Accelerated VB 2005 (eBook)

This book provides the fastest path to VB expertise for programmers transitioning to VB from another object-oriented language. It quickly brings experienced Java, C#, and C++ programmers to a high level of proficiency in VB. It also provides in-depth advice on the wise use of VB to exploit the power of the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR).

Coverage carefully describes how VB works, discusses the most important issues for professional VB coding, and demonstrates with precise examples how to design and code effective VB programs. Its succinctness and clarity make it appropriate for anyone familiar with any object-oriented language.

Trey Nash is an escalation engineer at Microsoft working on the Windows operating systems as well as various other products. When he is not working feverishly within the bowels of the operating system, he is delivering training on .NET Platform debugging as well as user mode and kernel mode debugging on the Windows platform. Prior to working at Microsoft, he was a principal software engineer working on security solutions at Credant Technologies, a market-leading security software company. He also enjoined a stint at a large Bluetooth company developing Bluetooth solutions for the release of Microsoft Vista. Before that, he called Macromedia, Inc. home for five years. At Macromedia, he worked on a cross-product engineering team for several years, designing solutions for a wide range of products throughout the company, including Flash, Fireworks, and Dreamweaver. He specialized in COM/DCOM using C/C++/ATL until the .NET revolution. He's been glued to computers ever since he scored his first, a TI-99/4A, when he was a mere 13 years old. He astounded his parents by turning a childhood obsession into a decent-paying career, much to their dismay. Trey received his bachelor of science and his master of engineering degrees in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University. When he's not sitting in front of a computer, you can find him working in his garage, playing his piano, brushing up on a foreign language (Russian and Icelandic are the current favorites), or playing ice hockey.

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Accelerated VB 2005 provides the fastest path to Visual Basic expertise for anyone already familiar with object-oriented programming. While books introduce VB, very few also explain optimizing its use with the .NET common language runtime (CLR). But this book both teaches core VB language concepts and covers in depth the concepts and techniques for professionally exploiting the power of VB and the CLR.You'll quickly master VB syntax while learning how the CLR simplifies many programming tasks. You'll also learn best practices that ensure your code will be efficient, reusable, and robust. Why spend many months or years discovering the best ways to design and code VB, when this book will show you how to do things the right way, right from the start? Youll quickly gain thorough understanding of VB 2005. This book covers the all new features of VB 2005. Authors Guy Fouche and Trey Nash describe and explain VB best practices. The book presents canonical forms for VB classes and interfaces. Examples demonstrate bullet-proof, exception-safe code and efficient multithreaded applications.