Below you will find a group of links to some of the best VB, ASP, ASP.NET, and C# books in their respective categories. All of the books listed have been carefully chosen on the basis of their quality, popularity, and rating by the Visual Basic community.   VB Books | Classic VB Books | ASP Books | ASP.NET Books | C# Books Murach's Visual Basic 2008 Publisher: Murach Review Whether you're a beginner or experienced programmer, Murach's Visual Basic 2008 will quickly teach you to develop and deploy professional object oriented database applications. In section one you will be introduced to the .NET Framework and you will learn how to develop a simple Windows application using the form designer and the code editor. Section two presents the various data types, control structures, as well as the core .NET classes. You will learn data validation and how to create your own business and database classes. In section three you will learn how to develop professional database applications with the help of the new data sources feature and the new DataGridView control. You will also learn to directly access a database using ADO.NET code. Section four will teach you the object oriented features of Visual Basic. You'll learn how to use inheritance, polymorphism, interfaces, and more. The final section shows you how to work with text, binary, and XML files. You'll also learn how to work with multiple document interface(MDI), menus, toolbars, status bars, and help. The last chapter shows three ways to deploy your application, including the new ClickOne deployment feature. Murach Visual Basic 2008 is a must read for both beginner and experienced programmers who wish to quickly learn to build Visual Basic 2008 applications at a professional level. With detailed coverage of IDE best practices, end of chapter exercises, non-trivial sample applications, and the unique paired-page format, Murach Visual Basic 2008 will have you building professional level real world applications in no time. Read Reviews | Buy from Amazon Simply Visual Basic 2008 Publisher: Prentice Hall Review This book provides exhaustive coverage of everything you need to know in order to master the latest version of Visual Basic. The book is designed for readers of all levels from experienced programmers to those with little or no programming experience. It does so by providing beginners with basic underlying good programming skills, while at the same time offering experinced developers detailed and exhaustive coverage of the Visual Basic 2008 language. By simply flipping through the pages of this book, it becomes evident that an enormous amount of time and effort went into it. It offers the same high quality and detailed coverage that you would find in most college level academic books. The book's 1400 plus pages include 32 tutorials and 100+ exercises on real-world applications. It contains thousands of lines of carefully commented code, hundreds of programs with screens shots, and hundreds of programming tips. All of the code is presented in full color as it would appear on a computer monitor. Each chapter provides extensive self-review exercises which are designed to build confidence with the new material. Key topics include Language Integrated Query (LINQ), Visual Programming, Framework Class Library (FCL), Controls (Buttons, TextBoxes, ListBoxes, Timers, ComboBoxes, RadioButtons, Menus, Dialogs), Event Handling, Debugger, Algorithms, Control Structures, Methods, Random-Number Generation, Arrays, Classes, Objects, Collections, Mouse & Keyboard Event Handling, Strings, Files, Database, Graphics, Multimedia, GUI Design and Web applications. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to master this latest version of Visual Basic. Read Reviews | Buy from Amazon Murach's ADO.NET 3.5, LINQ, and the Entity Framework with VB 2008 Publisher: Murach Review Murach's ADO.NET 3.5 is the only book you will need to develop ADO.NET, LINQ, and Entity Framework Applications. With the help of 23 complete real world applications, end of chapter exercises, and Murach's paired page format, with code/syntax on the right and explanations on the left, you will have all the tools you need to develop your own real world database applications with ADO.NET 3.5. Read Reviews | Buy from Amazon Murach's ADO.NET 3.5, LINQ, and the Entity Framework with C# 2008 Publisher: Murach Review This book is the C# 2008 equivalent to the book reviewed above. If you prefer to use C# 2008 as your programming language, then you should choose this book. Read Reviews | Buy from Amazon Murach's Oracle SQL and PL/SQL Publisher: Murach Review This book is for developers who wish to create database applications using Oracle and PL/SQL. You will learn how to use the free SQL Developer tool, which is a GUI that allows to create and run queries more efficiently than with older command line tools. You'll learn essential SQL syntax skills to retieve data and update a database, as well as database design skills such as creating tables, indexes, views, and managing security. The book will teach you more advanced topics such as using PL/SQL to manage transactions and locking, create stored procedures, functions, and triggers. You'll also learn how to work with advanced data types such as timestamps and intervals. If you use Oracle as a backend database to your VB, C# or ASP.NET database applications, then Murach's Oracle SQL and PL/SQL should be the next addition to your developer library. Read Reviews | Buy from Amazon