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I'm trying to use Visual Basic Express 2005 and it appears I have to learn
VB.net. (I have a little experience with VB 4).
The Balena book "Programming VB.NET ver. 2003 looks the most interesting to
me but it might be out-of-date with the 2005 software. Suggestions?
 
I'm trying to use Visual Basic Express 2005 and it appears I have to learn
VB.net. (I have a little experience with VB 4).
The Balena book "Programming VB.NET ver. 2003 looks the most interesting to
me but it might be out-of-date with the 2005 software. Suggestions?
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Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))
 
I was in the same boat you were a couple months ago.

I bought some books, but the best I find is google. Plenty of up to date
examples on how to do what I need / trying to learn.

As for your question...as I understand it
Visual Studio 2005 is a .Net product.
VB 2005 is a product of Visual Studio
VB 2005 Express is a dummed down version of VB 2005
in which case VB.Net is VB 2005

Now with that be careful. There is also Visual Studio 2003 and the original
Visual Studio .Net

So whenever you specify VB.Net, always specify the "date'. Such as vb.net
2005 or VB.net 2003
As each one uses its own framework, and has a bit different way of doing
things.

If you have 2 apps installed, one that was written in vb.net 2003 and
anotehr in .net 2005, you will have 2 frameworks installed, and each will
use its own.

Thats how I have come to understand it. I dont know if its fully
right...but im sure most of the pieces are there.

Miro
 
emjay said:
I'm trying to use Visual Basic Express 2005 and it appears I have to
learn
VB.net. (I have a little experience with VB 4).
The Balena book "Programming VB.NET ver. 2003 looks the most interesting
to
me but it might be out-of-date with the 2005 software. Suggestions?
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VB.Net generally refers to the 2003 version, and uses version 1.1 of the
..Net Framework.

VB2005 refers to the 2005 version, and uses version 2.0 of the .Net
Framework. It has a lot of features not available in the prior version.

There is a new version of that book called "Microsoft Visual Basic 2005:
The Language" by Mr. Balena that is exemplary. It does not have anything
about forms or data, but the info about the language is great. I found it
really helpful.

For data, check out Dave Sceppa's book ADO.Net: Core Reference, or Bill
Vaughn's book (Hitchhiker's Guide to SQLServer and Visual Studio 2005, I
think). Bill's has more stuff about SQLServer and doing stuff in Visual
Studio; Dave's is more focused on ADO itself.

If you want to learn how to separate your app into layers (data access,
business, and UI), check out Deborah Kurata's new book, "Doing Objects in
VB2005". This book really helped me. Aside from the 3-layer model, it had a
lot of neat and useful info, like application settings, how to administer
SQLServer from inside Visual Studio, code snippets, etc.

Or check out Tim Patrick's Start-to-Finish VB2005. It covers a *lot* of
stuff and is really readable. You end up building an entire app, although
his code isn't exactly standard. But I thought this was a great book and
fun to read.

Good luck.

Robin S.
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kkongchi said:
Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))
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I read that book, but greatly preferred Start-to-Finish Visual Basic by Tim
Patrick.

Robin S.
 
emjay said:
Thanks - I guess I'm confused. Is VB 2005 really VB.Net?
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Yes!
They dropped .NET from the product name. but VS 2005 (VB included) is .NET.
It uses .NET Framework v2.0 or 3.0 (2.0 with Vista classes added) from an
available download.
 
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