Visual Basic (VB), Object-Oriented Programming
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Overview
Featuring nearly fifty rules for best practice, Effective Visual Basic gives the working programmer concrete guidelines for designing better systems and writing better code. Whether the focus is COM, databases, or distributed systems using MTS and COM, this book offers proven, timeless solutions derived from the authors’ years of experience consulting and training in the VB arena.Effective Visual Basic addresses general practices, from defensive programming to error handling and object-oriented design. In addition, it covers the critical issues in working with COM: interfaces, compatibility, and class design. Rules for building multi-tier applications are followed by a section on best practices for programming the Web. This book also addresses databases and effective data access, among the most important uses of VB.
Highlights include:
- Sound programming practices and object-oriented design principles, as applicable in VB.NET as in VB6
- Writing code that runs correctly in both MTS and COM environments
- Improving scalability by not necessarily configuring all your components
- Using XML, IIS, and ASP in Web applications
- Designing classes for efficient database access
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Gives working programmers guidelines for designing better systems and writing better code. Addresses general practices, from defensive programming to error handling and object-oriented design, then covers critical issues in working with COM, such as interfaces, class design, and compatibility. Rules for building multi-tier applications are followed by material on databases, data access, and best practices for programming the Web. Hummel teaches at Lake Forest College and holds a Phd in computer science from the University of California-Irvine. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
June 4, 2001
Publisher
Boston, Mass. ; Addison-Wesley, 2001.
Pages
320
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780201704761