Microsoft? Visual Basic? .NET Programmer's Cookbook

by Matthew MacDonald

Next time you hit the wall with a tough Visual Basic .NET problem, get the code behind the solutionmdash;and solve it the right way. This PROGRAMMERrsquo;S COOKBOOK provides at-a-glance reference to hundreds of Visual Basic .NET programming scenarios using a concise, problem/solution format. The bookrsquo;s organized so you can quickly zero in on the topics and answers you needmdash;with practical examples, code snippets, best practices, and undocumented secrets that get the job done.brNo half-baked solutions. Get expert code from expert developers.brGet hundreds of recipes covering every application typemdash;from Microsoft Windows to Web pages, Web services, remote components, and Windows services.brLearn when to use lower-level Win32 APIs and COM components vs. the Microsoft .NET FrameworkbrDiscover practical ways to deal with XML data and handle data binding with Microsoft ADO.NET.brBuild object-oriented components from scratch to access FTP sites, contact POP mail servers, and work with vectors, fractions, and complex numbers.brExtend the reach of your Windows applications with WMI and use JavaScript to enhance Web pages.brTackle advanced techniques for multithreading, .NET Remoting, reflection, and cryptography.brUncover free third-party components to read zip files, write PDF documents, show menus in Microsoft ASP.NET, and more.brGet all the bookrsquo;s code recipes on line.br

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First published June 11, 2003

About the author

Matthew MacDonald is a science and technology writer with well over a dozen books to his name. He's particularly known for his books about building websites, which include a do-it-from-scratch tutorial (Creating a Website: The Missing Manual), a look at cutting-edge HTML5 (HTML5: The Missing Manual), and a WordPress primer (WordPress: The Missing Manual). He's also written a series of books about programming on and off the Web with .NET, teaches programming at Ryerson University, and is a three-time Microsoft MVP.

Reviews

[Justin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent resource. I use it frequently when learning how to do everything from UDP communication to using regular expressions.