Professional Visual Basic 2010 and .NET 4 If you've already covered the basics and want to dive deep into VB and .NET topics that professional programmers use most, this is your book. You'll find a quick review of introductory topics-always helpful-before the author team of experts moves you quickly into such topics as data access with ADO.NET, Language Integrated Query (LINQ), security, ASP.NET web programming with Visual Basic, Windows workflow, threading, and more. ISBN-13: 978-0470502242 * Expert author team helps you master the tools and techniques you need most for professional programming * Reviews why Visual Basic 2010 will be synonymous with writing code in Visual Studio 2010 * Focuses on .NET features such as LINQ, LINQ to SQL, LINQ to XML, WPF, workflow, and more * Discusses exception handling and debugging, data access with ADO.NET, Visual Studio features for Visual Basic developers, Windows programming with Windows Forms, ASP.NET web programming with VB, communication interfaces, Windows workflow, and threading

Visual Basic 2010 Unleashed Visual Basic 2010 Unleashed is the most comprehensive, practical reference to modern object-oriented programming with Visual Basic 2010. Written by Visual Basic MVP Alessandro Del Sole, a long-time leader of the global VB community, this book illuminates the core of the VB language and demonstrates its effective use in a wide variety of programming scenarios. ISBN-13: 978-0672331008 * Understand the Visual Studio 2010 IDE, .NET Framework 4.0, and the anatomy of a VB 2010 application * Debug VB applications and implement error handling and exceptions * Build efficient object-oriented software with classes, objects, namespaces, and inheritance * Work with advanced object-oriented features, including interfaces, generics, delegates, events, and collections * Organize, create, and improve classes with the Visual Studio Class Designer * Access data with LINQ–including LINQ to Objects, SQL, DataSets, Entities, XML, and Parallel LINQ * Build modern Windows applications with WPF controls, brushes, styles, and templates * Develop web-centric applications using ASP.NET, Silverlight, and Windows Azure Services cloud computing * Create and consume WCF services and WCF Data Services * Use advanced .NET 4.0 platform capabilities, including assemblies, multithreading, parallel programming, P/Invoke, and COM interoperability * Perform advanced compilations with MSBuild * Localize and globalize VB 2010 client applications