.NET Track - So You THINK You Know What an Object Is And OOP Review for VB6 Developers?
The Effects Of Casting, Shadowing, Overriding, And Other OOP Mechanisms On Objects
Dec. 15, 2004 12:00 AM
You might think you know what an object is, but do you really? Things are not really as they seem in this interesting session that explores the effects of casting, shadowing, overriding, and other OOP mechanisms on objects, and how you can easily be tricked into thinking one plus one does not equal two.
About Carl FranklinCarl Franklin has been a figurehead in the VB community since the very early days when he wrote for Visual Basic Programmers Journal. He authored the Q&A column of that magazine as well as many feature articles for VBPJ and other magazines. He has authored two books for John Wiley & Sons on sockets programming in VB, and in 1994 he helped create the very first web site for VB developers, Carl & Gary's VB Home Page. He now teaches hands-on VB .NET classes for his company, Franklins.Net. He has taught developers from Citigroup, Aetna, Fidelity Investments, Fleet Bank, Foxwoods Casino, UTC, Hubbell, Microsoft, Mohegan Sun Casino, Northeast Utilities, to name a few. Carl is co-host of a weekly talk show on his website for .NET programmers called .NET Rocks! Carl is MSDN Regional Director for Connecticut.