murachs ado.net 3.5 linq and the entity framework with vb 2008 training & reference
this book shows visual basic developers how to use visual studio 2008 and ado.net 3.5 to develop database applications the way the best professionals do . p after an introductory section section 2 shows how to use data sources and datasets for rapid application development and prototyping of windows forms applications . section 3 shows how to build professional 3 layer applications that consist of presentation business and database classes . section 4 shows how to use the new linq feature to work with data structures like datasets sql server databases and xml documents . and section 5 shows how to build database applications by using the new entity framework to map business objects to database objects . p to ensure mastery this book presents 23 complete database applications that demonstrate best programming practices . and its all done in the distinctive murach style that has been training professional developers for 35 years .