Who This Book Is For
This book is written for anyone who's asked the
question "What's new in .NET
2.0?" or, even more importantly,
"What does it let me do now that I
couldn't do before?" As the latest
in the Developer's Notebook series of books, this
book answers these questions without requiring you to wade through
pages of remedial VB lessons or .NET theory.The most important requirement for this book is a solid familiarity
with VB .NET 1.0 or 1.1, and experience building .NET applications.
Visual Basic 2005: A Developer's
Notebook covers very little of the material that an
experienced VB .NET 1.1 programmer already knows. Instead, this book
aims to help you build on your current knowledge, rather than waste
your time covering old material. If you're a VB
programmer who hasn't made the jump to .NET yet,
you'll find the labs in this book interesting, but
you'll need to supplement your .NET knowledge with
another book first. Try one of the many great introductions, such as
Jesse
Liberty's
Programming Visual Basic .NET
(O'Reilly) or my own The Book of VB
.NET (No Starch Press).