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

Comprehensive VB .NET Debugging, by Mark Pearce (Apress, 2003):      http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=128 . Debugging Strategies for .NET Developers, by Darin Dillon (Apress, 2003):      http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=131 . Performance Tuning and Optimization for ASP.NET Applications, by Jeffrey Hasan and Kenneth Tu (Apress, 2003):      http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=135 .

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/ Building, Debugging, and Testing:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vsintro7/html/vxoriBuildingDebuggingandTesting.asp Creating Windows Applications: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vboriCreatingStandaloneAppsVB.asp Debugging SQL:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vsdebug/html/  _core_debugging_sql.asp GotDotNet: Backwards Breaking Changes from Version 1.0 to 1.1:      http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/changeinfo/Backwards1.0to1.1/default.aspx#00000106 Important (Performance) Counters for Web Testing:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/act/htm/actml_ref_pcls.asp Microsoft Application Center Test 1.0, Visual Studio .NET Edition (documen tation):      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/act/htm/actml_main.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 The VS7 Debugger White Paper:      http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/csharp/learn/whitepapers/howtosolvedebuggerproblems.doc 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 /