Visual Basic.Net Reflection Handbook

by Jeremy Miller, Michael J. Gillespie, Syed Fahad Gilani, et al.

Reflection is a mechanism provided by .NET that enables developers to make their programs more flexible and dynamic. Reflection makes it possible for applications to be more modular, extensible, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861007590
• ISBN13: 9781861007599
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Wrox Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book. Would fit on any shelf.

I purchased this book to help me out with a few things we were thinking about looking into at work but it's shown me so much more. It does a very good job of discussing Reflection, as well as the various places that it would be used. It gives useful examples and doesn't weigh you down with too much code that has nothing to do with the purpose of the examples. This is one book that would do well to find it's way onto any dot net developers book shelf. It's a great resource that I see my self using for a while. It's also led me to purchase a few other books relating to topics it touches on but only goes into enough depth to show how they could be useful to reflection. For example, the Abstract Factory pattern and how reflection can be used to make it even more extensible in an application. Every time i turn the page i find myself saying "That's exactly what i was looking for" over and over again. You won't be disappointed with this purchase.

excerlent for beginners

i tried out all the examples and they workthis is a very good introduction to relection technology which has dogged me for 1.5 yearsI fully enjoyed the book and I am now more familiar with the technology. thank you

Buy it NOW!

The book comes with an 'excellent' set of real world examples, solutions and a lot of information you simply can't do without! If you're interested in 'really' unleashing .NET's true power, this book is just what you need! Once you're done with it, you'll wish the book never ended :) Yes, it's THAT good!

Very enjoyable and well worth the[money]

One of a growing series of books, this is the second that I'd picked up and even better than the first one (which was the Remoting). This book covers reflection in all its glory - giving all the details that we need to use reflection to the full. Where the book stands out from others is that it not only gives the technical details but also puts all the examples into a real world situation giving an insight into why we're using reflection in the first place. Definitely worth the [money] ...

Very pleased

I've considered reflection one of the neatest features of .Net, but have scarcely seen it covered in the books I've read so far. This book exactly hit the spot. In 242 pages it succintly explains reflection in a very readable manner. It describes the 'why to do things' and not just the 'how to do things'. It even points out where using reflection would be overkill. I'm very pleased.