ADO.NET and ADO Examples and Best Practices for VB Programmers, Second Edition brings the popular first edition up to date with fresh insights and tips on COM-based ADOand adds a voluminous section on the new ADO.NET technology. Written specifically for COM-based ADO developers retooling for ADO.NET, this is a developer's book, packed with practical advice on how to make code run faster, yet be easier to write and understand. Veteran author William Vaughn guides you through the data access maze with working examples and numerous discussions of what works and what doesn't. Derived from years of experience working with data access developers, Vaughn's Best Practices are a set of techniques proven to drastically reduce overhead, problems, and confusion—for the developer, the system, and the entire team. While some are quite simple to implement, others require considerable knowledge and forethought to enable.

Visual Basic database developers are faced with a dizzying cornucopia of choices when it comes to data access paradigms. The purpose of this book is to make the choice and implementation of the best of those technologies far easier. It does this through working examples and numerous discussions of what works and what does not. Vaughns "Best Practices" are the techniques that developers need to know because they cause the least amount of overhead, problems and confusion. While some are quite simple to implement, other "Best Practices" require considerable thought and planning. This is a developers bookfull of hints, tips, and notes passed on from those who show the medals and scars of battles won and lost.

Best-selling author Bill Vaughn gives practical advice that VB developers can use immediately to make their data access code faster and easier to write and understand.

JSP Examples and Best Practices takes basic JSP and applies sound architectural principles and design patterns to give the average developer the tools to build scalable enterprise applications using JSP.

A Programmer's Guide to ADO.NET in C# begins by taking readers through a fast-paced overview of C# and then delves into ADO.NET. Why should C# programmers use it instead of the existing technologies? What new functionality does it offer? The chapters that follow go through the details on each of the major Data Providers of the .NET platform (OleDb, SQL Server, and ODBC) that enable you to read and write data to the targeted database. These chapters also serve as a good reference for looking up detailed methods and properties for these data provider classes. Authors Chand and Gold also show C# programmers how to work with XML classes and how to integrate XML into the ADO.NET architecture. The book provides programmers with handy ideas about taking advantage of the VS.NET IDE and how you can tie your data to the myriad of powerful controls including the multi-faceted Data Grid. Finally, it goes through creating a guest book application for the Web so you can see how all the pieces fit together.

"Essential Guide to Managed Extensions for C++" proves a comprehensive look at the possibilities available to programers writing code in managed extensions for C++ (MC++). The information comes "straight from the horse's mouth" - both authors have been key members of the Visual C++ .NET compiler development team and have spent most of their time implementing the language and educating others about MC++. The book has two parts. Part 1 is about the basics of Managed Extensions for C++. Part 2 is devoted to the transition between managed and unmanaged objects. With the help of these experienced authors, developers can harness the power of native C++ code to the flexibility of managed code for optimal effect.

Professional graphics designers will welcome this practical guide to Acrobat 5 because it tells why and when to use processes, as well as how. Includes projects, tutorials and demonstrations.