This unprecedented new series was designed for the software developer who needs to come up to speed quickly on a new language or technology. Most programming books give equal weight to all areas of a given technology, forcing a developer to spend time sorting out the critical aspects. CodeNotes takes a different approach drilling down to the core aspects of a technology and focusing on the key elements needed to implement it immediately thus presenting highly technical material in a format and style that is efficient and instantly useful.
-- Provides the closest thing to an instructor-led class on essential technologies
-- Includes real-world examples and training-style lab exercises
-- Includes a section that warns developers of potential pitfalls, and offers alternative workarounds to common problems
-- Free access to , which provides: additional background and examples, bulletin and message boards and a constantly expanding Code Gallery that developers can cut and paste

CodeNotes for VB.NET illustrates the major changes in Visual Basic with the new .NET edition, emphasizing the Common Language Runtime (CLR), syntax changes, Web Forms, ADO.NET, new object-oriented programming features, ASP.NET and new distributed technologies such as Web Services and SOAP.