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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 .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 problemsAvoid the tedium of having to reinvent the wheel?focus instead on the more interesting problems specific to your applicationLearn 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 WPFStore data to and retrieve data from your relational database using LINQManipulate XML data using LINQMake your programs dynamically configurable through the judicious application of reflectionTake advantage of multiple CPU cores by writing multithreaded applicationsIntegrate multimedia into your Visual Basic projects Who this book is 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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Readers learn to create time for the more interesting aspects of their VB .NET project by solving common problems with the practical solutions and dozens of code examples in this resource. Includes free coding that can be downloaded for immediate use.
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Visual Basic 2008 Recipes is a book of ready-made coding solutions for programmers who don't want spend a lot of time reading. Each chapter addresses a specific problem-domain such as multimedia, database access, XML manipulation, etc. Each chapter then presents a number of common problems, with a solution following each problem. Readers appreciate the recipe format, because they can look up a problem, read one to three pages, implement the solution, and then get on with their work. Recipe books are ideal for those who want to spend their days doing, not reading.