Contents at a Glance

Part I Learning the Basics of VB

1 Introducing the .NET Framework 4.5

2 Getting Started with the Visual Studio 2012 IDE

3 The Anatomy of a Visual Basic Project

4 Data Types and Expressions

5 Debugging Visual Basic 2012 Applications

6 Handling Errors and Exceptions

Part II Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic 2012

7 Class Fundamentals

8 Managing an Object’s Lifetime

9 Organizing Types Within Namespaces

10 Modules

11 Structures and Enumerations

12 Inheritance

13 Interfaces

14 Generics and Nullable Types

15 Delegates and Events

16 Working with Collections and Iterators

17 Creating Objects: Visual Tools and Portable Libraries

Part III Advanced Language Features

18 Manipulating Files and Streams

19 The My Namespace

20 Advanced Language Features

Part IV Data Access with ADO.NET and LINQ

21 Introducing ADO.NET and DataSets

22 Introducing LINQ

23 LINQ to Objects

24 LINQ to SQL

25 LINQ to DataSets

26 Introducing ADO.NET Entity Framework

27 Manipulating XML Documents with LINQ and XML Literals

Part V Building Windows Desktop Applications

28 Creating WPF Applications

29 WPF Common Controls

30 Brushes, Styles, Templates, and Animations in WPF

31 Manipulating Media and Documents

32 Introducing Data-Binding

33 Localizing Applications

Part VI Building Web Applications

34 Building ASP.NET Web Applications

35 Publishing ASP.NET Web Applications

36 Building Rich Internet Applications with Silverlight 5

37 Building and Deploying Applications for Windows Azure

38 Building Apps for Windows Phone 7.5

Part VII Networking and Exposing Data Through Networks

39 Creating and Consuming WCF Services

40 Implementing and Consuming WCF Data Services

Part VIII Advanced .NET Framework with VB 2012

41 Serialization

42 Processes and Multithreading

43 Parallel Programming and Parallel LINQ

44 Asynchronous Programming

45 Working with Assemblies

46 Reflection

47 Coding Attributes

48 Platform Invokes and Interoperability with the COM Architecture

49 Documenting the Source Code with XML Comments

Part IX Applications Deployment

50 Understanding the Global Assembly Cache

51 Setup and Deployment Projects with InstallShield for Visual Studio

52 Deploying Applications with ClickOnce

Part X Mastering the Visual Studio 2012 IDE

53 Advanced IDE Features

54 Introducing the Visual Studio Extensibility

55 Advanced Analysis Tools

56 Testing Code with Unit Tests, Test-Driven Development, and Code Contracts

Appendix

A Useful Resources and Tools for Visual Basic

Index

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