Visual Basic 2005: A Developer's Notebook

[Administrator]

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I have to say this is a MUST HAVE for all those programming in VB.NET and not yet proficient in VB.NET 2005 (or even if you are!). This book outlines some of the major updates for someone moving from VB.NET 2003 to VB.NET 2005. It reviews the new features, new classes, and has great examples to show you the new magic in VB.NET 2005.​

If you have been swamped in your VB6 and/or VB.NET 2003 work and need a quick read to give you what's new and how to use it, this is the book! This one is a keeper, one of the books I'm glad I read!​

 

[Guardian]

i bought this book quite a while back (a good 3 months at least) and i must say it is my favorite programming book that i own, with code and how to's that you actually want / need to use in the real world.


I am fairly advanced with VB.NET 2005, and this book is still very usefull to have around, and it it well proced for a programming book (£20 GPB in Borders)

 

[vendiddy]

I am looking for a good, thorough VB.NET 2005 book. Does this book cover VB.NET inside and out? Also, does it go deeply into object oriented programming with VB.NET?

 

[Administrator]

These two are the must haves for your VB.NET Foundation. Francesco Balena does an oustanding job with this series I've read since .NET came out.

You need both of these as the VS 2003 edition is the "complete" resource then the VS 2005 one came later covering the new stuff.

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[vendiddy]

Thanks for the information. Are VB.NET 2003 and 2005 similiar enough that it would make sense to order the 2003 edition?

 

[Administrator]

If you are only going to get one, yes, the VB.NET 2003 edition is complete, the VB.NET 2005 edition is not a comprehensive reference. If you can afford it, I suggest buying both to stay in tune with .NET 2.0 and later.

 

[kulrom]

Wrox - Professional VB 2005 is the most overall book about VB 2005 i have read untill now. MUST HAVE too. Check it out