Product Description: Learn to build custom Office applications with this new Microsoft development toolDesigned to attract both VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) and Visual Studio developers, VSTO (Visual Studio Tools for Office) is a Visual Studio add-in that makes it easy to create custom Office applications...read more

Product Description: A logical, straightforward approach to learning the C# languageC# is a complicated programming language for building .NET-connected software for Microsoft Windows, the Web, and a wide range of devices. The friendly All-in-One For Dummies format is a perfect way to present it...read more

Visual Basic is a favorite programming language, so if you’re new to programming, it’s a great place to start. Visual Basic 2008 For Dummies is the fun and easy way to begin creating applications right away while you get the hang of using the Visual Studio environment. Soon you’ll be building all sorts of useful stuff with VB 2008!This step-by-step guide walks you through a logical series of tasks that build your skills as you get comfortable with .Net terminology, theory, tools, and design principles. You’ll learn how to build an application in four different architectural styles, and you’ll find out how to make your programs validate input and output, make decisions, and protect themselves from security threats. Discover how to:Install the Visual Studio environmentWrite a VB programUse Web forms, Windows forms, and Web servicesEstablish good programming practicesCreate class librariesWrite secure applicationsDebug your applicationsWork with strings and “if-then” statementsIterate with counted and nested loopsPass arguments and get return valuesAccess data with VB.NETWork with the file system using VBYou’ll also find great tips for working with the VB user interface, using VB.NET in C# programming, troubleshooting your VB programs, taking your programming to the next level, and more! Once you get your hands on Visual Basic 2008 For Dummies, you’ll be programming like a genius in no time!

Provides information on programming with Visual Basic 2005, covering such topics as using Visual Studio, building Windows applications, XML Web services, debugging, strings, loops, and writing secure code.

Explains how to create applications for Windows Services using Visual Basic, discusses the use of the System.ServiceProcess namespace, and demonstrates how to improve scalability.

Product Description: Please note this is a VB.NET version of our existing book Professional ASP.NET Web Services ISBN 1-86100-545-8 This book will show you how to create high quality Web Services using ASP.NET. It describes the standards that are core to the Web Services architecture and examines how these standards are integrated into ASP...read more

Product Description: Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET IDE is the latest version of the development environment and this book builds concrete examples using each of the IDE's major tools. The book is sub-divided into the features found in the three major editions of Visual Studio ...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book will show you how to create high-quality Web Services using ASP.NET. It describes the standards that are core to the Web Services architecture and examines how these standards are integrated into ASP.NET. The processes involved in building and consuming Web Services are discussed along with in-depth code examples...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)