VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell

Acknowledgments

This book would not be possible without the contribution and support of many individuals, including family, friends, and the hardworking folks at O’Reilly & Associates, Inc.

Brian Jepson and Lenny Muellner of O’Reilly developed the programs responsible for generating Part II and Glossary. Brian also developed the namespace maps that are found in the overviews that begin each chapter of the Reference with input from Ted Neward and Peter Drayton. Ted Neward, Matthew MacDonald, Martin Smith, Steve Spainhour, and Brian Jepson wrote the more than 700 namespace and type descriptions that make the API reference so valuable.

Brad Merrill of Microsoft wrote the sections on regular expressions and provided content for Appendix A.

Brad Abrams and members of his .NET Framework team contributed to the design of the API reference and provided technical review that immeasurably improved its quality. Daniel Creeron provided an outstanding technical review of the book.

VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell for Visual Studio .NET was made possible by the work of many individuals. Mike Sierra of O’Reilly converted the API Reference to Microsoft Help 2.0 format and did the work necessary to integrate its content with the Visual Studio .NET dynamic help system. He was assisted by Lenny Muellner and Erik Ray. Greg Dickerson and Chris Valdez of the O’Reilly Tech Support group tested each version of the software. Kipper York and Shane McRoberts of the Microsoft Help team provided invaluable technical assistance at crucial moments, and Eric Promislow and Vladimir Baikalov of ActiveState built the install package that plugs our Help collection into Visual Studio .NET. Frank Gocinski of the Visual Studio .NET Integration Program was instrumental in helping us become full partners in the program. A special tip of the hat to Rob Howard of Microsoft who supported our original vision and helped us make the right connections to get this project off the ground.