Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic.NET

Goes from the basics of classes, inheritance and interfaces to advanced concepts such as reflection, object persistence, design patterns and refactoring.

This thorough tutorial covers all the details of designing object-oriented programs using the Visual Basic .NET language. Along with the standard OOP topics (classes, inheritance, and interfaces), the author discusses less-covered topics such as reflection, object persistence, design patterns, and refactoring. The book ends with example applications of OOP principles using ADO.NET and ASP.NET.Michael McMillan provides a complete presentation of the object-oriented features of the Visual Basic .NET language for advanced Visual Basic programmers. Beginning with an introduction to abstract data types and their initial implementation using structures, he explains standard OOP topics including class design, inheritance, access modifiers and scoping issues, abstract classes, design and implemention of interfaces and design patterns, and refactoring in VB.NET. More advanced OOP topics are included as well, such as reflection, object persistence, and serialization. To tie everything together, McMillan demonstrates sound OOP design and implementation principles through practical examples of standard Windows applications, database applications using ADO.NET, Web-based applications using ASP.NET, and Windows service applications.