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.

Books

.NET Security, by Jason Bock, Pete Stromquist, Tom Fischer, and Nathan Smith (Apress, 2002):      http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=104 . .NET System Management Services, by Alexander Golomshtok (Apress, 2003):      http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=120.

Magazines

.NET Magazine:      http://www.fawcette.com/dotnetmag/ 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 ASP.NET Web Application Security:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconaspnetwebapplicationsecurity.asp Configuration Files:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconconfigurationfiles.asp Creating Windows Applications:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vboriCreatingStandaloneAppsVB.asp DotNeteXtreme.com (.NET tips and articles):      http://www.dotnetextreme.com/default.asp EggHeadCafe.com Tips and Tricks (.NET tips and articles):      http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tipstricks.asp GotDotNet:      http://www.gotdotnet.com/ GotDotNet: Backwards Breaking Changes from Version 1.0 to 1.1:      http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/changeinfo/Backwards1.0to1.1/default.aspx#00000106 Introduction to ASP.NET:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconintroductiontoasp.asp 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 Windows .NET Server 2003:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/default.asp?contentid=28001691 XML Web Services Developer Center Home:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/ webservices /