To Learn More

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

Books

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 .

Magazines

.NET Magazine:
   http://www.fawcette.com/dotnetmag
MSDN Magazine:
   http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/
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 Caching Features:
   http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-s/cpguide/html/cpconaspcachingfeatures.asp
GotDotNet:
   http://www.gotdotnet.com/
IBuySpy.com Store Application (sample application in COBOL .NET):
http://www.ibuyspycobol.com/
IBuySpy.com Store Application (sample application in VB .NET and
#):
   http://www.ibuyspystore.com/
Introduction to ASP.NET:
   http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-s/cpguide/html/cpconintroductiontoasp.asp
Fujitsu NetCOBOL for .NET:
   http://www.netcobol.com/products/windows/netcobol.hml
Microsoft ASP.NET Home Page:
   http://www.asp.net/
Microsoft ASP.NET QuickStarts Tutorial: Caching Overview:
   http://www.aspng.com/quickstart/aspplus/doc/caching verview.aspx
Microsoft ASP.NET QuickStarts Tutorial: Managing Application State:
   http://www.aspng.com/quickstart/aspplus/doc/stateoverview.aspx
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 Index:
   http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.a sp?url=/technet/itsolutions/howto
Microsoft's Search the Knowledge Base Web Site:
   http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;EN-US;KBHOWTO
Microsoft's State Management Recommendations:
   http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconchoosingserverstateoption.asp
MSDN:
   http://msdn.microsoft.com
NetCOBOL Samples (provided by Fujitsu Software and Intensity Software):
   http://www.netcobolsamples.com/
VBTV (Webcast built for Visual Basic developers by Visual Basic developers):
   http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbtv/
Windows .NET Server 2003:
   http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/default.asp?contentid=28001691