Professional Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5 Programming

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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.

From the Back Cover
Explore Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5 with this updated resource

The new Visual Basic 2012 and its compatibility with .NET 4.5 require that programmers be familiar with all the latest subject matter. After a quick refresher of the basics, this must-have resource quickly dives into more advanced topics to examine the important topics, such as data access with ADO.NET, security, ASP.NET web programming with VB, Windows workflow, and threading. In-depth coverage looks at the new .NET features, including LINQ, WCF, XML, WPF, and more. Plus, you’ll address exception handling and debugging, Visual Studio features, and deployment.

Professional Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5 Programming:

Details the elements of a .NET application and discusses how to create your own namespace
Addresses implementing inheritance and creating an abstract base class
Highlights advanced language concepts such as lambdas, iterators, and async keywords
Reviews designer concepts and the Win8 client
Discusses assemblies and reflection, parallel programming using tasks and threads, and deployment
Looks at XAML syntax, using XAML to create a window, and creating a WinRT XAML application

Table of Contents
Part I: Language Constructs and Environment
Chapter 1. Visual Studio 2012
Chapter 2. The Common Language Runtime
Chapter 3. Objects and Visual Basic
Chapter 4. Custom Objects
Chapter 5. Advanced Language Constructs
Chapter 6. Exception Handling and Debugging

Part II: Business Objects and Data Access
Chapter 7. Arrays, Collections, and Generics
Chapter 8. Using XML with Visual Basic
Chapter 9. ADO.NET and LINQ
Chapter 10. Data Access with the Entity Framework
Chapter 11. Services (XML/WCF)

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
Chapter 16. Application Services
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