The Book of Visual Studio .NET is a comprehensive and straightforward guide to mastering the assortment of tools and technologies that are Visual Studio .NET, from ASP.NET to VB .NET to XML Web Services. Numerous hands-on, real world examples (based on the released version of Visual Studio .NET) show you how things work and how to leverage the many tools available to you. You\'ll be creating powerful applications to solve today\'s business problems in no time. You\'ll learn how to: - Integrate multiple .NET technologies including ASP.NET, ADO.NET, VB .NET, and XML Web Services - Solve common developmental issues concerning cross-language integration, cross-platform communication, installation, and versioning - Use designers, database, and monitoring tools to aid in rapid application development - Access your data using a variety of techniques, and promote application scalability - Implement Enterprise Services with COM+ You\'ll find a good mix of theory and detail, and you won\'t get bored reading pages of what .NET can do without examples to make is all real. If you\'ve been using VS6, and you want to get a feel for .NET\'s potential, this book is for you. You\'ll gain insight that you won\'t get from reading the documentation, and you\'ll be building real, working applications - fast.