Developing Web Applications with Visual Basic.NET and ASP.NET

by John Alexander, Billy Hollis

Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0471085170; 1st edition (March 29, 2002)

The must-have book for experienced Visual Basic developers who need to build enterprise-level Web applications

Written by two well-known and respected Microsoft insiders, this book is essential for today’s VB developer who is tasked with building enterprise-level Web applications using the core .NET technologies–– ASP.NET and VB.NET. After a brief overview of the .NET technologies, they launch right into practical information on how to be immediately productive within ASP.NET from an experienced VB programmer’s point of view. They also walk you through an enterprise prototype application that accesses an enhanced version of Microsoft’s NorthWind Database.

They arm you with tips, tricks, and workarounds that can be used in your own projects, including:
• Changes to ASP.NET development
• Object-oriented changes and enhancements to VB.NET
• Using DHTML and server-side controls
• ASP.NET Pages and Web forms
• Page navigation, validation, data access, and client-event handling using ASP.NET WebControls
• Creating and testing Web services
• Scalable data access with XML Designer and ADO.NET Data Set Designer

About the Author: JOHN ALEXANDER is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), as well as a Microsoft Regional Director. He currently works as a marketing technologist at G.A. Sullivan. BILLY HOLLIS is a Microsoft Regional Director and an independent consultant. He is also an author and frequent speaker at COMDEX and VBITS.

Customer Reviews
Thanks for a Fantastic Read!!!, April 22, 2002
Reviewer: Dwight Hill from Los Angeles, CA
This was a delightful book to read. I am a very seasoned VB6/ASP Developer who is about to get his feet wet with .NET. Your book provides the direction I need to make a comfortable transition...Your examples were of the level I anticipated, and your dialog made it very easy to follow along. My hat goes off to all of the authors who created this very readable and worthwhile book! Thanks so much!

Excelente Book, April 16, 2002
Reviewer: A reader from Miami, FL United States
I preordered and received it on April 12,2002. Hasta ahora el libro esta excelente. El Capitulo de "Object-Oriented Changes in Visual Basic" esta tan bueno que vale lo que pesa en oro. Nunca habia visto una explicacion de Programacion Orientada a Objeto tan facil de entender; con ejemplos tan claros. El libro no es grande asi que se puede leer en un par de semanas. El precio esta muy bueno tambien. Eso si, debes tener idea de como programar en VB6 para que puedas entender las diferencias con VB.NET.

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