Reference book for Visual Basic .Net

[Pat]

Hi,

Could you please suggest a good reference book for VB.NET? At present,
I am working on VB.NET project. and looking for a book that would be
useful as a reference book.

Also, I would greatly appreciate your feedback on the following books:
1) Programming Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Core Reference) --
Francesco Balena

2) Building Applications and Components with Visual Basic .NET
by Ted Pattison (Author), Joe Hummel (Author)

Thanks,
Pat

 

[Bernie Yaeger]

Hi Pat,

Balena is about as good as they get; Troelson (Apress) is also good.

Don't know the other book.

For ADO .Net, try David Sceppa, MS Press (Microsoft ADO .net).

HTH,

Bernie Yaeger

 

[andrew]

I liked the Sybex book "Mastering Visual Basic.NET"

Also some of the O'Rielly books are good once you have a
handle on what you are trying to do.

 

[dermot]

I think Balena is terrific (and I'm developing terrifc
muscles lifting up his enormous book!).

It's designed specifically for experienced (classic) VB
developers.

dermot

 

[Brian M. Reisman]

I tell all of my VB students that that book is s must have... 1600+ pages...
Only complaint is that the ebook that comes with it is for the VB6 version
of the book.. Still a must have and inexpensive too! My book isn't bad
either

--
Brian M. Reisman
MCAD, MCDBA, MCSD,
MCSE, MCT, OCA, NET+
My Book @ Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782141617