Are you hesitant to migrate to Visual Studio(r) 2005? Maybe you’re ready to upgrade to Visual Basic 2005 but feel a bit overwhelmed by ADO.NET 2.0 and the Visual Data Tools of this new release. In this hands-on guide, I’ll share with you the best practices, the latest features, and advanced data management techniques with Visual Basic 2005 and SQL Server or SQL Server Express 2005. Plus, I’ll incorporate simple to moderately complex project examples that feature real-world, database front-end applications with Windows and Web forms. First, I’ll begin with ADO.NET 2.0 basics, then I’ll move on to designing and programming smart clients with typed DataSets as their data sources. Gradually, I’ll walk you through using DataSource, GridView, and DetailsView Web controls. Finally, I’ll demonstrate how to take advantage of the new T-SQL extensions, in-process Web services, and notifications. What you will learn from this book How to build usable Windows(r) and (click here for further information)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good; but he’s done better
I snatched this book up as soon as I saw it. I have three other of Roger Jennings’ database books and they are great.
This one was a little disappointing.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Todo
Excelente libro, le agregaria algun truquito mas, pero esta todo, sirve como para arrancar y profundizar en los temas. Muy buena guia.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wish I had this book a month ago.
Having this book a month ago would have saved me at least $1000. Which is about how much I had to pay someone to write code that this book clearly points out was already written…
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not perfect but a lot better then a lot of the others
This book does a better job of explaining what happens behind the vs2005 data object wizzards then many of the other books that just show you how to use them.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply a MUST for professional developers
No matter how many .NET and/or “programming database” books you have read (like me), this one is a MUST.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Moving Up to VB 2005 and .NET
Visual Basic (VB) has been around for about fifteen years. What started out as an extremely simple and limited programming language has grown into a full fledged language that is…
4.0 out of 5 stars
This book was very informative and useful
I went through the tutorials and after just a day or two felt I was fully up to speed with all the VS2005 features.