Larry Blake

» How to Ask the User for Input

Published 10/27/2009 | Framework 2.0 , Framework 3.0 , Framework 3.5 , .NET Newbie , Visual Studio 2005 , Visual Studio 2008 , Windows Development | Rating:

Visual Basic provides three easy ways to ask for input: MessageBox, InputBox and custom forms. I'll talk a little about all three. [read article...]

» ADO.NET 3.5, LINQ, and the Entity Framework

Published 08/14/2009 | Framework 3.5 , Data Programming , ADO.NET , SQL Server , XML , Book Reviews , Visual Studio 2008 | Rating:

Murach's ADO.NET 3.5, LINQ, and the Entity Framework by Anne Boehm, comes in both Visual Basic and C# 2008 versions. Larry Blake reviews it.

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» Beginning ASP.Net 3.5 in [C# / VB] 2008

Published 07/23/2009 | Framework 3.5 , .NET Intermediate , Book Reviews , ASP.NET | Rating:

Matthew MacDonald wrote Visual Basic and C# versions of this book, with the subtitle "From Novice to Professional".

Larry Blake reviews it.

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» Objects and the ListBox

Published 06/05/2009 | Framework 3.5 , .NET Newbie , Visual Basic 2005 | Rating:

In this article, I introduce some Object-Oriented Programming concepts while creating a Custom Object. I then fill a ListBox with the Custom Objects, and demonstrate some interesting features of the ListBox.

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