Intended for developers familiar with C# or Visual Basic .NET, this book introduces the key .NET technologies from a distributed programming point of view, and recommends how to build the parts of a distributed application so that they will perform reliably and can scale to support large numbers of clients. The final section presents a sample sales invoice solution, order fulfillment system, and work request application that integrate the technologies discussed. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Matthew MacDonald is a developer, author, and educator in all things Visual Basic and .NET. He's worked with Visual Basic and ASP since their initial versions, and has written over a dozen books on the subject, including The Book of VB .NET (No Starch Press) and Visual Basic 2005: A Developer's Notebook (O'Reilly). He has also written a number of Missing Manual titles on Excel 2007 and Access 2007 (O’Reilly). His website is http://www.prosetech.com/.