Bill Sheldon & Billy Hollis 
Professional Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5 Programming 

Explore Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5 with this fully updated
resource



After a quick review of the of introductory topics of Visual
Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5, this book moves quickly into advanced
topics such as data access with ADO.NET, security, ASP.NET web
programming with Visual Basic, Windows workflow, and threading.
You’ll explore the essential Visual Basic 2012 functions you need,
including .NET features such as LINQ, WCF, and more. Plus, you’ll
examine exception handling and debugging, Visual Studio features,
and deployment.

* Puts the new Async keyword and Iterators to work

* Explores new options and interfaces presented by Windows 8
development and Win RT

* Continues strong coverage of core language elements and tools
and creating componentized applications

This updated version of Professional Visual Basic 2012 and
.NET 4.5 retains its expert author team, including one of the
best-known and respected Microsoft Visual Basic MVPs, Bill Sheldon,
and Microsoft Regional Director ‘Software Legend’ Billy
Hollis.

About the author

Bill Sheldon, Visual Basic MVP for 8 years, is the Vice
President of Information Technology for Rubio’s Restaurants. He can
be found at @Nerd Notes.

Billy Hollis, MVP, is a developer and UX designer at Next
Version Systems. He is also a well-known and prolific speaker and
trainer.

Rob Windsor, MVP, is Lead Share Point Consultant with
Portal Solutions–a Microsoft Gold Partner.

David Mc Carter, MVP, is a principal software
engineer/architect and editor-in-chief of dot Net Tips.com.

Gaston C. Hillar, MVP, is tech leader and architect at
Bootsoft Inc. He contributes to Dr. Dobbs and blogs for Intel
Software Network.

Todd Herman is a senior software engineer at Apx Labs
focused on developing a library to support the XMPP standard.