Beginning ASP.NET 4 in VB 2010

About the Author .................................................................................................. xxv
About the Technical Reviewer ............................................................................. xxvi
Acknowledgments .............................................................................................. xxvii
Introduction ....................................................................................................... xxviii
Part 1: Introducing .NET ...........................................................................................1
■ Chapter 1: The .NET Framework ..........................................................................3
The Evolution of Web Development .................................................................................3
HTML and HTML Forms ..........................................................................................................................3
Server-Side Programming......................................................................................................................6
Client-Side Programming .......................................................................................................................7
The .NET Framework .......................................................................................................9
VB, C#, and the .NET Languages ..........................................................................................................11
Intermediate Language..................................................................................................11
The Common Language Runtime .........................................................................................................13
The .NET Class Library..........................................................................................................................14
Visual Studio.........................................................................................................................................15
The Last Word................................................................................................................16
■ Chapter 2: The C# Language ..............................................................................17
The .NET Languages ......................................................................................................17
Variables and Data Types ..............................................................................................18
Assignment and Initializers ..................................................................................................................20

Arrays ...................................................................................................................................................21
Enumerations .......................................................................................................................................23
Variable Operations .......................................................................................................25
Advanced Math.....................................................................................................................................26
Type Conversions .................................................................................................................................27
Object-Based Manipulation ...........................................................................................28
The String Type ....................................................................................................................................29
The DateTime and TimeSpan Types .....................................................................................................31
The Array Type......................................................................................................................................33
Conditional Logic ...........................................................................................................35
The If . . . End If Block...........................................................................................................................35
The Select Case Block ..........................................................................................................................36
Loops .............................................................................................................................37
The For ... Next Block ...........................................................................................................................37
The For Each Block...............................................................................................................................38
The Do . . . Loop Block..........................................................................................................................39
Methods.........................................................................................................................40
Parameters ...........................................................................................................................................41
Method Overloading .............................................................................................................................41
Optional and Named Parameters..........................................................................................................42
Delegates..............................................................................................................................................43
The Last Word................................................................................................................45
■ Chapter 3: Types, Objects, and Namespaces .....................................................47
The Basics of Classes ....................................................................................................47
Shared and Instance Members.............................................................................................................48
A Simple Class......................................................................................................................................49
Building a Basic Class ...................................................................................................49
Creating an Object ................................................................................................................................51
Adding Properties .................................................................................................................................52
Automatic Properties ............................................................................................................................54