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Recommended Reading — Visual Basic

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Format Web Page Image Conversion operators in VB
Format
Web Page
Title
Conversion operators in VB
Author
Paul Vick
Link
http://www.panopticoncentral.net/archive/2004/06/07/1200.aspx
Category
Visual Basic
Comments

A discussion on using VB’s conversion operators verses functions in the Framework only

 
Format Book Image Microsoft ADO.NET — Core Reference
Format
Book
Title
Microsoft ADO.NET — Core Reference
Author
David Sceppa
Publisher
Microsoft Press
ISBN
0-7356-1423-7
Category
ADO.NET, C#, Visual Basic
Comments

This book is both a good tutorial on ADO.NET as well as a good desk reference once you know ADO.NET.

 
Format Web Site Image Microsoft Technical Forums
Format
Web Site
Title
Microsoft Technical Forums
Link
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/
Category
C#, Visual Basic
Comments

Visual Studio 2005 Beta Forums

 
Format Book Image Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Programmer’s Cookbook
Format
Book
Title
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Programmer’s Cookbook
Author
Matthew MacDonald
Publisher
Microsoft Press
ISBN
0-7356-1931-X
Category
Visual Basic
 
Format Book Image OOP with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET — Step by Step
Format
Book
Title
OOP with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET — Step by Step
Author
Robin A. Reynolds-Haertle
Publisher
Microsoft Press
ISBN
0-7356-1568
Category
C#, OO, Visual Basic
 
Format Book Image Programming Microsoft Windows with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET — Core Reference
Format
Book
Title
Programming Microsoft Windows with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET — Core Reference
Author
Charles Petzold
Publisher
Microsoft Press
ISBN
0-7356-1799-6
Category
Visual Basic, Windows Forms
Comments

This book is written with the assumption you are NOT using VS.NET to create your forms! Which means you can really learn how Forms work in .NET rather then how the designers do all the work for you.

 
Format Book Image The Visual Basic .NET Progamming Language
Format
Book
Title
The Visual Basic .NET Progamming Language
Author
Paul Vick
Publisher
Addison Wesley
ISBN
0-321-16951-4
Category
Compilers, Visual Basic
 
Format Web Page Image U.S.-centric dates and localized languages
Format
Web Page
Title
U.S.-centric dates and localized languages
Author
Paul Vick
Link
http://www.panopticoncentral.net/archive/2004/07/08/1353.aspx
Category
Visual Basic
Comments

A discussion on the format of date literals in VB.NET

 
Format Book Image Visual Basic Design Patterns — VB 6.0 and VB.NET
Format
Book
Title
Visual Basic Design Patterns — VB 6.0 and VB.NET
Author
James W. Cooper
Publisher
Addison Wesley
ISBN
0-201-70265-7
Category
Design Patterns, Visual Basic
Comments

An excellent companion to the above GOF book. Cooper’s book gives the VB6 & VB.NET view of each pattern in the GOF book.

Both C# & Java versions of this book are available.

 
Format Web Site Image Visual Studio 2005 Beta Home
Format
Web Site
Title
Visual Studio 2005 Beta Home
Link
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/
Category
C#, Visual Basic

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