Effective Visual Basic: How to Improve Your VB/COM+ Applications - Softcover

Hummel, Joe; Pattison, Ted; Gehtland, Justin; Turnure, Doug; Randell, Brian A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201704765 ISBN 13: 9780201704761

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 2001

Synopsis

Effective Visual Basic has four goals: to help developers learn superior VB practices; identify the best solutions to common design and coding problems; apply VB to new technologies such as COM+, MTS+, MSMQ+, XML, and the Web; and leverage the full power of n-tier application and database environments. Drawing on Scott Meyers' classic Effective C++ for inspiration, a world-class team of VB instructors presents more than 50 best practices for building Visual Basic code that is more robust, efficient, scalable, and maintainable. They present enterprise-class solutions that address both mainstream Windows environments and Microsoft's latest technologies, including Windows 2000 and .NET. They also offer practical guidance on architecting applications to take full advantage of XML and the Web. For every developer with a working knowledge of Visual Basic -- a community of over 4,000,000 professionals.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Joe Hummel is an assistant professor of computer science at Lake Forest College and a .NET trainer for DevelopMentor. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine, and has been working with DevelopMentor and Visual Basic since 1993.

Ted Pattison is a cofounder of Barracuda.NET, a company dedicated to helping developers and companies become successful in building networked applications. Ted has worked in the software industry as a developer and educator since 1990. His primary focus over the last decade has been teaching software developers how to use technologies and tools associated with Microsoft's development platform. Ted is the best-selling author of Programming Distributed Applications with COM+ and VB 6.0 and is a regular contributor toMSDN magazine, where he writes the "Basic Instincts" column.

Justin Gehtland is a founding member of Relevance, LLC, a partnership dedicated to elevating the practice of software development.

Doug Turnure is an instructor at DevelopMentor and an occasional speaker at software conferences. Through his company, Aggelos Incorporated, Doug provides services to help companies develop and deploy software solutions. Brian A. Randell is an instructor and researcher at DevelopMentor specializing in COM+ and VB. Brian is also a senior consultant at MCW Technologies, a Microsoft Solution Provider.

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From the Back Cover

Featuring nearly fifty rules for best practice, EFFECTIVE VISUAL BASIC gives the working programmer concrete guidelines for designing better systems and writing better code. Whether the focus is COM, databases, or distributed systems using MTS and COM+, this book offers proven, timeless solutions derived from the authors’ years of experience consulting and training in the VB arena.

EFFECTIVE VISUAL BASIC

addresses general practices, from defensive programming to error handling and object-oriented design. In addition, it covers the critical issues in working with COM: interfaces, compatibility, and class design. Rules for building multi-tier applications are followed by a section on best practices for programming the Web. This book also addresses databases and effective data access, among the most important uses of VB.

Highlights include:

• Sound programming practices and object-oriented design principles, as applicable in VB.NET as in VB6

• Writing code that runs correctly in both MTS and COM+ environments

• Improving scalability by not necessarily configuring all your components

• Using XML, IIS, and ASP in Web applications

• Designing classes for efficient database access

The product of a wealth of practical experience, EFFECTIVE VISUAL BASIC enables readers to advance their skills and become more effective software developers.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201704765
• ISBN 13: 9780201704761
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320