Exploring .Net Volume 2: VB-Magic

This eBook is a collection of 5 shorter articles on a variety of .NET topics. Though most were previously published, all have been updated and in many cases expanded for this collection. This articles in this volume are intended primarily for VB .NET developers, and contain mostly VB .NET specific information, thus C# ports of the sample code are not included.

Contents:

• How Big is a Boolean - Migration from VB6 to VB .NET has subtle issues, sometimes even primitive data types aren't what they seem.
• Speed Tests - Comparing performance of VB .NET and C# is sometimes like comparing apples and oranges - and sometimes it isn't.
• Hidden Treasures Part I and II - Just because VB .NET and C# can both access the full power of the .NET runtime doesn't mean you're limited to the .NET runtime. VB .NET has all sorts of extra goodies that can make your life easier.
• Late Bound Events - Detecting events raised from dynamically loaded objects is easy - once you know how.