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.