This book gives students who are experienced programmers the practical insight they need to build enterprise applications for Microsoft's .NET platform using Visual Basic. Using a running case study and extensive code examples, the authors illuminate essential .NET concepts, and introduce powerful new .NET technologies such as ADO.NET and ASP.NET. Students without Visual Basic experience will appreciate the book's self-contained Visual Basic.NET overview; those familiar with Visual Basic can proceed directly to the book's in-depth .NET Framework coverage. ork coverage.