Introduction.

Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 2008.

Chapter 2: The Microsoft .NET Framework.

Chapter 3: Writing Software.

Chapter 4: Controlling the Flow.

Chapter 5: Working with Data Structures.

Chapter 6: Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML).

Chapter 7: Building Windows Applications.

Chapter 8: Displaying Dialog Boxes.

Chapter 9: Creating Menus.

Chapter 10: Debugging and Error Handling.

Chapter 11: Building Objects.

Chapter 12: Advanced Object-Oriented Techniques.

Chapter 13: Building Class Libraries.

Chapter 14: Creating Windows Forms User Controls.

Chapter 15: Programming Custom Graphics.

Chapter 16: Accessing Databases.

Chapter 17: Database Programming with SQL Server and ADO.NET.

Chapter 18: ASP.NET.

Chapter 19: Web Projects.

Chapter 20: Visual Basic 2008 and XML.

Chapter 21: Distributed Computing with Windows Communication Foundation.

Chapter 22: Building a Sequential Workflow Using the Windows Workflow Foundation.

Chapter 23: Building Mobile Applications.

Chapter 24: Deploying Your Application.

Chapter 25: Where to Now?

Appendix A: Exercise Solutions.

Appendix B: Using the Microsoft Solutions Framework.

Appendix C: An Introduction to Code Security and SSL.

Appendix D: An Introduction to Windows CardSpace.

Appendix E: .NET Framework Differences.

Index.