Wth the release of .NET, Microsoft has once again
altered the distributed programming landscape. Almost everything has
changed, from data access, to remote object calls, to the deployment of
software components. And of course, .NET introduces a new technology in
XML Web services that may revolutionize Web development.
Distributed .NET Programming in C# describes how to use these
new .NET technologies to build fast, scalable, and robust distributed
applications. Along the way, it answers common questions such as, How
do I use the .NET Remoting Framework? What role does COM+ play in the
.NET universe? How can I interoperate with COM components? What's the
difference between .NET Remoting and Web services? How will these
changes affect the architecture and design of a distributed application?
In Programming VB .NET: A Guide for Experienced Programmers,
authors Gary Cornell and Jonathan Morrison carefully explain the
exciting new features of Visual Basic .NET. Since VB .NET is, for all
practical purposes, a whole new language even for the most experienced
Visual Basic programmers, developers need to think differently about
many familiar topics. Cornell and Morrison are there to help you with
careful discussions of each topic.
COM and .NET Interoperability provides a complete overview of
the process of building .NET applications that interact (interoperate)
with existing COM code. Before digging into that critical topic, author
Andrew Troelsen offers a concise overview of the COM architecture and
provides examples using various COM frameworks (C++, ATL, and VB 6.0)
as well as the core .NET managed languages (C# and VB .NET). 
Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) continue to grow in popularity with web developers--especially as web applications replace web pages. However, the techniques and pitfalls of developing ASP components are not well-documented. The second edition of Developing ASP Components has the information and real-world examples you need to create custom ASP components.
ASP.NET, the next generation of Active Server Pages, provides a new
programming model based on the Microsoft® .NET Framework for writing
Web applications. Learn about ASP.NET development—with reusable code
samples in languages such as Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft
Visual C#™—in DESIGNING MICROSOFT ASP.NET APPLICATIONS. This book
provides an in-depth look at how to create ASP.NET applications and how
they work under the covers. You’ll learn how to create Web Forms and
reusable components and how to develop XML Web services. You’ll also
learn how to create database-enabled ASP.NET applications that use XML
(Extensible Markup Language) and ADO.NET (a new version of Microsoft
ActiveX® Data Objects).