Visual Basic 2008 For Dummies

Introduction 1

Part I: Getting to Know .NET Using Visual Basic 9

Chapter 1: Wading into Visual Basic 11

Chapter 2: Using Visual Studio 2008 23

Chapter 3: Designing Applications in VB 2008 43

Part II: Building Applications with VB 2008 59

Chapter 4: Building Windows Applications 61

Chapter 5: Building Web Applications 83

Chapter 6: Building Class Libraries 107

Chapter 7: Building Web Services 123

Chapter 8: Debugging in VB 2008 139

Part III: Making Your Programs Work 155

Chapter 9: Interpreting Strings and Things 157

Chapter 10: Making Decisions in Code 175

Chapter 11: Getting Loopy 187

Chapter 12: Reusing Code 197

Chapter 13: Making Arguments, Earning Returns 219

Part IV: Digging into the Framework 237

Chapter 14: Writing Secure Code 239

Chapter 15: Accessing Data 253

Chapter 16: Working with the File System 271

Chapter 17: Accessing the Internet 283

Chapter 18: Creating Images 297

Part V: The Part of Tens 309

Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Using the VB User Interface 311

Chapter 20: Ten Ideas for Taking Your Next Programming Step 325

Chapter 21: Ten Resources on the Internet 337

Index 343