Part 1: GUI Design and Event-Driven Programming.

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Visual Basic 2005.

Chapter 2: Visual Basic: The Language.

Chapter 3: Procedures and Modules.

Part 2: Building Rich Client Applications.

Chapter 4: Basic Windows Controls.

Chapter 5: Working with Forms.

Chapter 6: More Windows Controls.

Chapter 7: The TreeView and ListView Controls.

Part 3: Programming with Objects.

Chapter 8: Building Custom Classes.

Chapter 9: Working with Objects.

Chapter 10: Interfaces and Delegates.

Chapter 11: Building Custom Windows Controls.

Part 4: Working with the .NET Framework.

Chapter 12: Handling Strings, Characters, and Dates.

Chapter 13: Storing Data in Collections.

Chapter 14: Accessing Folders and Files.

Chapter 15: Data Encryption.

Chapter 16: Serialization and XML.

Chapter 17: Working with XML.

Part 5: Drawing and Printing.

Chapter 18: Drawing and Painting with Visual Basic 2005.

Chapter 19: Manipulating Images and Bitmaps.

Chapter 20: Printing with VB 2005.

Part 6: Database Programming with VB 2005.

Chapter 21: Basic Concepts of Relational Databases.

Chapter 22: Visual Database Tools.

Chapter 23: Programming the ADO.NET Objects.

Chapter 24: Working with SQL Server 2005.

Chapter 25: Typical Data-Driven Applications.

Part 7: Programming for the Web.

Chapter 26: Developing for the Web.

Chapter 27: ASP.NET 2.0.

Chapter 28: Developing Data-Driven Web Applications.

Chapter 29: XML Web Services.

Part 8: Polishing Your Applications.

Chapter 30: Designing Functional, Professional Interfaces.

Chapter 31: Error Handling and Debugging.

Chapter 32: Application Deployment.

Index.