Doing Objects in Visual Basic 2005

Doing Objects in Visual Basic 2005 is the authoritative guide to object-oriented design, architecture, and development with Visual Basic 2005. Author Deborah Kurata is the original pioneer in building object-oriented applications with Visual Basic. In this book she continues to offer clarity and deliver best practices for using object-oriented techniques in Visual Basic 2005. She has been honored with Microsoft’s prestigious MVP designation for her expertise and contributions to the community.

Kurata begins with a concise introduction to core object-oriented concepts and the Visual Basic 2005 features that support them. Next she introduces a pragmatic and agile approach to designing effective applications along with an application framework. From there she walks you through the process of building the user interface, business logic, and data access layers of an application, highlighting key VB 2005 techniques and best practices. Kurata’s step-by-step “building along” activities provide you with deep hands-on mastery; your finished application can serve as the starting point for virtually any custom project. This book

• Shows how the tools in Visual Studio 2005 combined with a solid object-oriented approach can help minimize the complexities of software development and improve productivity
• Clearly explains the fundamental concepts of object development: classes, inheritance, interfaces, scenarios, and more
• Presents a pragmatic agile software design methodology to help analyze and design applications for the real world
• Covers building the user interface layer using a base form class, programmatic interfaces, and object binding
• Details building the business logic layer using a base business object class and validation rules
• Demonstrates how to build the data access layer using ADO.NET
• Provides best practices and tips for experienced .NET developers, those new to .NET, and for those developers moving from VB6 to .NET

Deborah Kurata is cofounder of InStep Technologies Inc. ( insteptech.com), a professional consulting firm that focuses on turning your business vision into reality using Microsoft .NET technologies. InStep provides premier software design, development, and consulting services to the most successful companies in Silicon Valley, the San Francisco Bay area, and other locations nationwide. You can reach InStep at 925-730-1000 or at [email protected].

Deborah has more than 15 years of experience in architecting, designing, and developing successful applications. She has authored several books, including the Doing Objects in Visual Basic series (Sams), Best Kept Secrets in .NET (Apress), and Doing Web Development: Client-Side Techniques (Apress). She also writes for MSDN and CoDe magazine (code-magazine.com/).

Deborah speaks at .NET user groups all over the country as a member of the INETA Speaker’s Bureau (ineta.org/) and at conferences such as VSLive, DevDays, and TechEd. For her work in support of software development and software developers, she has been recognized with the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. After a hard day of coding and taking care of her family, Deborah enjoys blowing stuff up (on the XBox, of course).

Deborah holds degrees in physics and mathematics from the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire and an MBA from the College of William and Mary.