VB.NET represents an enormous change for Visual Basic developers, with new syntax, new feature interactions, and powerful new capabilities. To succeed with VB.NET, developers and organizations need high-quality development standards. The Visual Basic.NET Style Guide brings together state-of-the-art guidelines for professional VB.NET development, organized in patterns that offer specific solutions to the most common VB.NET development problems, and illuminated through short, simple examples. This book fully reflects the major changes Microsoft has introduced in VB.NET, from syntax and behavior to .NET external libraries and new user interface and database standards. Patrick introduces best-practice style and design solutions for declaring VB.NET elements; commenting; ensuring user interface consistency; leveraging ADO.NET's database tools; and much more. He also provides a comprehensive reference, organized by VB.NET feature, and covering both VB.NET keywords and .NET external libraries formerly embedded within the Visual Basic grammar.