Value Types
Chapter 13: Dispose, Finalize, and the Garbage Collector
Chapter 14: Operators for Custom Types
Chapter 15: Events, Delegates, and Lambda Expressions
Chapter 16: Enumerations
Chapter 17: Developing with Generics
Chapter 18: Advanced Types

Programming with .NET Framework Data Structures

Chapter 19: Arrays and Collections
Chapter 20: Serialization
Chapter 21: Attributes and Reflection

Development Simplifications in Visual Basic 2010

Chapter 22: Using My as a Shortcut to Common Framework Functions
Chapter 23: The Application Framework

Language-Integrated Query-LINQ

Chapter 24: Introduction to LINQ (Language-Integrated Query)
Chapter 25: LINQ to Objects
Chapter 26: LINQ to XML
Chapter 27: LINQ to Entities: Programming with Entity Framework

Parallelizing Applications

Chapter 28: Programming with the Task Parallel Library (TPL)

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Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Developer's Handbook

Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Developer's Handbook

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