New Object-Oriented Capabilities in VB.NET Best of the Net
VB.NET introduces new features, but also changes the way features in VB6 are implemented. This article, a complete chapter from the book 'Programming in VB.NET', goes through these features and covers both the new capabilities the changes to existing features in ten extensive pages. Microsoft VB.Net Main Page
This is Microsoft's Visual Basic home page for information about their latest version of VB for the .NET framework.
Microsoft .NET Framework
From Microsoft, this is the main entry to information directly about .NET Framework. This is the foundation that Visual Basic .NET is built on, as well as all other .NET technologies. If you want to know about the layer UNDER VB.NET, this is the place to go. Abstract Classes - Using the MustInherit Modifier
Abstract classes (created using the MustInherit modifier) are new to VB.NET and help make VB.NET a fully OOP language. This article covers the use of this important class fully. For an introduction to both MustInherit and NotInheritable, see the article titled, "MustInherit and NotInheritable in VB.NET" on this site at http://visualbasic.about.com/library/blinh121202a.htm. Microsoft Upgrading to VB.NET
So you've decided to take the plunge and move from the current standard, VB 6, to the new challenger, VB.NET? Here's Microsoft's recommendation about how to do it. Moving from VB6 to VB.NET
If you want a third party point of view about what has to be done to upgrade from VB 6 to .NET, here's one that should fill the bill! VB.NET from GotDotNet (MS)
GotDotNet looks like a great page from a third party. It's not. It's a great page from Microsoft intended to look like third party information. Although it's sneaky, it's still one of the best sources of VB.NET information that you're going to find anywhere. Interview with Ari Bixhorn, VB.NET Product Manager
Although it's clearly advertising from Microsoft, this interview still gives you real insight into what VB.NET is and why it's Microsoft's main thrust for developers from this point on. Visual Fred ? Not Everybody Loves VB.NET
Change is hard. Revolutionary change is really hard. Find out what one talented programmer thinks is wrong with Microsoft's .NET revolution. .NET and the revenge of VB
.NET changes everything. And in particular, it changes the relationship of languages to the underlying operating system. Here's an article that dives into that relationship and looks at how VB compares with it's new roommate, C#.
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