Visual Basic 2008 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

Sometimes you just need to solve a problem and get on with your work. To that
end, Visual Basic 2008 Recipes is a compendium of practical solutions for busy
VB .NET programmers. Create time for the more interesting aspects of your VB
.NET project by solving common problems with the practical solutions and dozens
of code examples in this book. Important new .NET 3.5 technologies, such as
Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) and Language Integrated Query (LINQ), are
covered, and each chapter addresses a specific problem domain, including
database access, multimedia, XML manipulation, networking, and security. The
code is free to download so you can use the recipes immediately.

* Take advantage of quality, ready–made solutions to common Visual Basic
programming problems.
* Avoid the tedium of having to reinvent the wheel. Focus instead on the
more interesting problems specific to your application.
* Learn from and be inspired by what the authors have done. Use their work
as stepping stones to solve even more complex problems.

What you’ll learn

* Cleanly separate user–interface logic from business logic through the use
of .NET 3.5’s WPF.
* Store data to and retrieve data from your relational database using LINQ.
* Manipulate XML data using LINQ.
* Make your programs dynamically configurable through the judicious
application of reflection.
* Take advantage of multiple CPU cores by writing multithreaded
applications.
* Integrate multimedia into your Visual Basic projects.

Who is this book for?

Visual Basic 2008 Recipes is written for Visual Basic developers who have at
least some experience in developing Visual Basic solutions. The book contains
recipes appealing to intermediate through advanced developers.
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