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spine=2.11” The Visual Basic Book Evangelos Petroutsos MASTERING Programmers Count On MASTERING Microsoft® If you want to learn how to use Visual Basic 2010, you’ve come to the right V place. New users, you’ll build a simple VB application in the very fi rst chapter, getting you quickly up to speed on the VB user interface and simple coding. Intermediate and advanced users, you can bypass the basics and jump straight i to building data-driven applications, working with .NET 4.0 framework, creating rich client and web applications, programming with web services, Master Visual Basic 2010 s and much more. Packed with step-by-step instruction and real-world scenarios and .NET Framework 4.0 Microsoft® u for users of all levels, this book is what you need to build top-level skills in Visual Basic 2010 Visual Basic 2010. Understand the Core ® a COVERAGE INCLUDES: Language and User (cid:129) Getting started with Visual Basic 2010 Interface l (cid:129) Mastering VB programming essentials, including GUI design, event-driven programming, basic Windows controls, and more Find a Wealth of Content B (cid:129) Working with custom classes, controls, and objects for All Users (cid:129) Understanding the .NET framework, including XML, LINQ, and a storing data in collections Create Custom, Practical, (cid:129) Programming with ADO.NET, using the data entity model, and Data-Driven Applications s Build Rich Client and Work with the .NET understanding DataSets and Web Apps i (cid:129) Building web applications and programming with web services Web Applications with Framework 4.0 c (cid:129) Getting the most out of advanced Windows controls such as ListView Reinforce Your Skills with Visual Basic and TreeView controls Real-World Examples ® 2 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 0 Evangelos Petroutsos is a computer engineer who has worked for the California Institute of Technology and MCI. Currently, he writes 1 computer books and articles, teaches networking and programming courses, and works as a computer communications consultant. He is the author of the Sybex titles Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 and Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, among other books. 0 www.sybex.com/go/masteringvb2010 Petroutsos www.sybex.com ISBN 978-0-470-53287-4 CATEGORY COMPUTERS/Programming $59.99 US SERIOUS SKILLS. Languages/Visual Basic $71.99 CAN Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 ® ® Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 ® ® Evangelos Petroutsos Wiley Publishing, Inc. 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Bestregards, NeilEdde VicePresidentandPublisher Sybex,anImprintofWiley To my dearest and most precious ones, Nepheli and Eleni-Myrsini Acknowledgments Manypeoplecontributedtothisbook,andIwouldlike tothankthemall.Ifirst wanttoexpress mydeepappreciation toDanijelArsenovski for contributingandrevising severalchapters,and especiallyforhisworkonChapter17,‘‘UsingtheEntityDataModel.’’Manythankstothebook’s technical editor, Kirstin Juhl, who has readthis bookwith great care and a particular attention todetail.Thankyou,Kirstin.IalsowanttothankthefolksatMicrosoftfortheircommitmentto Visual Basic. Visual Basic remainsmyabsolutefavoritelanguage. Special thanks to the talented people at Sybex—to all of them and to each one individ- ually —starting with my ‘‘Gentle Editor,’’ Mary Ellen Schutz, who has taken this book under her wing and improved it in numerous ways. To acquisitions editor Agatha Kim, who has followed the progress of this book from its conception through its completion. 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