VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell

Preface

This book is a desktop reference for the core classes in Microsoft’s .NET Framework Class Library (FCL). It is intended as a companion volume to Visual Basic .NET Language in a Nutshell, Second Edition, which provides a reference to the Visual Basic language.

Visual Basic .NET Core Classes in a Nutshell is divided into two parts. Part I, which consists of a single chapter, offers a very brief overview of and introduction to the .NET FCL.

Part II is a quick reference to the core classes of the FCL — 22 of the most important namespaces of the FCL and their more than 700 types, complete with namespace maps, type descriptions, member signatures using VB .NET syntax, and useful cross references and annotations. Part II is also available on the CD-ROM that accompanies the book (see http://examples.oreilly.com/vbdotnetcore/ for the information available on the CD-ROM).

Who This Book Is For

As a reference guide to the core classes, we think you’ll find Visual Basic .NET Core Classes in a Nutshell to be an essential book regardless of your level of experience with Visual Basic. Whether you are an experienced Visual Basic developer or a relatively new programmer just beginning to work with Visual Basic and the .NET platform, you’ll find that Visual Basic .NET Core Classes in a Nutshell provides an extremely helpful description of each type in the namespaces documented in Part II, along with a useful list of type members that features VB syntax.