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/ Visual Studio Magazine:        http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/ XML & Web Services Magazine:        http://www.fawcette.com/xmlmag/

Web Sites

The .NET Compact Framework ”Overview:         http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/device/compactfx.asp .NET Enterprise Servers Overview:        http://www.microsoft.com/servers/evaluation/overview/ .NET Training Roadmap:        http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/training/roadmap/chart_tabloid.pdf Microsoft .NET Basics: What Is .NET?:        http://www.microsoft.com/net/defined/ Microsoft .NET Language Partners :        http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/partners/language/default.asp Microsoft Certifications:        http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcp/default.asp Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN):        http://msdn.microsoft.com/ Microsoft Windows Updates:        http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ Visual Studio .NET Professional 60-Day Trial Edition:        http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/productinfo/trial.asp