Building Client-Server Applications with VB.NET

You are probably thinking, "This is just another .NET book." That was what I thought at first, when I was asked to read a couple of draft chapters by Jeff. Well, I have to admit that this is not just another .NET book. Jeff has really done a fine job in this book; he describes the logical process and notes the considerations you must take into account to create excellent code. He uses examples of code and personal experience to effectively illustrate his points. Furthermore, Jeff has captured some keen insights in this book that have come from the projects he has worked on in the recent past. The reader will definitely benefit from these shared insights. I first met Jeff at a meeting with mutual customers over a year ago. Jeff was tasked with architecting, prototyping, and then leading a team of developers to create an application for this customer using the new MS .NET Framework technology that was actually in beta at the time. I worked with Jeff on several of the challenges he faced. I was impressed by his professional skills and deep technical acumen. He uncovered some issues and really put me to task in assisting him in gathering answers because when Jeff asked for help, I came to expect that it was not a trivial issue. The MS .NET Framework technology and the MS Visual Studio .NET developer product have created a lot of buzz and excitement with developers who have taken the time to try it. The enthusiasm being shared reminds me of the Visual Basic (VB) 1.0 days more than 10 years ago. For with VB 1.0, MS Windows development became more commonplace and accessible to all. Visual Studio .NET has truly created a similar market phenomenon. The following are much more accessible to everyone: the power of object-oriented programming, services such as transactions and threading, reflections (which Jeff really does a fine job of explaining), and cross-language debugging (with more than 24 languages from which to choose). Moreover, the innovations in ASP.NET—such as the code behind, the core Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Web Services support available in the .NET Framework, or the new dataset object in ADO.NET—all combine to open new possibilities for developers to solve complex problems quickly. TABLE OF CONTENT: Chapter 01 - Understanding Application Architecture: An Overview Chapter 02 - Building an N-Tier Application Chapter 03 - Creating the Application Infrastructure Chapter 04 - Handling Errors with Class Chapter 05 - Building Business Objects Chapter 06 - Creating the Windows User Interface Chapter 07 - Revisiting Objects and Rules Chapter 08 - Reusing Code Chapter 09 - Understanding Server-Side Business Rules Chapter 10 - Using Reflection Chapter 11 - Implementing Web Services and the UDDI Chapter 12 - Creating a Web Forms Interface Chapter 13 - Globalizing and Localizing Your Application Appendix A - Adding Support for Unicode Characters Appendix B - Recommended Reading Download Here Password: ganelon