"Moving to ASP.NET: Web Development with VB .NET" provides focused and thorough guidance on creating Web applications using ASP.NET, including both Web Form applications and Web Services. Authors -->Steve Harris--> and -->Rob MacDonald--> have worked extensively with .NET throughout the beta program, and offer their real-world experience creating and implementing ASP.NET applications.

The authors discuss and examine relevant topics, and teach you how to make immediate use of ASP.NET. Topics include Web Forms, server-side and mobile controls, data access and binding, and XML integration. Also covered are .NET architecture and configuration, security, state and session management, scalability design, and Web Services. Extensive examples are featured throughout the book, and are also available on the Web for you to access and download.

From seasoned developer and trainer Rob Macdonald comes "Serious ADO: Universal Data Access with Visual Basic," which teaches experienced Visual Basic developers how to make the most of ADO, Microsoft's flagship product for database access. "Serious ADO" covers the full range of uses for ADO, from basic use of the ADO technology to specialized topics and advanced techniques that will benefit even the most experienced developers.

The first part of the book provides thorough coverage of ADO's components and what they can do. Along the way, Macdonald offers real-world code examples along with complete explanations of exactly what is occurring at each stage of the development process. This part also covers some of the key concepts upon which ADO programming is based, such as locking and transactions, connection pooling, marshalling, and Inter Process Communication, among others.

The second part of the book addresses the use of ADO in real-world development scenarios. Here, Macdonald demonstrates advanced user interface creation, including new ways to control the binding process. You'll also learn how to use Microsoft Transaction Server of COM+ applications to create transactional component-based systems.

From Beaufort to Boone and a dozen places in between, Carolina Writers at Home is a rich collection of true stories showcasing the houses where some of the most notable Southern authors—including Jill McCorkle, Nikky Finney, Alan Gurganus, Clyde Edgerton, and Michael Parker—have forged their writing lives. The homes in these twenty-five essays range from the classic bungalow and mid-century modern ranch house to wilder locales: a church, a trailer, and a sparsely-inhabited barrier island. Alongside the essays, Rob McDonald's evocative photographs capture the writers in their habitat, preserving their distinct personalities as well as the particular character of the house and place they inhabit. From the simple pleasures of Cassandra King’s writing room, to the hilarious and sometimes terrifying intrusions of curious wildlife in George Singleton’s realm, this unique anthology invites the reader to step inside some of the South’s best loved writers’ private worlds and see what makes their houses truly their own. It shows how collections of objects can transform a simple house into Daniel Wallace's ark or Josephine Humphreys' museum, creating a sheltering place for a creative mind at work. Carolina Writers at Home pays homage to those who have taken inspiration from the beauty and singularity of the Carolina landscape and turned it into the written word.