Visual Basic® Programmer's Guide to the .NET Framework Class Library

Chapter 8. Networking Functions

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Key Classes Related to Network Programming

• Sockets

• A More Simplified Approach to Socket Programming

• Implementing a Request/Response Model

• Using the WebClient Class

• An Asynchronous Request/Response Pattern

• Authentication and Proxies

• Learning by Example: A Socket Transmitter Application

• Learning by Example: ISBNCrawler Application

This chapter begins our in-depth discussion of namespaces by examining the functionality exposed by the System.Net and System.Net.Sockets namespaces. This chapter will show you how to accomplish common network-based programming tasks using the components exposed in these two namespaces. We'll begin by examining how the network classes in these namespaces provide comprehensive coverage ...