Advanced Visual Basic 2026 Programming, Volume 2: Professional VB.NET Development with Visual Studio 2026 and .NET 10: Async, EF Core, REST APIs & Security
ANT
• Instant access to your digital edition.
• Read anytime, anywhere, on your favorite device.
• No shipping — your book is delivered digitally.
• Simple, secure access after purchase.
Instant digital delivery after purchase.
Discover another great read to add to your digital library.
Description
Take your VB.NET skills to the next level with modern, professional application development.
Advanced Visual Basic 2026 Programming, Volume 2 continues the Advanced Order Manager project from Volume 1 and focuses on building responsive, data-driven, secure, testable, and deployment-ready applications with Visual Studio 2026 and .NET 10 .
Designed for intermediate and advanced VB.NET developers, this volume shows how professional application features work together inside a realistic multi-project Windows Forms solution.
What You Will Learn Async and Await with Task, cancellation, and progress reporting
Concurrency and thread safety using Task.WhenAll, SemaphoreSlim, and concurrent collections
SQL Server LocalDB and ADO.NET with parameterized queries and repositories
Entity Framework Core with DbContext, LINQ, IDbContextFactory, and read-only queries
REST API integration using HttpClient, JSON, GET, and POST
HTTP resilience with retries, timeouts, and circuit breakers
API security using API keys, bearer tokens, and User Secrets
Input validation and defensive programming
Automated testing with MSTest, test doubles, and unit/integration tests
Structured logging, diagnostics, and correlation IDs
Performance and memory management with IDisposable, Using, garbage collection, and runtime monitoring
Release builds, configuration validation, publishing, and deployment
Build a Professional VB.NET Architecture The project is organized into:
Domain → Application → Infrastructure → WinForms → Tests
This structure demonstrates dependency injection, separation of concerns, testable services, database access, external APIs, diagnostics, and secure configuration in a practical application.
Rather than presenting unrelated code examples, each chapter progressively extends the same Advanced Order Manager project so you can see how professional VB.NET applications evolve.
Source Code Included Complete project source code is available on GitHub , with chapter-by-chapter versions that make it easy to follow the development process and experiment with the code.
Who This Book Is For This book is ideal for intermediate VB.NET developers, students, educators, and programmers who already understand basic Visual Basic syntax, classes, collections, and Windows Forms and want to progress into modern .NET application development.
If you are ready to move beyond basic VB.NET programming and learn how to build secure, maintainable, testable, and deployment-ready applications , Volume 2 provides the practical next step.
Specifications
Frequently asked
Do I need an account to download?
No. After purchase, you can access your ebook directly from the order confirmation or download page.
What if a copy arrives damaged?
Contact us and we’ll help you access the file or provide a replacement download if needed.