Visual Basic .NET Unleashed

Reading flow of this book is very smooth. covers topics like threading in a very nice way. A difinite recommendation for anyone who want to learn VB.NET completely

Visual Basic.NET Unleashed by computer expert Paul Kimmel is a complete, "user friendly", very highly recommended instructional and reference book on the fundamentals of programming with a fully object-oriented language filled with new idioms and capabilities. In addition to the fundamentals, Visual Basic.NET Unleashed covers: free threading and multithreading; inheritance; virtual methods and shared methods; structured exception handling; event handling; encapsulation at the namespace level; Web Services; and NET Framework compatibility. User Level: Beginning-Intermediate, 850 pages.

As an experienced VB6 programmer feeling the anxiety of being behind the power curve with respect to VB.Net, I wanted to start my new learning journey with a book which I felt had the best chance of speaking to where I am currently, and where I want to be in VB.Net. I looked through the table of contents of several books on VB.Net, and wound up choosing Visual Basic.Net Unleashed by Paul Kimmel. I am glad I did.I like Paul's writing style, which I believe helps make easy (easier) reading of sometimes complex material. He does an excellent job of communicating the differences between VB 6 and VB.Net, and his explanations of the differences have helped me understand the concepts presented. You can tell from his writing that he is extremely competent in his field, and well read in software development issues, not just in VB.Net issues. In his explanations of code and concepts, for example, Paul recommends programming techniques which may be different than what you have "always done". He discusses these as "best practices" and gives compelling reasons why they should be adopted. I like the new programming ideas he presents and have already learned a lot of new techniques. Intuitively, I understood that something like "refactoring" had to exist, I just didn't know what it was or how to implement it, but I see its benefits, thanks to Paul's insights and explanations.I would recommend this book unequivocally to anyone who is like me - feeling the pressure of needing to get into the thick of learning VB.Net as soon as possible, and not wanting to go through the introductory materials associated with some of the books which start by teaching you the foundations of VB programming.

In depth coverage of a new programming language that could be overwhelming if it wasn't for Paul's book.