COBOL and Visual Basic on .NET: A Guide for the Reformed Mainframe Programmer

The following are some suggested supplemental references to further your retraining effort.

Magazines

.NET Magazine:       http://www.fawcette.com/dotnetmag/ Exchange & Outlook Magazine, DevX Newsletter (by Jim Minatel, Editor-in-Chief):      http://www.devx.com/free/newsletters/exo/exoed031601.asp MSDN Magazine:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/ Visual Studio Magazine:      http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/ Windows Developer Magazine:      http://www.wd-mag.com/ XML & Web Services Magazine:      http://www.fawcette.com/xmlmag/

Web Sites

.NET Architecture Center:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/ .NET Enterprise Servers Online Books:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/servers/books/ default.asp .NET Framework Redistributable Package Technical Reference:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetfxref.asp Creating Windows Applications:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbcon/html/ vboriCreatingStandaloneAppsVB.asp Deploying .NET Applications: Lifecycle Guide:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnbda/html/DALGRoadmap.asp Dotfuscator (obfuscator software by PreEmptive Solutions):      http://www.preemptive.com/dotfuscator/index.html EggHeadCafe.com Tips and Tricks (.NET tips and articles):      http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tipstricks.asp Fujitsu NetCOBOL for .NET:      http://www.netcobol.com/products/windows/netcobol.html GotDotNet:      http://www.gotdotnet.com/ Introduction to ASP.NET:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconintroductiontoasp.asp IISFAQ (online guide for installing and configuring IIS):      http://iisfaq.com/ Microsoft Application Center 2000:      http://www.microsoft.com/catalog/display.asp?subid=22&site=10616 Microsoft ASP.NET Home Page:      http://www.asp.net/ Microsoft Community (discussion groups, e-newsletters, and so forth):      http://communities2.microsoft.com/ Microsoft Patterns & Practices:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/ Microsoft's Search the Knowledge Base Web Site:      http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;EN-US;KBHOWTO Microsoft TechNet How-To Index:      http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/ itsolutions/howto MSDN:      http://msdn.microsoft.com Placing a .NET Assembly in the GAC Using MMC and Sn.exe:      http://www.wimdows.net/articles/article.aspx?aid=12 Symbol Servers and Symbol Stores:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/debug/base/ symbol_servers_and_symbol_stores.asp Team Development with Visual Studio .NET and Visual SourceSafe:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnbda/html/tdlg_rm.asp Windows .NET Server 2003:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/ default.asp?contentid=28001691 Wise for Visual Studio .NET:      http://www.wise.com/visualstudio.asp?bhcp=1 XML Web Services Developer Center Home:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/ webservices /