Visual Basic .NET is the most significant upgrade to VB since its first release 10 years ago. It is one of the core pieces of Microsoft's upgrade to Visual Studio, which also includes the new language C# and Visual C++. The new VStudio release is significant because for the first time, Microsoft will have a common user interface for all of its languages. Visual Basic .NET Complete contains 1000 pages of in-depth technical content for the update to the most popular programming language in the world, with comprehensive coverage of VB's new language features, Web programming with ASP.NET and XML, and database programming with ADO.NET.