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

The .NET Languages: A Quick Translation Guide, by Brian Bischof (Apress, 2001):      http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=80 . A Programmer s Introduction to C#, Second Edition, by Eric Gunnerson (Apress, 2001):      http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=83 . Programming C#, by Gary Cornell (Apress, 2003):      http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=60 .

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/ C# Programmer s Reference:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/csref/html/vcoriCProgrammersReference.asp C# to VB .NET Translator (ASPAlliance.com version):      http://www.aspalliance.com/aldotnet/examples/translate.aspx C# to VB .NET Translator (KamalPatel.Net version):      http://www.kamalpatel.net/ConvertCSharp2VB.aspx C# Tutorials:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/csref/html/vcoriCSharpTutorials.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 GotDotNet C# Community Site (various links, resources, and so on):      http://gotdotnet.com/team/csharp/ GotDotNet Visual J# .NET (various links, resources, and so on):      http://gotdotnet.com/team/vjsharp/ Introduction to C# (seminar):      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/seminar/mmcfeed/mmcdisplayfeed.asp?    Lang=en&Product=103363&Audience=100402 J# QuickStart Tutorials:      http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/latebreaking/default.aspx?lang=VJS Java Developer Services (from Sun Microsystems, Inc.):      http://developer.java.sun.com/ 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 Microsoft Visual J# .NET download (for those using VS .NET v1.0):      http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sample.asp?url=/msdn-files/027/001/973/msdncompositedoc.xml MSDN:      http://msdn.microsoft.com Visual J# (add-on release information, reference, and so on):      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dv_vjsharp/html/vjoriMicrosoftVisualJ.asp Visual J# Samples:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dv_vjsample/html/vjlrfVisualJSamples.asp Visual J# Walkthroughs:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dv_vjsharp/html/vjwlkVisualJWalkthroughs.asp Windows .NET Server 2003:      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/default.asp?contentid=28001691