To Learn More

The following are some suggested supplemental references to further your retraining effort.

Books

Architecting Web Services, by William Oellermann (Apress, 2001):
     http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=22.
Moving to ASP.NET: Web Development with VB .NET, by Steve Harris and Rob
Macdonald (Apress, 2002):
     http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=78.
User Interface Design for Programmers, by Joel Spolsky (Apress, 2001):
     http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10.
User Interfaces in VB .NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls, by Matthew
MacDonald (Apress, 2002):
     http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=99.

Magazines

.NET Magazine :
     http://www.fawcette.com/dotnetmag/
MSDN Magazine :
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/
MSDN Magazine, "Securely Implement Request Processing, Filtering, and Content
Redirection with HTTP Pipelines in ASP.NET":
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/09/HTTPPipelines/default.aspx
Visual Studio Magazine :
     http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/
Windows Developer Magazine :
     http://www.wd-mag.com/
XML & Web Services Magazine :
     http://www.fawcette.com/xmlmag/

Web Sites

.NET Architecture Center:
      http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/
ASP.NET HTTP Modules and HTTP Handlers Overview (ISAPI type development):
      http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307985
Creating Windows Applications:
      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vboriCreatingStandaloneAppsVB.asp
GotDotNet (.NET samples, tutorials, and information):
     http://www.gotdotnet.com/
IBuySpy Store Application (sample application in COBOL .NET):
     http://www.ibuyspycobol.com/
IBuySpy Store Application (sample application in VB .NET and C#):
      http://www.ibuyspystore.com/
Intensity Software's NetCOBOL Samples (provided by Fujitsu Software and Intensity Software):
      http://www.netcobolsamples.com/
Introduction to ASP.NET:
      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconintroductiontoasp.asp
Introduction to Windows Service Applications:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vbconintroductiontontserviceapplications.asp
Microsoft ASP.NET Home Page:
     http://www.asp.net/
Microsoft Community (discussion groups, e-newsletters, and so forth):
     http://communities2.microsoft.com/
Microsoft Patterns & Practices:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/
Microsoft TechNet How-To Web Site:
     http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/itsolutions/howto
Microsoft UDDI Business Registry Node:
     http://uddi.microsoft.com/
MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com
Specification Index for XML Web Services:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/ webservices /understanding/ specs /default.asp
UDDI.org:
      http://www.uddi.org/
Windows .NET Server 2003:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/default.asp?contentid=28001691
XML Web Services Developer Center:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/webservices/