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
