This book is written for programmers who have experience with previous versions of Visual Basic. Its primary goal is to teach these programmers about the OOP concepts and syntax what will be new to them when moving to Visual Basic .NET. The move to VB.NET has been slower than was expected, and perhaps the biggest reason for this has been the need for existing VB programmers to learn OOP concepts and syntax. This is the book that experienced VB programmers have been looking for. Not only will it teach them traditional OOP theory from a VB point of view, but it will also show them how to use modern OOP concepts and syntax in order to develop applications faster. Ted Pattison has shown, with the huge success of his previous book, Programming Distributed Applications with COM and Visual Basic, Microsoft Press, that there is not only a large audience for this information, but that he is the most trusted source for this information.
Ted Pattison is a cofounder of Barracuda.NET, a company dedicated to helping developers and companies become successful in building networked applications. Ted has worked in the software industry as a developer and educator since 1990. His primary focus over the last decade has been teaching software developers how to use technologies and tools associated with Microsoft's development platform. Ted is the best-selling author of Programming Distributed Applications with COM+ and VB 6.0 and is a regular contributor toMSDN magazine, where he writes the "Basic Instincts" column.
Dr. Joe Hummel is an assistant professor of computer science at Lake Forest College and a .NET trainer for DevelopMentor. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine, and has been working with DevelopMentor and Visual Basic since 1993.
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