VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell

By Budi Kurniawan, Ted Neward
June 2002
Pages: 576
Series: In a Nutshell
ISBN 10: 0-596-00257-2 | ISBN 13: 9780596002572
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VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell, provides a concise and thorough reference to the types found in the core namespaces of the .NET Framework Class Library. A companion to VB.NET Language in a Nutshell, this is a reference that VB.NET programmers will turn to repeatedly. Due to a special partnership between O'Reilly and Microsoft, this book also includes a CD that integrates the book's reference into Visual Studio .NET.
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The .NET platform gives Visual Basic developers access to an entirely new and comprehensive class library that promises to further simplify and speed VB application development. In VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell, VB Programmers will find a concise and thorough reference to the types found in the core namespaces of the .NET Framework Class Library. The heart of this book is a classic Nutshell Quick Reference to all the types found in 22 core .NET namespaces. The entry for each type describes its significance, explains how the type is used in .NET applications and lists its members and their signatures in readable VB.NET syntax. The core namespaces documented in this book include types in the following areas:
  • Essential system and programming services found in the System namespace
  • Text handling and regular expression pattern searches
  • Diagnostics, debugging, and performance monitoring
  • Generalized and specialized collection objects
  • Reflection
  • Extensible Markup Language (XML)
  • Input/output and serialization
  • Networking
  • Threading and timers
  • COM interop and globalization
An essential companion to VB.NET Language in a Nutshell, this book completes a two-volume reference that VB.NET programmers will turn to repeatedly in both its print and online versions. Thanks to a special partnership between O'Reilly and Microsoft, now you can integrate the content from this "In a Nutshell" title with the Dynamic Help inside Visual Studio .NET. Once you install the plug-in using the enclosed CD-ROM, you'll have full access to its 22 namespace overviews and 700-plus type entries. Requires Visual Studio .NET or Visual Basic .NET.

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great book,  November 06 2006
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Great book , the book explained the VB.NET classes flexible and easy way.
thanks alot for the authors and o'reilly team.
i hope more flexible in the next editions.

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Media reviews "These two books are becoming the 'must have' references of VB.NET in the same way that the reverently regarded 'Win32 API Guide' by Dan Appleman was for pre-.NET VB. The included CD-ROM's are much more than just source code. They're the ultimate references and integrate smoothly and completely with Visual Studio's IDE. That means Dynamic Reference, Index, Content--all the Help tools you get with Visual Studio--are simply extended with these extraordinarily complete references. With these books, O'Reilly is taking the 'high road' of adding more value and including more content for your book buying dollar."
--Dan Mabbut, About.com Visual Basic Guide, Dec 2002

"A quick reference to the most essential classes in the .NET FCL. One thing that is unique about this book is the accompanying CD that enables readers to integrate the book's contents directly into the Dynamic Help inside Visual Studio .NET, thanks to a special partnership between O'Reilly and Microsoft."
--Janette Toral, www.digitalfilipino.ph, Oct 2002

"I have to admit I'm not that familiar with O'Reilly's In a Nutshell line of reference titles. But at the suggestion of Builder.com editor Tony Patton, I checked out 'VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell.' Now, I?m not sure how I ever got along without one of these reference manuals in my technical-book library...incredibly complete...Attached to the back cover, you?ll find an electronic version of the class documentation contained in the book. The CD, called 'VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell for Microsoft Visual Studio.NET,' can be installed as a help add-in to Visual Studio .NET. This electronic version almost exactly replicates the contents of the book, with the added convenience of hyperlinks to a class's documentation page each time the class is mentioned. My initial thinking was that the electronic version would simply be redundant information when combined with the MSDN documentation libraries. It turns out, however, that in add-in form, it's much more convenient than the mammoth HTML-Help MSDN documentation when you are attempting to locate a single class's description. It's better organized as well.... I'm so impressed with this book that I'd recommend it--along with any of O'Reilly?s other Nutshell titles--to anyone looking for a serious language reference book."--Lamont Adams, Builder.com, September 10, 2002

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