Book Review - Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Programmer's Cookbook

I have just posted a book review on Matthew MacDonald's VB.NET Programmer's Cookbook. You can read it at See Les's Articles. This is one of the most helpful books that I have ever owned, a must have for anyone new to the .NET Framework. Although I have been developing in VB.NET since Beta 1, I still refer to this book regularly. If you are new to VB.NET, this is a must have book.

Refactoring in Visual Studio .NET

I have just posted three articles on refactoring code in Visual Studio .NET. They are the first of several more I hope to write. I certainly don't tout myself as an expert on the subject. We at KnowDotNet have just launched a new product called NET Refactor. Like most add-ins that I write, it comes from a need to automate tasks that I repeat many times a day. Although I did most of the work on this product, it could not have been done without a lot of help from Brian Davis, who has helped me and written many of the Regular Expressions that are the heart of this add-in. Bill Ryan provided a lot of input regarding functionality and testing.

I look forward to getting feed back on the add-in. The primary goal in establishing our site was to disseminate knowledge. If we make a buck occassionaly, that won't bother us either.

If you ask anyone who has emailed us with questions, you will find that we always try to respond, in a timely manner, and hopefully with a solution the to posed question.