Chapter 1: Getting Started with Visual Basic 2008.

Chapter 2: Variables and Data Types.

Chapter 3: Programming Fundamentals.

Chapter 4: GUI Design and Event-Driven Programming.

Chapter 5: The Vista Interface.

Chapter 6: Basic Windows Controls.

Chapter 7: Working with Forms.

Chapter 8: More Windows Controls.

Chapter 9: The TreeView and ListView Controls.

Chapter 10: Building Custom Classes.

Chapter 11: Working with Objects.

Chapter 12: Building Custom Windows Controls.

Chapter 13: Handling Strings, Characters, and Dates.

Chapter 14: Storing Data in Collections.

Chapter 15: Accessing Folders and Files.

Chapter 16: Serialization and XML.

Chapter 17: Querying Collections and XML with LINQ.

Chapter 18: Drawing and Painting with Visual Basic 2008.

Chapter 19: Manipulating Images and Bitmaps.

Chapter 20: Printing with Visual Basic 2008.

Chapter 21: Basic Concepts of Relational Databases.

Chapter 22: Programming with ADO.NET.

Chapter 23: Building Data-Bound Applications.

Chapter 24: Advanced DataSet Operations.

Chapter 25: Building Web Applications.

Chapter 26: ASP.NET 3.5.

Chapter 27: ASP.NET Web Services.

Appendix A: "The Bottom Line".

Appendix B: "Debugging and Error Handling".

Index.