Fast Track Visual Basic .NET

Now that the .NET Framework and the Visual Studio .NET IDE have been officially released by Microsoft, it is imperative for developers to get up to speed with the new .NET languages quickly and effectively. The purpose of this book is to act as the tool for this task, helping experienced Visual Basic developers note the key similarities, and differences, between their current language and Visual Basic .NET.

The focus of this book is on the overall capabilities of the new language, delivering a rapid and concise introduction to Visual Basic .NET and includes the most important features required by a Visual Basic developer to begin using Visual Basic .NET. The intent is not to give an encyclopedic coverage of Visual Basic .NET, but rather, to get Visual Basic developers using Visual Basic .NET efficiently as quickly as possible.

An update to the acclaimed VB.NET Programming with the Public Beta by the same authors, this book has been revised and tested for the final release of the .NET Framework. Topics covered include:

An introduction to the .NET Framework, including new IDE and language features
New Windows user interface capabilities
New object-oriented and web capabilities of Visual Basic .NET
Data access using Visual Basic .NET
Installation and deployment
Interoperability and migration

現在微軟已正式發布了.NET Framework和Visual Studio .NET IDE，開發人員迅速有效地掌握新的.NET語言變得至關重要。本書的目的是作為這項任務的工具，幫助有經驗的Visual Basic開發人員注意他們目前的語言和Visual Basic .NET之間的主要相似性和差異。

本書的重點是新語言的整體能力，提供了對Visual Basic .NET的快速簡明介紹，包括Visual Basic開發人員開始使用Visual Basic .NET所需的最重要功能。目的不是提供對Visual Basic .NET的百科全書式覆蓋，而是讓Visual Basic開發人員能夠盡快高效地使用Visual Basic .NET。

這本書是同一作者所寫的廣受好評的VB.NET Programming with the Public Beta的更新版本，已經經過修訂和測試，以適應.NET Framework的最終版本。涵蓋的主題包括：

- .NET Framework的介紹，包括新的IDE和語言功能
- 新的Windows用戶界面功能
- Visual Basic .NET的新的面向對象和Web功能
- 使用Visual Basic .NET進行數據訪問
- 安裝和部署
- 互操作性和遷移