Visual Basic.NET at Work: Building 10 Enterprise Projects
What This Title Covers
A project-based approach to enterprise VB.NET development. Each of the ten projects addresses a real business scenario—inventory management, document processing, reporting systems, and more. The project-based format teaches architecture decisions, not just syntax: when to use which design pattern, how to structure data access layers, and how to handle the messy realities of enterprise software.
Who It's For
VB.NET developers ready to build enterprise-grade applications. Assumes solid VB.NET fundamentals. Most valuable for developers transitioning from building tutorials to building real systems that must handle authentication, database transactions, error recovery, and multi-user concurrency.
Key Chapters and Concepts
- Enterprise application architecture patterns
- Database transaction management
- Multi-tier application design
- Report generation and document processing
- User authentication and authorization
- Error handling and logging strategies
- Configuration management
- Deployment to enterprise environments
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