Visual Basic .NET is the most dramatic leap in technology ever made by a popular Visual Basic language. This book, written by a team of Visual Basic .NET experts, will help you master all the nuances of the .NET platform, whether you are a Visual Basic 6 veteran or ASP developer, or even just a beginner in programming. Starting with an overview of new object-oriented properties, the authors will introduce you to the basics of the Visual Basic language, the Visual Studio .NET development environment, ADO.NET and XML technologies and explain with examples how to create Windows forms, ASP.NET applications and Web services.