Visual Studio.NET All–in–One Desk Reference For Dummies

Nitin Pandey is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) at NIIT, and has been involved in the development of WBTs for NIIT Online Ltd and seminars and WBTs for Microsoft.

Introduction. About This Book. Conventions Used in This Book. What You Don't Have to Read. Foolish Assumptions. How This Book Is Organized. Book I: Visual Studio .NET Overview. Book II: Using the Visual Studio .NET IDE. Book III: Visual Basic .NET. Book IV: Visual C++ .NET. Book V: Visual C# .NET. Book VI: Associated Technologies and Enhancements. Book VII: Creating and Deploying Web Services and Other Visual Studio .NET Solutions. Icons Used in This Book. Where to Go from Here. Book I: Visual Studio .NET Overview. Chapter 1: Exploring the .NET Initiative. Chapter 2: Key Components of the .NET Framework. Chapter 3: Application Execution in the .NET Framework. Chapter 4: Exploring Visual Studio .NET. Chapter 5: Application Development Cycle in Visual Studio .NET. Chapter 6: Installing Visual Studio .NET. Book II: Using the Visual Studio .NET IDE. Chapter 1: Meet the Visual Studio Interface. Chapter 2: Customizing Your Development Environment. Book III: Visual Basic .NET. Chapter 1: Introduction to Visual Basic .NET. Chapter 2: Windows Forms: The First Step. Chapter 3: Working with Controls. Chapter 4: Windows Forms: Moving Ahead. Chapter 5: Variables: The .NET Lingo. Chapter 6: Controlling Program Flow. Chapter 7: Procedures in Visual Basic .NET. Chapter 8: Implementing VB .NET Classes. Chapter 9: Handling Errors in Visual Basic .NET. Chapter 10: Accessing a Database. Book IV: Visual C++ .NET. Chapter 1: Introducing Visual C++ .NET. Chapter 2: Creating Good Old Windows Applications. Chapter 3: Creating MFC Applications the Easy Way. Chapter 4: Database Programming in Visual C++ .NET. Chapter 5: Creating ATL Server Projects. Chapter 6: Programming in Managed Extensions for C++. Chapter 7: Mixing and Matching Managed and Unmanaged Code. Chapter 8: Debugging and Exception Handling in Visual C++ .NET Chapter 9: Upgrading Existing Applications to Visual C++ .NET. Book V: Visual C# .NET. Chapter 2: Getting Started with Visual C#. Chapter 3: Working with Arrays. Chapter 4: Creating Classes in Visual C#. Chapter 5: Creating Windows Applications. Chapter 6: Creating Windows Services. Book VI: Associated Technologies and Enhancements. Chapter 1: Introducing ASP.NET. Chapter 2: Getting Started with ASP.NET Applications. Chapter 3: Using ASP.NET Web Forms Server Controls. Chapter 4: Working with Validation Controls. Chapter 5: Developing ASP.NET Server Controls. Chapter 6: Using Rich Web Controls. Chapter 7: Debugging ASP.NET Web Applications. Chapter 8: Data Binding with Server Controls. Chapter 9: Working with Web Server Control Templates. Chapter 10: Creating Mobile Web Applications. Chapter 11: Using ADO.NET with ASP.NET. Chapter 12: Working with XML in Visual Studio .NET. Chapter 13: Configuring ASP.NET Applications. Chapter 14: Building ASP.NET HTTP Handlers. Chapter 15: Caching in ASP.NET. Chapter 16: ASP.NET Application Security. Chapter 17: Migrating from ASP to ASP.NET. Book VII: Creating and Deploying Web Services and Other Visual Studio .NET Solutions. Chapter 1: Creating ASP.NET Web Services. Chapter 2: Creating ASP.NET Web Service Clients. Chapter 3: Securing Web Services. Chapter 4: Deploying Windows Applications. Chapter 5: Deploying Web Applications. Chapter 6: More Deployment Options. Appendix A: Glossary. Index. Book Registration Information.