Book description
Explore Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5 with this fully updated resource
After a quick review of the of introductory topics of Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5, this book moves quickly into advanced topics such as data access with ADO.NET, security, ASP.NET web programming with Visual Basic, Windows workflow, and threading. You'll explore the essential Visual Basic 2012 functions you need, including .NET features such as LINQ, WCF, and more. Plus, you'll examine exception handling and debugging, Visual Studio features, and deployment.
Puts the new Async keyword and Iterators to work
Explores new options and interfaces presented by Windows 8 development and WinRT
Continues strong coverage of core language elements and tools and creating componentized applications
This updated version of Professional Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5 retains its expert author team, including one of the best-known and respected Microsoft Visual Basic MVPs, Bill Sheldon, and Microsoft Regional Director "Software Legend" Billy Hollis.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Part I: Language Constructs and Environment
- Part II: Business Objects and Data Access
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Part III: Specialized Topics and Libraries
- Chapter 12: XAML Essentials
- Chapter 13: Creating XAML Applications for Windows 8
- Chapter 14: Applications with ASP.NET, MVC, JavaScript and HTML
- Chapter 15: Localization
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Chapter 16: Application Services
- Using IIS for Application Services
- Windows Services
- Characteristics of a Windows Service
- Interacting with Windows Services
- Creating a Windows Service
- Creating a Windows Service in Visual Basic
- Creating a File Watcher Service
- Communicating with the Service
- Custom Commands
- Passing Strings to a Service
- Debugging the Service
- Summary
- Chapter 17: Assemblies and Reflection
- Chapter 18: Security in the .NET Framework
- Chapter 19: Parallel Programming Using Tasks and Threads
- Chapter 20: Deploying XAML Applications via the Window 8 Windows Store
- Introduction
Product information
- Title: Professional Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5 Programming
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2013
- Publisher(s): Wrox
- ISBN: 9781118314456
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