Murach’s Visual Basic 2008 gives you the VB skills that are in such demand today, all in record time! You’ll learn how to: develop Windows forms applications that do database handling using features like data sources and the DataGridView control as well as ADO.NET...do standard business processing, like validating data and handling exceptions…use the features of Visual Studio 2008 to boost your productivity…take advantage of the most useful classes in the .NET Framework…create your own business classes and populate them with database data to create multi-layer applications…handle data in text and XML files…use LINQ to query data…and more!
A dozen model applications help you learn faster and serve as starting points for your own code. Practice exercises at the end of each chapter build your confidence as you try out the new skills you’re learning. And Murach’s distinctive “paired pages” format make it easy to learn faster with less reading, whether you use the book for training or for reference on the job.