Who Should Read This Book

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There are two core audiences for this book: the novice Visual Basic .NET programmer and the classically trained Visual Basic developer who, already familiar with the Visual Basic .NET language, wants to see how new platform features can be and should be integrated into applications. Most of the material in this book is intended to be an extension of existing technical resources. If you're expecting a ground-up introduction to Visual Basic .NET, you'll be disappointed. I have an expectation that you have a basic familiarity with the language and platform. If you do not, there are plenty of excellent books from Microsoft Press on the subject of Visual Basic .NET and I'd recommend starting there.

The majority of the material in this book is written from the perspective of a Visual Studio .NET developer, and I'll often reference how the Visual Studio IDE can help you develop your applications. This is not to say that I've made the material dependent upon a single release version of Visual Studio or even the .NET Framework. Although it is admittedly impossible to anticipate all future changes to the platform, I believe that much of the subject matter contained in this book will last for quite a while. Even though the topics are more advanced than you might find in your average book about Visual Basic, they are mostly about fundamental concepts and techniques that should not change drastically as time goes on. Fingers crossed.

Note

All the samples and technologies included in this book apply equally well to the original Visual Studio .NET release as well as the Visual Studio .NET 2003 product. What I have attempted to convey are more fundamental concepts that should have longevity, even as future versions of the .NET Framework and Visual Basic .NET are released.


I l @ ve RuBoard


Designing Enterprise Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
Designing Enterprise Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Pro-Developer)
ISBN: 073561721X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 103

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