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Microsoft has been good at giving away some really good books lately. This latest is trying to prepare developers for Whidbey, namely Visual Basic 2005. Introducing Visual Basic 2005 for Developers is not an overly technical book by any means, but seeks to prepare VB 6 and VB.NET developers for VB 2005. I think Microsoft has hit a wall trying to get VB 6 developers to move to .NET.

But anyone who thinks they will be moving to Visual Studio 2005 might want to check out this free download. My only complaint is that each chapter is a separate PDF file, instead of being one PDF file.

From the site:

Get a focused, first look at the features and capabilities in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and .NET Framework 2.0. If you currently work with Visual Basic 6, these authors fully understand the adoption and code migration issues you’ll encounter. They’ll step you through a quick primer on .NET Framework programming, offering guidance for a productive transition. If you already work with .NET, you’ll jump directly into what’s new, learning how to extend your existing skills. From the innovations in rapid application development, debugging, and deployment, to new data access, desktop, and Web programming capabilities, you get the prerelease insights and code walkthroughs you need to get productive right away.

Chapter List:

• Chapter 1 - Microsoft .NET Framework Primer for the Visual Basic Developer
• Chapter 2 - Language Enhancements for Visual Basic 2005
• Chapter 3 - Visual Studio 2005 Integrated Development Environment
• Chapter 4 - Building Datacentric Applications
• Chapter 5 - Constructing User Interfaces
• Chapter 6 - Building Web Applications
• Chapter 7 - Microsoft .NET Framework Enhancements
• Chapter 8 - Deploying Applications

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