Contents at a Glance

Part I Learning the Basics of VB

1 Introducing the .NET Framework 4.0

2 Getting Started with the Visual Studio 2010 IDE

3 The Anatomy of a Visual Basic Project

4 Data Types and Expressions

5 Debugging Visual Basic 2010 Applications

6 Handling Errors and Exceptions

Part II Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic 2010

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

17 Visually Designing Objects

18 “Generate From Usage” Coding Techniques

Part III Advanced VB Language features

19 Manipulating Files and Streams

20 The My Namespace

21 Advanced Language Features

Part IV Data Access with ADO.NET and LINQ

22 Introducing ADO.NET and DataSets

23 Introducing LINQ

24 LINQ to Objects

25 LINQ to SQL

26 LINQ to DataSets

27 Introducing ADO.NET Entity Framework

28 Manipulating Xml Documents with LINQ and Xml Literals

29 Overview of Parallel LINQ

Part V Building Windows Applications

30 Creating Windows Forms 4.0 Applications

31 Creating WPF Applications

32 WPF Common Controls

33 Brushes, Styles, Templates, and Animations in WPF

34 Manipulating Documents and Media

35 Introducing Data-Binding

36 Localizing Applications

Part VI Building Web Applications

37 Building ASP.NET Web Applications

38 Publishing ASP.NET Web Applications

39 Building Rich Internet Applications with Silverlight

40 Building and Deploying Applications for Windows Azure

Part VII Networking and Exposing Data Through Networks

41 Creating and Consuming WCF Services

42 Implementing and Consuming WCF Data Services

Part VIII Advanced .NET Framework with VB 2010

43 Serialization

44 Processes and Multithreading

45 Parallel Programming

46 Working with Assemblies

47 Reflection

48 Coding Attributes

49 Platform Invokes and Interoperability with the COM Architecture

50 Documenting the Source Code

51 Advanced Compilations with MSBuild

52 Building Customizations for Microsoft Office

Part IX Applications Deployment

53 Understanding the Global Assembly Cache

54 Setup & Deployment Projects for Windows Installer

55 Deploying Applications with ClickOnce

Part X Mastering the Visual Studio 2010 IDE

56 Advanced IDE Features

57 Introducing the Visual Studio Extensibility

58 Advanced Analysis Tools

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

Appendixes

A Installing Visual Studio 2010

B Useful Resources and Tools for Visual Basic

Index

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