Chapter 2. Object Syntax Introduction.

Chapter 3. Object-Oriented Programming.

Chapter 4. The Common Language Runtime.

Chapter 5. Localization.

Chapter 6. Generics.

Chapter 7. Namespaces.

Chapter 8. Exception Handling and Debugging.

Chapter 9. Data Access with ADO.NET 3.5.

Chapter 10. Using XML in Visual Basic 2008.

Chapter 11. LINQ.

Chapter 12. Security in the .NET Framework.

Chapter 13. Visual Studio 2008.

Chapter 14. Working with SQL Server.

Chapter 15. Windows Forms.

Chapter 16. Windows Forms Advanced Features.

Chapter 17. Windows Presentation Foundation.

Chapter 18. Integrating WPF and Windows Forms.

Chapter 19. Working with ASP.NET 3.5.

Chapter 20. ASP.NET 2.0 Advanced Features.

Chapter 21. Silverlight Development.

Chapter 22. Visual Studio Tools for Office.

Chapter 23. Assemblies.

Chapter 24. Deployment.

Chapter 25. Working with Classic COM and Interfaces.

Chapter 26. Threading.

Chapter 27. Windows Workflow Foundation.

Chapter 28. XML Web Services.

Chapter 29. Remoting.

Chapter 30. Enterprise Services.

Chapter 31. Network Programming.

Chapter 32. Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).

Chapter 33. Windows Services.

Chapter 34. Visual Basic and the Internet.

Appendix A. The Visual Basic Compiler.

Appendix B. Visual Basic Power Packs Tools.

Appendix C. Visual Basic Resources.