Table of Contents

Part I: Fundamentals of Visual Basic .NET 1: What Is .NET? 2: The Visual Studio .NET IDE 3: The Visual Basic .NET Language 4: Arrays, Strings, and Collections 5: Delegates and Events Part II: Object Orientation in Visual Basic .NET 6: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Overview 7: Reference-Type Variables 8: Inheritance in Visual Basic .NET Part III: Components and Assembly Deployment 9: Creating and Using Assemblies 10: Assembly Deployment 11: Resources and Localization Part IV: Data Access 12: ADO.NET and the DataSet Class 13: Introduction to XML 14: Using XML with the ADO.NET Classes Part V: Windows Forms Applications 15: Creating Form Classes 16: Creating and Using Controls 17: Windows Forms Applications Options 18: Data Binding in Windows Forms Applications 19: Testing and Deploying a Windows Forms Application Part VI: Web Forms Applications 20: Web Forms and Server Controls 21: Web Forms Applications Options 22: Data Binding in ASP.NET Applications 23: Testing and Deploying a Web Forms Application Part VII: Remoting, Windows Services, and Using Web Services 24: Windows Services 25: COM Interoperability 26: .NET Remoting 27: Creating and Using Web Services 28: Testing, Deploying, and Securing Web Services Part VIII: Advanced .NET Programming 29: File and Data Streams 30: Network I/O 31: Serialization 32: Reflection Part IX: Appendixes A: About the CD B: Exam Objective Mapping Document

About the Author

Larry Chambers, B.Sc., MCSD, and MCSE, is a freelance technical writer who has contributed technical expertise as an editor and writer for various books. Larry works for a large Fortune 50 financial services firm in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Previously Larry worked with a large consulting firm that provided consulting and services for Fortune 100 companies throughout Canada. Larry has been providing consulting, management, and technical expertise in the computer industry for the last 14 years. In his spare time you can find him on a mountain bike somewhere in the wilderness.



Richard Fowler (Centennial, CO) MCSD, MCT, is President of Nugget Software, Inc. Richard has served as a Technical Architect, a Senior Analyst and a Senior Systems Manager in his previous positions and now provides custom software and support for the clients of Nugget Software, with a focus on VB and SQL Middle Tier Components, and VB controls.



Michael Jawj Linde(Richmond, BC) MCSD, MCT was previously with one of Canada's largest training providers - Learnix- as a Senior Instructor where he taught Visual Basic and Visual C++ courses along with XML and XSLT material. He is now a freelance consultant and trainer focusing on application architecture and development through his company LinTech Solutions.



Anthony Sequeira (Fountain Hills, AZ) MCSD, MCT, MCSE, is a Senior Technical Instructor for KnowledgeNet. Anthony assistns in the development of interactive e-learning courses and delivers Microsoft and Cisco technical training live via the Internet. He has authored a number of computer books.