Table Of ContentRod Stephens
Visual Basic
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Programmer’s Reference
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This comprehensive tutorial and reference guide provides program-
mers and developers of all skill and experience levels with a broad,
solid understanding of essential Visual Basic 2010 topics and clearly
explains how to use this powerful programming language to per-
form a variety of tasks. As a tutorial, the book describes the Visual
Basic language and covers essential Visual Basic topics. Also serving
as a reference guide, the material presents categorized information
regarding specific operations and reveals useful tips and tricks to
help you make the most of Visual Basic 2010.
Visual Basic 2010:
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Reviews the forms, controls, and other objects that Visual Basic provides
for building applications in a modern windowing environment
•
Discusses the latest features of Visual Basic, including auto-
implemented properties, array literals and initializers, and nullable
optional parameters
•
Explains how to customize the Visual Studio integrated development
environment
•
Reviews WPF controls, error handling and debugging techniques, LINQ
features, user access security, and more
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Addresses object-oriented programming with Visual Basic 2010
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Details the various graphics classes in the GDI+
Rod Stephens frequently writes for such magazines as Visual Basic Developer,
Visual Basic Programmer’s Journal, and Dr. Dobb’s Journal. His web site
(vb-helper.com) receives several million hits per month. He is the author of more
than twenty books, including Visual Basic Programmer’s Reference, both the 2005
and 2008 editions.
Wrox Programmer’s References are designed to give the experienced developer
straight facts on a new technology, without hype or unnecessary explanations.
They deliver hard information with plenty of practical examples to help you
apply new tools to your development projects today.
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