Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2010

Introduction xxv

Part 1 • Visual Basic: The Language 1

Chapter 1 • Getting Started with Visual Basic 2010 3

Chapter 2 • Handling Data 37

Chapter 3 • Visual Basic Programming Essentials 85

Part 2 • Developing Windows Applications 127

Chapter 4 • GUI Design and Event-Driven Programming 129

Chapter 5 • Basic Windows Controls 161

Chapter 6 • Working with Forms 203

Chapter 7 • More Windows Controls 253

Part 3 • Working with Custom Classes and Controls 303

Chapter 8 • Working with Objects 305

Chapter 9 • Building Custom Windows Controls 355

Chapter 10 • Applied Object-Oriented Programming 387

Part 4 • Working with the .NET Framework 431

Chapter 11 • The Framework at Large 433

Chapter 12 • Storing Data in Collections 493

Chapter 13 • XML in Modern Programming 529

Chapter 14 • An Introduction to LINQ 577

Part 5 • Developing Data-Driven Applications 629

Chapter 15 • Programming with ADO.NET 631

Chapter 16 • Developing Data-Driven Applications 687

Chapter 17 • Using the Entity Data Model 725

Chapter 18 • Building Data-Bound Applications 769

Part 6 • Developing for the Web 813

Chapter 19 • Accessing the Web 815

Chapter 20 • Building Web Applications 845

Chapter 21 • Building and Using Web Services 893

Appendix • The Bottom Line 941

Index 987