The .NET Languages

Brian Bischof is the president of Bischof Systems, Inc., a software development firm providing custom solutions to businesses for the past 12 years. He has been a corporate trainer for the past three years and has taught Visual Basic to programmers from companies such as Intel, Toshiba, Bank One, Exxon, Texaco, General Electric, and Lockheed Martin. His professional certifications include Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).

This book solves two problems created by the introduction of .NET. The first is how do I quickly upgrade my skills to the new language? And the second is how do I understand the code that another developer has written? Brian Bischof's book is a complete translation guide for converting programs between any of the three primary Microsoft languages: Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic .NET, and C#. It is estimated that there are 3 million current Visual Basic 6 programmers today. Bischof makes it easy for them to take the knowledge they already have and use it to write for the .NET environment. Each chapter is laid out in an easy and concise format. The top of each chapter shows a syntax conversion chart detailing how each language translates to the other languages. There are also detailed comments explaining these changes. At the end of the chapter is a comprehensive example, fully written in each language, that demonstrates the chapter concept s. This provides the reader with every aspect needed for converting their programs: quick lookup charts, detailed explanations, and thorough examples.

- The only handy reference of the .NET languages. - Author has many years of experience as the President of a software development company as well as being a corporate trainer for the past three years. - A pull-out card is provided that can be kept at the user's desk for easy code conversions. - The key point to keep in mind when selling Bischof's book is that there are many books on the market teaching programmers how to program in one language or another. Each of these books will consist of many hundreds of pages explaining a variety of topics use the information they want on each language as well as convert between the three

1 Introduction.- 2 Program Fundamentals.- 3 Data Types and Operators.- 4 Program Flow.- 5 Exception Handling.- 6 Classes.- 7 Class Interfaces.- 8 Class Inheritance.- 9 Events.- 10 String Management.- 11 Windows Form Applications.- 12 File Access.- 13 ADO .NET.- 14 Date and Time Functions.- 15 Math and Financial Functions.- 16 Collections.- 17 Program Interaction.- 18 The App Object.- 19 Drawing with Forms and Printers.