To Learn More

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

Books

Advanced .NET Remoting in VB .NET, by Ingo Rammer (Apress, 2002):
     http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=108 .
Distributed .NET Programming in VB .NET, by Tom Barnaby (Apress, 2002):
     http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=144 .
Programming VB .NET: A Guide for Experienced Programmers, by Gary Cornell and
Jonathan Morrison (Apress, 2001):
     http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=20 .

Magazines

.NET Magazine:
      http://www.fawcette.com/dotnetmag/
MSDN Magazine:
      http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/
MSDN Magazine: "Design and Develop Seamless Distributed Applications for the
Common Language Runtime":
      http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/NETRemoting/default.aspx
Visual Studio Magazine:
      http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/
Visual Studio Magazine: "Demystify .NET App Domains and Contexts":
      http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/2002_02/magazine/ columns /blackbelt/
Windows Developer Magazine:
      http://www.wd-mag.com/
XML & Web Services Magazine:
      http://www.fawcette.com/xmlmag/

Web Sites

.NET 247 Guide: Enterprise Remoting:
     http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/guide/8.aspx
.NET Architecture Center:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/
.NET Enterprise Servers Online Books:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/servers/books/default.asp
.NET Remoting Overview:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconnetremotingoverview.asp
.NET Remoting Security Solution, Part 1: Microsoft.Samples.Security.SSPI
Assembly:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/remsspi.asp
Creating Windows Applications:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vboriCreatingStandaloneAppsVB.asp
DotNeteXtreme.com (.NET tips and articles):
     http://www.dotnetextreme.com/default.asp
EggHeadCafe.com Tips and Tricks (.NET tips and articles):
     http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tipstricks.asp
Fujitsu NetCOBOL for .NET:
     http://www.netcobol.com/products/windows/netcobol.html
GotDotNet:
     http://www.gotdotnet.com/
GotDotNet: Backwards Breaking Changes from Version 1.0 to 1.1:
     http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/changeinfo/Backwards1.0to1.1/default.aspx#00000106
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/
Implementing a Background Process in Visual Basic .NET:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnadvnet/html/vbnet09272002.asp
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
Message Queuing (MSMQ):
     http://www.microsoft.com/msmq/
Message Queuing Overview and Resources:
     http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/techresources/appserv/MSMQ/MSMQ_Overview.asp
Microsoft .NET Remoting: A Technical Overview:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/hawkremoting.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's Search the Knowledge Base Web Site:
     http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;EN-US;KBHOWTO
Microsoft TechNet How-To Index:
     http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/itsolutions/howto
MSDN:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com
Multithreading in Visual Basic .NET:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbcn7/html/vaconThreadingInVisualBasic.asp
NetCOBOL for .NET Training CDs:
     http://www.netcobol.com/products/DotnetTrainingCD.htm
Programming the Thread Pool in the .NET Framework:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/progthrepool.asp
Remoting (samples):
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpsamples/html/remoting.asp
XML Web Services Developer Center Home:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/ webservices /
Using Threads:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dv_vstechart/html/vbtchUsingThreads.asp
Windows .NET Server 2003:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/default.asp?contentid=28001691