Chapter 1: Software Development and Visual Basic .NET..........................................................................17
Overview..............................................................................................................................................17
Visual Basic and the Difficulty of Developing Software.....................................................................17
Reducing Complexity and Time−to−Market with Reuse..............................................................18
Software Development and Software Engineering...............................................................................18
The Classic Programming Models........................................................................................................19
Structured Programming......................................................................................................................20
Bug−Reduced Code........................................................................................................................21
Divide and Conquer........................................................................................................................21
Reuse.............................................................................................................................................21
Teaming.........................................................................................................................................22
Structural Nada?............................................................................................................................22
Object−Based Programming..........................................................................................................22
Object−Oriented Software Development..............................................................................................22
Real−World Reflections......................................................................................................................24
What Makes a Pure Object−Oriented Language..................................................................................25
Just Classes....................................................................................................................................25
Classes for Modularity, Cohesion, and Coupling...........................................................................26
Classes for Abstraction...................................................................................................................27
Classes for Encapsulation...............................................................................................................27
Classes for Hiding Information......................................................................................................27
Classes for Classification...............................................................................................................28
Class that Beget Classes: Inheritance.............................................................................................29
Classes for Objects: Instantiation...................................................................................................29
Classes for Association, Aggregation, and Composition...............................................................29
Classes for Events.........................................................................................................................30
Classes for Message Passing..........................................................................................................30
Classes for Polymorphism..............................................................................................................30
Classes for Interfaces.....................................................................................................................31
Frameworks..........................................................................................................................................31
Patterns.................................................................................................................................................32
Observations........................................................................................................................................33
Chapter 2: Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Framework............................................................................34
Overview..............................................................................................................................................34
Getting to Know the Framework's Runtime.........................................................................................35
The Common Type System............................................................................................................35
The Common Language Specification...........................................................................................36
The Common Language Runtime.........................................................................................................38
Microsoft Intermediate Language..................................................................................................40
Metadata........................................................................................................................................41
Executable Code............................................................................................................................42
Managed Execution.......................................................................................................................42
Side−by−Side Execution................................................................................................................44
Application Domains......................................................................................................................44
Automatic Memory Management..................................................................................................45
Just−in−Time Deployment.............................................................................................................46
Understanding Assemblies....................................................................................................................47
Locating Assemblies, Anytime......................................................................................................48
What's in an Assembly...................................................................................................................49
The Roles of the Assembly............................................................................................................53
Attributes, Reflection, and Assemblies..........................................................................................55
Strong Names................................................................................................................................55
The .NET Security Model.....................................................................................................................56
Observations........................................................................................................................................58
Part II: Visual Basic .NET Fundamentals.....................................................................................................60
Chapter List...........................................................................................................................................60
Chapter 3: The Visual Basic .NET Development Environment..................................................................61
Overview..............................................................................................................................................61
Working with the Visual Studio IDE....................................................................................................61
Navigating the IDE.........................................................................................................................62
Starting from the Start Page...........................................................................................................69
Creating a Visual Basic .NET Solution................................................................................................72
Loading the Vb7cr Solution...........................................................................................................73
Creating a New Project...................................................................................................................73
Solution Directory Structure..........................................................................................................76
File Extensions..............................................................................................................................76
Working with the Base−Class Library...........................................................................................77
A Minimal Visual Basic .NET Application...................................................................................80
Observations........................................................................................................................................82
Chapter 4: The Elements of Visual Basic .NET............................................................................................83
Overview..............................................................................................................................................83
Visual Basic .NET: The Foundation.....................................................................................................83
Lexical Elements...........................................................................................................................83
Preprocessing Directives................................................................................................................84
General Concepts..........................................................................................................................84
Option, Impots, and Namespaces Directives................................................................................84
Types.............................................................................................................................................85
Type Members...............................................................................................................................85
Statements and Statement Blocks...................................................................................................86
Expressions....................................................................................................................................86
Operators.......................................................................................................................................87
Visual Basic .NET Mini Style Guide....................................................................................................88
Naming and
Notation.....................................................................................................................88
Hungarian Notation.......................................................................................................................89
Word Choice..................................................................................................................................90
Getting Started.....................................................................................................................................90
Character and Lines........................................................................................................................91
Statements and Blocks....................................................................................................................95
Nothing for Nothing or Something for Nothing.............................................................................96
Classes, Types, and Objects: What's the Difference?...........................................................................97
Classes: The View from Above............................................................................................................98
The Class Declaration Space..........................................................................................................99
The Directive Space.....................................................................................................................102
The Implementation Space...........................................................................................................109
Elemental Value Types................................................................................................................110
Working with Numbers.......................................................................................................................112
Integer Types...............................................................................................................................112
Visual Basic 6 to Visual Basic .NET...........................................................................................113
Point Types........................................................................................................................................113
Characters..........................................................................................................................................114
Booleans.............................................................................................................................................114
Literal Notation..................................................................................................................................115
Type Conversion................................................................................................................................118
Working with Variables and Constants..............................................................................................120
Variable and Constant Declaration Shorthand.............................................................................124
Default Initialization....................................................................................................................125
Keeping Data Private....................................................................................................................126
Scope...........................................................................................................................................128
Variable and Constant Lifetimes..................................................................................................129
Observations......................................................................................................................................131
Chapter 5: Visual Basic .NET Operators....................................................................................................133
Overview............................................................................................................................................133
What an Operator Does.......................................................................................................................133
Numbering Systems Reviewed...........................................................................................................134
Positional Notation.......................................................................................................................135
Converting from One System to Another.....................................................................................136
Operator Precedence..........................................................................................................................138
Changing Precedence Order with Parenthesis..............................................................................139
Unary Operators.................................................................................................................................140
Arithmetic Operators.........................................................................................................................141
Assignment Operators........................................................................................................................141
Comparison Operators.......................................................................................................................143
Concatenation Operator......................................................................................................................144
Logical Operators...............................................................................................................................144
Logical And, Or, and Xor.............................................................................................................145
Short−Circuit Logical Operators..................................................................................................146
Bitwise Operators...............................................................................................................................147
Flag Sets.......................................................................................................................................148
Shifting Bits..................................................................................................................................150
Specialized Operators........................................................................................................................154
Is..................................................................................................................................................155
Like..............................................................................................................................................155
Operator Overloading........................................................................................................................156
Exceptions Referenced in this Chapter...............................................................................................158
Observations......................................................................................................................................158
Chapter 6: Software Design, Conditional Structures, and Control Flow.................................................159
Overview............................................................................................................................................159
Control Structures..............................................................................................................................160
Control Flow......................................................................................................................................160
Fully Sketched Code...........................................................................................................................162
Step−Form Notation.....................................................................................................................162
Pseudocode..................................................................................................................................162
Nassi−Schneiderman Charts........................................................................................................162
Flowcharts...................................................................................................................................163
Design Pitfalls.............................................................................................................................164
Conditional Statements......................................................................................................................165
If..................................................................................................................................................165
Else..............................................................................................................................................168
Else If..........................................................................................................................................168
Tips for Else and Else If...............................................................................................................169
Select Case..................................................................................................................................171
GoTo............................................................................................................................................173
On Error........................................................................................................................................174
Loops.................................................................................................................................................174
DoLoop........................................................................................................................................174
For. . . Next..................................................................................................................................175
For Each . . . Next.........................................................................................................................176
While...........................................................................................................................................177
One or the Other Conditional Functions.............................................................................................177
Choose.........................................................................................................................................177
IIF................................................................................................................................................178
Switch..........................................................................................................................................178
Pausing, Resuming, and Exiting Iteration..........................................................................................179
Exit Idiosyncrasies......................................................................................................................180
Observations......................................................................................................................................181
Chapter 7: Methods......................................................................................................................................182
Overview............................................................................................................................................182
What Is a Method...............................................................................................................................182
Types of Methods........................................................................................................................184
Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Method Calls.............................................................................184
Method Data.......................................................................................................................................185
Method Data: Global vs. Local....................................................................................................187
Local Declarations.......................................................................................................................188
Passing Arguments to Parameters................................................................................................190
Calling Methods..........................................................................................................................194
Function or Sub Methods.............................................................................................................196
Method Access Characteristics...........................................................................................................198
Public Methods.............................................................................................................................199
Protected Methods........................................................................................................................200
Friend............................................................................................................................................200
Protected Friend...........................................................................................................................200
Private Methods............................................................................................................................201
Controlling Polymorphism Characteristics of Methods...............................................................201
Mining the Framework's Methods......................................................................................................205
The Methods of System.Math.............................................................................................................206
Programming with the Math Class...............................................................................................208
Math−Related Exceptions............................................................................................................210
Properties...........................................................................................................................................211
Properties vs. Fields.....................................................................................................................213
Properties vs. Methods.................................................................................................................214
Introduction to Exception Handling....................................................................................................214
The Exception Handler.................................................................................................................216
Try Catch Blocks.........................................................................................................................217
Design and Construction of Methods.................................................................................................218
Class and Method Cohesion.........................................................................................................220
Method Coupling.........................................................................................................................222
The Length of a Method...............................................................................................................222
Recursive Design of Methods.............................................................................................................223
The Base Case.............................................................................................................................224
The Stopping Condition...............................................................................................................225
The Impact of Recursion..............................................................................................................226
Understanding Method Performance..................................................................................................227
Observations......................................................................................................................................231
Part III: Classes and Objects........................................................................................................................232
Chapter List.........................................................................................................................................232
Chapter 8: Types, Structures, and Enumerations......................................................................................233
Overview............................................................................................................................................233
The Value−Type Model......................................................................................................................233
How Value Types Work...............................................................................................................235
Boxing.........................................................................................................................................236
Why are Value Types Objects?....................................................................................................238
Structs and Enums Ahoy: Creating New Value Types................................................................239
Structures...........................................................................................................................................240
Structure Behavior.......................................................................................................................246
Enumerations.....................................................................................................................................248
Working with System.Enum........................................................................................................250
Flags............................................................................................................................................253
Final Words on Enums.................................................................................................................255
The Object−Reference Model.............................................................................................................256
Null Reference..............................................................................................................................261
What the Reference Refers To......................................................................................................262
The Object−Reference Model and Equality, Comparison, and Assignment...............................262
Observations......................................................................................................................................263
Chapter 9: Classes.........................................................................................................................................265
Overview............................................................................................................................................265
Getting the Semantics Correct............................................................................................................266
Of Classes and Types...................................................................................................................267
Semantics and Notation................................................................................................................267
Modeling............................................................................................................................................267
Software Modeling.......................................................................................................................268
Viewpoints...................................................................................................................................269
Unified Modeling Language........................................................................................................271
UML Diagrams............................................................................................................................272
UML Notation for Class Diagrams..............................................................................................273
UML Notation for Class Relationships........................................................................................274
Modularity.........................................................................................................................................274
Modularity Metrics: Coupling and Cohesion...............................................................................275
The Classes Are the System................................................................................................................275
Class Characteristics..........................................................................................................................278
In the Beginning Abstract Classes.....................................................................................................279
Factoring Out Commonality.........................................................................................................280
The Members of Abstract Classes................................................................................................281
Inheritance..........................................................................................................................................282
Inheritance and Polymorphism.....................................................................................................284
Inheritance and Coupling.............................................................................................................284
Multiple Inheritance....................................................................................................................285
Order and Control with Inheritance..............................................................................................286
Reduction of Complexity.............................................................................................................287
Maintenance................................................................................................................................288
Code Reuse..................................................................................................................................288
Implementing a Space Ship's Fuel Injector Software.........................................................................289
Instance Fields.............................................................................................................................290
Instance Constructors...................................................................................................................292
Properties.....................................................................................................................................293
Methods.......................................................................................................................................295
Publishing the ShuttleInjector Class.............................................................................................297
Activating the ShuttleInjector Class.............................................................................................298
The Inherited Members of Object.......................................................................................................300
Testing for Reference Equality with Equals.................................................................................300
ToString.......................................................................................................................................301
Cloning........................................................................................................................................302
GetHashCode...............................................................................................................................303
GetType.......................................................................................................................................303
ReferenceEquals..........................................................................................................................304
Finalize........................................................................................................................................304
Aggregation and Composition: Reuse by Containment.....................................................................304
More Aggregation at Work: A Form for Testing................................................................................308
Ending Inheritance with Sealed Classes.............................................................................................310
Improved Performance with Shared Classes and Modules.................................................................311
Observations......................................................................................................................................312
Chapter 10: Interfaces..................................................................................................................................313
Overview............................................................................................................................................313
Abstraction and Interfaces in Object−Oriented Software Design......................................................313
Getting Passionate (or Radical) about Interfaces................................................................................315
Interfaces and Inheritance............................................................................................................316
Realizing the Benefits of Interfaces.............................................................................................318
Implicit Interfaces..............................................................................................................................318
Explicit Interfaces..............................................................................................................................320
Abstract Class or Explicit Interface..............................................................................................321
An Introduction to Interface Design and Implementation..................................................................322
Accessing and Using the Implementation....................................................................................324
Compound Interfaces...................................................................................................................325
Designing and Defining Interfaces.....................................................................................................327
Interfaces, Once Published, Must Not Change.............................................................................327
Interface Invariance.....................................................................................................................327
Constructing the Interface............................................................................................................328
Getting Started with the Interface Definition...............................................................................329
Implementing Interfaces.....................................................................................................................331
Interface Implementation Semantics............................................................................................331
Implementing ICloneable.............................................................................................................332
Implementing IComparable..........................................................................................................333
Exceptions Covered in this Chapter....................................................................................................334
Observations......................................................................................................................................334
Chapter 11: Exceptions: Handling and Classes..........................................................................................336
Overview............................................................................................................................................336
Why Do We Need Exception Handling?............................................................................................337
Structured Exception Handling 101....................................................................................................337
Exception−Handling Models..............................................................................................................340
The Resumption Model................................................................................................................340
The Termination Model................................................................................................................340
Recovering from Exceptions...............................................................................................................341
Exception Statements.........................................................................................................................343
Try...............................................................................................................................................343
Catch............................................................................................................................................344
Finally..........................................................................................................................................348
When Filters................................................................................................................................349
Nesting Try Blocks.......................................................................................................................351
Throw..........................................................................................................................................352
Exception−Handling Tips...................................................................................................................357
Creating Your Own Exception Classes...............................................................................................358
The .NET Exception Hierarchy....................................................................................................358
Choosing a Base Class from which to Inherit..............................................................................359
Observations......................................................................................................................................362
Chapter 12: Collections, Arrays, and Other Data Structures...................................................................363
Overview............................................................................................................................................363
NET's Array and Collections Namespace...........................................................................................364
Specialized Collections................................................................................................................366
ICollection...................................................................................................................................366
IEnumerator and IEnumerable.....................................................................................................367
IList.............................................................................................................................................367
Stacks.................................................................................................................................................367
How to Program Against a Stack.................................................................................................371
Queues................................................................................................................................................372
How to Program Against a Queue................................................................................................374
Arrays.................................................................................................................................................376
The Array Class.................................................................................................................................377
Declaring and Initializing Arrays........................................................................................................378
Declaring Multidimensional Arrays...................................................................................................381
Jagged Arrays.....................................................................................................................................381
Programming Against Arrays.............................................................................................................382
The UBound Statement................................................................................................................383
Redeclaring Arrays.......................................................................................................................384
The Erase Statement.....................................................................................................................386
The IsArray Function...................................................................................................................386
Array Exceptions...............................................................................................................................386
Passing Arrays to Methods.................................................................................................................388
Receiving Arrays from Methods.........................................................................................................389
Searching and Sorting Arrays.............................................................................................................389
The BinarySearch Method............................................................................................................390
The Basics of Sorting Arrays.......................................................................................................392
Bubble Sort........................................................................................................................................393
Partition and Merge............................................................................................................................397
Quicksort............................................................................................................................................401
Sorting Strings and Other Objects......................................................................................................406
Populating Arrays..............................................................................................................................407
Arrays for Objects..............................................................................................................................407
Hash Tables........................................................................................................................................413
Observations......................................................................................................................................417
Chapter 13: Advanced Design Concepts: Patterns, Roles, and Relationships.........................................419
Overview............................................................................................................................................419
Designs on Classes.............................................................................................................................419
Singleton......................................................................................................................................420
Bridge..........................................................................................................................................423
Strategy........................................................................................................................................427
State.............................................................................................................................................429
Linked Lists and Trees........................................................................................................................433
Understanding the Linked List.....................................................................................................434
Designing a Base−Container Class for Lists (and Trees)............................................................436
Implementing the Node................................................................................................................437
Implementing the Container.........................................................................................................439
Implementing the Iterator.............................................................................................................456
Observations......................................................................................................................................458
Chapter 14: Advanced Interface Patterns: Adapters, Delegates, and Events..........................................459
Overview............................................................................................................................................459
Adapters and Wrappers.......................................................................................................................461
Interface Adaptation in ActionCOM− .NET Interop..........................................................................462
The Adapter Pattern in .NET..............................................................................................................465
The Adapter Pattern Event Model......................................................................................................470
Delegation: Please Help Me!..............................................................................................................471
Delegates............................................................................................................................................475
Understanding Delegates..............................................................................................................477
Declaring the Delegate.................................................................................................................477
Early Bound Delegate Declares...................................................................................................478
Late Bound Delegate Declares.....................................................................................................479
Sorting Data with Delegates...............................................................................................................481
Multicast Delegates............................................................................................................................484
The .NET Framework Event Model: Delegates and Events...............................................................485
Getting Ready to Wire−up: The Event Model in a Nutshell..............................................................489
Delegate Events vs. Adapter Events...................................................................................................490
Delegates vs. Function Pointers..........................................................................................................492
Observations......................................................................................................................................493
Chapter 15: Data Processing and I/O..........................................................................................................494
Overview............................................................................................................................................494
Data Processing..................................................................................................................................494
Working with Strings.........................................................................................................................495
Members of the String Class...............................................................................................................496
Clone...........................................................................................................................................496
Compare......................................................................................................................................497
CompareTo..................................................................................................................................497
Concat..........................................................................................................................................498
Copy............................................................................................................................................498
CopyTo........................................................................................................................................499
EndsWith, StartsWith...................................................................................................................499
Equals..........................................................................................................................................500
Format.........................................................................................................................................500
IndexOf, LastIndexOf..................................................................................................................501
Insert............................................................................................................................................501
Intern, IsInterned.........................................................................................................................501
Join, Split.....................................................................................................................................502
PadLeft, PadRight.......................................................................................................................503
Remove........................................................................................................................................503
Replace........................................................................................................................................503
SubString.....................................................................................................................................503
ToCharArray...............................................................................................................................504
ToLower, ToUpper.......................................................................................................................504
Trim, TrimEnd, TrimStart............................................................................................................504
Classic Visual Basic String Functions................................................................................................504
String Formatting...............................................................................................................................505
NumberFormatInfo......................................................................................................................506
DateTimeFormatInfo...................................................................................................................508
Custom Formatters......................................................................................................................510
Building Strings with StringBuilder...................................................................................................512
Capacity.......................................................................................................................................513
Append........................................................................................................................................513
AppendFormat.............................................................................................................................514
Insert............................................................................................................................................514
Remove........................................................................................................................................514
Replace........................................................................................................................................515
Regular Expressions...........................................................................................................................515
The .NET Framework Regex Metalanguage................................................................................517
File, Stream, and Text IO Operations.................................................................................................519
Files and Directories..........................................................................................................................520
The File Class..............................................................................................................................521
Path..............................................................................................................................................521
File Enumerations........................................................................................................................524
Basic File Class Operations..........................................................................................................527
Directory......................................................................................................................................529
The FileInfo Class........................................................................................................................530
DirectoryInfo...............................................................................................................................531
Using the Classic File System Object..........................................................................................532
FileSystemWatcher.....................................................................................................................534
Streams...............................................................................................................................................537
FileStream...................................................................................................................................538
SeekOrigin Enumeration..............................................................................................................542
BufferedStream...........................................................................................................................543
NetworkStream............................................................................................................................544
CryptoStream...............................................................................................................................544
MemoryStream............................................................................................................................544
Readers and Writers...........................................................................................................................545
Text Encoding.............................................................................................................................545
StringReader/StringWriter............................................................................................................546
StreamReader/StreamWriter........................................................................................................548
BinaryReader/BinaryWriter.........................................................................................................550
XML I/O............................................................................................................................................550
Reading XML Files......................................................................................................................550
Writing XML Files with XMLTextWriter...................................................................................554
Serialization with XML......................................................................................................................557
Activating Serialization at Run Time...........................................................................................560
Observations......................................................................................................................................561
Part IV: Writing Software with VB .NET...................................................................................................562
Chapter List.........................................................................................................................................562
Chapter 16: Interfacing with the End User.................................................................................................563
Overview............................................................................................................................................563
Windows Forms.................................................................................................................................565
A Form Is an Object.....................................................................................................................566
The System.Windows.Forms Namespace....................................................................................566
Automatically Generated Code....................................................................................................568
Introduction to Threading...................................................................................................................569
The User Interface and Thread Design.........................................................................................570
The .NET Framework's Thread Model........................................................................................571
Getting Started with Basic Threading..........................................................................................571
MDI Applications..............................................................................................................................573
Creating the MDI Parent..............................................................................................................573
Creating the MDI Children...........................................................................................................575
The Active Child..........................................................................................................................576
Arranging the Forms....................................................................................................................577
Delegating Application Startup and Shutdown............................................................................577
Keeping a Form on Top................................................................................................................578
Form Transparency......................................................................................................................578
Modality......................................................................................................................................579
Changing Borders........................................................................................................................580
Changing the Size of Forms.........................................................................................................581
Screen Location...........................................................................................................................581
Components and Controls...................................................................................................................583
Adding Components and Controls to Forms................................................................................583
Layout and Grouping....................................................................................................................584
Positioning Controls.....................................................................................................................588
Setting a Single Property for Multiple Controls...........................................................................589
Complex Property Pages..............................................................................................................589
Using The Property Grid..............................................................................................................590
Menus and Toolbars...........................................................................................................................590
Adding Menus and Menu Items Programmatically.....................................................................590
Context−Changing Menus............................................................................................................591
Enhancing Menus.........................................................................................................................593
The Menu Class...........................................................................................................................594
Responding to User Input...................................................................................................................594
Binding Events Dynamically........................................................................................................595
Hot Spots.....................................................................................................................................595
Mouse and Keyboard Events........................................................................................................596
Keyboard Events.........................................................................................................................597
Using a Timer to Fire Events.......................................................................................................597
Collecting User Input..........................................................................................................................597
Buttons.........................................................................................................................................597
Edit Text Boxes...........................................................................................................................598
Check Boxes................................................................................................................................600
Radio Buttons..............................................................................................................................601
Combo Boxes..............................................................................................................................601
DomainUpDown.........................................................................................................................601
NumericUpDown........................................................................................................................601
Date and Time Picker...................................................................................................................601
Calendar.......................................................................................................................................602
A Palette......................................................................................................................................602
List Boxes....................................................................................................................................602
CheckedListBox..........................................................................................................................602
ListView......................................................................................................................................603
Trackbars (Sliders).......................................................................................................................603
Toolbars.......................................................................................................................................603
TreeView.....................................................................................................................................603
Presentation and Informational Controls............................................................................................603
Labeling.......................................................................................................................................604
LinkLabel....................................................................................................................................604
Status Bar....................................................................................................................................605
Icons............................................................................................................................................605
PictureBox...................................................................................................................................605
ImageList.....................................................................................................................................605
Progress Bars...............................................................................................................................605
Grids............................................................................................................................................606
ToolTip........................................................................................................................................606
The ErrorProvider Control...........................................................................................................606
Help Provider..............................................................................................................................607
Printing Support..........................................................................................................................607
Drag and Drop....................................................................................................................................607
Dragging Data.............................................................................................................................607
Dropping Data.............................................................................................................................608
Using the Clipboard...........................................................................................................................609
Observation........................................................................................................................................609
Chapter 17: Getting Ready to Release.........................................................................................................610
Overview............................................................................................................................................610
Thinking in Debug Terms...................................................................................................................611
The System.Diagnostics Namespace..................................................................................................611
Enabling Debugging..........................................................................................................................615
Run−time Configuration Files............................................................................................................616
Machine Configuration File.........................................................................................................617
Application Configuration File....................................................................................................617
Security Configuration File..........................................................................................................618
Working with Configuration Files...............................................................................................618
Working with the Debug Class...........................................................................................................618
The Debug Write Methods...........................................................................................................619
Assertion......................................................................................................................................619
Fail...............................................................................................................................................622
Tracing and the Trace Class................................................................................................................623
Instrumentation............................................................................................................................623
Understanding the Phases of Code Tracing.................................................................................624
Listening to Your Code................................................................................................................624
Developer−Defined Listeners......................................................................................................627
Trace Switches............................................................................................................................627
Debugging with Visual Studio .NET..................................................................................................629
What Species Is Your Bug...........................................................................................................629
Debugging Aids...........................................................................................................................630
Breakpoints..................................................................................................................................631
Getting Started.............................................................................................................................632
The Visual Basic .NET Compiler.......................................................................................................635
Using a Response File for Compilation.......................................................................................637
Managing a Class Library from the Command Line....................................................................638
Conditional Compilation Directives.............................................................................................639
Observations......................................................................................................................................640
List of Figures.................................................................................................................................................641
Chapter 1: Software Development and Visual Basic .NET................................................................641
Chapter 2: Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Framework...................................................................641
Chapter 3: The Visual Basic .NET Development Environment.........................................................641
Chapter 4: The Elements of Visual Basic .NET.................................................................................641
Chapter 6: Software Design, Conditional Structures, and Control Flow............................................641
Chapter 7: Methods............................................................................................................................642
Chapter 8: Types, Structures, and Enumerations................................................................................642
Chapter 9: Classes..............................................................................................................................642
Chapter 10: Interfaces........................................................................................................................642
Chapter 12: Collections, Arrays, and Other Data Structures..............................................................642
Chapter 13: Advanced Design Concepts: Patterns, Roles, and Relationships....................................643
Chapter 14: Advanced Interface Patterns: Adapters, Delegates, and Events.....................................643
Chapter 16: Interfacing with the End User.........................................................................................644
Chapter 17: Getting Ready to Release................................................................................................644
List of Tables..................................................................................................................................................645
Chapter 2: Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Framework...................................................................645
Chapter 3: The Visual Basic .NET Development Environment.........................................................645
Chapter 4: The Elements of Visual Basic .NET.................................................................................645
Chapter 5: Visual Basic .NET Operators............................................................................................645
Chapter 6: Software Design, Conditional Structures, and Control Flow............................................646
Chapter 7: Methods............................................................................................................................646
Chapter 8: Types, Structures, and Enumerations................................................................................646
Chapter 9: Classes..............................................................................................................................646
Chapter 10: Interfaces........................................................................................................................646
Chapter 11: Exceptions: Handling and Classes..................................................................................646
Chapter 12: Collections, Arrays, and Other Data Structures..............................................................647
Chapter 15: Data Processing and I/O..................................................................................................647
Chapter 16: Interfacing with the End User.........................................................................................648
Chapter 17: Getting Ready to Release................................................................................................648
List of Sidebars...............................................................................................................................................649
Chapter 5: Visual Basic .NET Operators............................................................................................649
Chapter 7: Methods............................................................................................................................649
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