Since the announcement of Visual Basic .NET, a lot has been made of its powerful new object-oriented features. However, very little discussion has been devoted to the practice of object-oriented programming at its most fundamental level - that is, building classes. The truth is, whatever code you write in Visual Basic .NET, you are writing classes that fall within the class hierarchy of the .NET Framework. Visual Basic .NET Class Design Handbook was conceived as a guide to help you design these classes effectively, by looking at what control we have over our classes, and how Visual Basic .NET turns our class definitions into executable code. 
Ask anyone: designing effective classes that you do not have to revisit and revise over and over again is an art. This Handbook, the first in the series, aims to give you a deep and thorough understanding of the implications of all the decisions you can make in designing a class, so you are equipped to develop classes that are robust, flexible and reusable. 
Chapter 1: Defining Types, investigates the role of Types in .NET and the different kinds of Types available to you. Chapter 2: Type Members, explains how Visual Basic .NET defines type members. Chapter 3: Methods, explores the fundamental role of methods as containers of program logic. Chapter 4: Constructors and the Object Lifecycle, introduces the role of Constructors and their effective use in addition to Object cleanup and disposal. Chapter 5: Properties, explains when and how to use properties and indexers to encapsulate data. Chapter 6: Events and Delegates, introduces the .NET events system and how it works. Chapter 7: Inheritance and Polymorphism, investigates how to control and exploit inheritance in our Types. Chapter 8: Code Organisation and Metadata, explains how to logically and physically organise code through namespaces and assemblies

Visual Basic .NET Class Design Handbook

Andy Olsen

Damon Allison

James Speer

Peer Information Inc.

Developers have always been expected to build robust applications that meet a business need. In today's economy, however, there is also an increasing need to build applications that can rapidly scale to meet both planned and unexpected growth in user numbers and demands. This could mean more users, or the same level of users demanding more and more from your application.  With the introduction of .NET, Microsoft has enhanced the Visual Basic developer's capability to produce scalable n-tier applications built using solid object-oriented techniques. To be able to take advantage of more and better hardware, your application must be designed with scalability in mind from the outset.  This book presents a tier-by-tier break down of the issues involved in producing scalable applications. At the data tier you will learn how effective database design, stored procedures, and indexes impact on scalability. At the data-access layer you will see how to leverage the advances of ADO.NET. At the middle tier, which typically contains the bulk of the application's business logic, you will see how to design and build a scalable tier capable of supporting multiple presentation options. At the presentation tier you will learn how to benefit from the new features of ASP.NET, such as effective caching and state management.

Visual Basic .Net Scalability Handbook

Computers & Technology

Ben Hyrman

Programming

Apress

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