This book is divided into three parts, Strategies, Concepts and Code. In Strategies, you'll learn how VB.Net is perfect for new development of Web and other server side applications - but that porting existing code may be disastrous - and how economics and human nature will play as strong a role as technology in how .NET is deployed. In Concepts, you'll learn key concepts such as inheritance and multithreading, and why they are over-hyped. You'll learn why Microsoft is killing COM. And you'll learn other important concepts that are unfamiliar to most VB6 programmers but crucial to VB.Net programmers. In Code, you'll learn the VB.Net language and many of its features - all based on your current knowledge of VB6.

Contents

• Strategies
  • Where should you begin?
  • Facing VB.Net, without fear or panic
  • Adoption Strategies
• Concepts
  • .NET in context
  • Inheritance – the coolest feature you'll almost never use
  • Memory Management in .NET
  • VB.Net Multithreading
• Code
  • Data Types
  • Language Syntax
  • Objects in depth
  • Reflection and Attributes
• The Wonderful World of .NET
  • The System Namespaces
  • Windows Applications
  • Internet Applications and Services
  • COM Interop and Accessing the Win32 API
  • Living With .NET