Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I: Getting to Know .NET Using Visual Basic 9

Chapter 1: Wading into Visual Basic 11

Chapter 2: Using Visual Studio 2008 23

Chapter 3: Designing Applications in VB 2008 43

Part II: Building Applications with VB 2008 59

Chapter 4: Building Windows Applications 61

Chapter 5: Building Web Applications 83

Chapter 6: Building Class Libraries 107

Chapter 7: Building Web Services 123

Chapter 8: Debugging in VB 2008 139

Part III: Making Your Programs Work 155

Chapter 9: Interpreting Strings and Things 157

Chapter 10: Making Decisions in Code 175

Chapter 11: Getting Loopy 187

Chapter 12: Reusing Code 197

Chapter 13: Making Arguments, Earning Returns 219

Part IV: Digging into the Framework 237

Chapter 14: Writing Secure Code 239

Chapter 15: Accessing Data 253

Chapter 16: Working with the File System 271

Chapter 17: Accessing the Internet 283

Chapter 18: Creating Images 297

Part V: The Part of Tens 309

Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Using the VB User Interface 311

Chapter 20: Ten Ideas for Taking Your Next Programming Step 325

Chapter 21: Ten Resources on the Internet 337

Index 343

About the Author

Bill Sempf is an expert programmer, .NET evangelist, and conference speaker. He specializes in creating .NET solutions for his clients, and is the author of VSTO For Dummies.