Part I Learning the Basics of VB 1 Introducing the .NET Framework 4.5 1 2 Getting Started with the Visual Studio 2012 IDE 11 3 The Anatomy of a Visual Basic Project 63 4 Data Types and Expressions 89 5 Debugging Visual Basic 2012 Applications 179 6 Handling Errors and Exceptions 207 Part II Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic 2012 7 Class Fundamentals 225 8 Managing an Object's Lifetime 269 9 Organizing Types Within Namespaces 283 10 Modules 301 11 Structures and Enumerations 305 12 Inheritance 323 13 Interfaces 347 14 Generics and Nullable Types 367 15 Delegates and Events 379 16 Working with Collections and Iterators 393 17 Creating Objects: Visual Tools and Portable Libraries 423 Part III Advanced Language Features 18 Manipulating Files and Streams 453 19 The My Namespace 477 20 Advanced Language Features 511 Part IV Data Access with ADO.NET and LINQ 21 Introducing ADO.NET and DataSets 539 22 Introducing LINQ 549 23 LINQ to Objects 557 24 LINQ to SQL 587 25 LINQ to DataSets 621 26 Introducing ADO.NET Entity Framework 629 27 Manipulating XML Documents with LINQ and XML Literals 671 Part V Building Windows Desktop Applications 28 Creating WPF Applications 693 29 WPF Common Controls 725 30 Brushes, Styles, Templates, and Animations in WPF 757 31 Manipulating Media and Documents 793 32 Introducing Data-Binding 811 33 Localizing Applications 841 Part VI Building Web Applications 34 Building ASP.NET Web Applications 851 35 Publishing ASP.NET Web Applications 883 36 Building Rich Internet Applications with Silverlight 5 893 37 Building and Deploying Applications for Windows Azure 929 38 Building Apps for Windows Phone 7.

5 955 Part VII Networking and Exposing Data Through Networks 39 Creating and Consuming WCF Services 991 40 Implementing and Consuming WCF Data Services 1013 Part VIII Advanced .NET Framework with VB 2012 41 Serialization 1035 42 Processes and Multithreading 1057 43 Parallel Programming and Parallel LINQ 1069 44 Asynchronous Programming 1103 45 Working with Assemblies 1143 46 Reflection 1157 47 Coding Attributes 1181 48 Platform Invokes and Interoperability with the COM Architecture 1191 49 Documenting the Source Code with XML Comments 1207 Part IX Applications Deployment 50 Understanding the Global Assembly Cache 1221 51 Setup and Deployment Projects with InstallShield for Visual Studio 1229 52 Deploying Applications with ClickOnce 1245 Part X Mastering the Visual Studio 2012 IDE 53 Advanced IDE Features 1261 54 Introducing the Visual Studio Extensibility 1287 55 Advanced Analysis Tools 1309 56 Testing Code with Unit Tests, Test-Driven Development, and Code Contracts 1337 Appendix A Useful Resources and Tools for Visual Basic 1357 Index 1361.