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Visual Basic.Net
Study Guide
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0-619-20561-X © 2004
Publish date: May 10, 2004
700 pages |
Course ID: vb-dot-net-sg
Get an overview of Visual Basic.NET and learn real-world techniques by choosing the Visual Basic.Net study guide from our library of computer training books. This course is an ideal solution for the busy student.
The Visual Basic.Net courseware covers a variety of topics including a basic overview of Visual Basic.NET, how to create Windows-based applications, using controls, designing and developing applications, using variables and constants, selection structures, loops, repetition structures, Sub and Function procedures, list boxes and form instances, and string manipulation basics. Other topics that you will learn about by following this course include menus, sequential access file basics, DateTimePicker controls, PrintDocument controls, random access files, and arrays.
The Visual Basic.Net courseware is a complete course comprised of twenty one information-packed units. Each unit presents the information in an easy to comprehend format that includes section reviews and interactive exercises.
You can learn how to use Visual Basic.NET in as little as five days when you choose this self-directed course. But because of the format, you can also take as long as you want to complete your studies. This course makes an excellent training tool on its own as well as a terrific supplement to your existing courses.
Course Contents
Unit 1 covers an overview of Visual Basic .NET
- Introduction to OOP
- A sample Visual Basic .NET application
Unit 2 covers how to create a Windows based application
- How to create an application
- Using the windows in the IDE
- Using solutions
Unit 3 covers using controls
- Form controls
- Running applications
- Working with timer controls
Unit 4 covers designing applications
- Solving problems
- Planning OOED applications
- How to build user interfaces
Unit 5 covers developing applications
- Coding applications
- How to test, debug, and document
Unit 6 discusses variables and constants
- Variables
- Named constants
Unit 7 covers working with variables and constants
- Modifying basic application codes
- Modifying advanced application codes
Unit 8 talks about selection structures
- The If.Then.Else statement
- Comparison and logical operators
Unit 9 discusses how to use simple selection structures
- GroupBox control, Pmt, and the MessageBox.Show functions
- Working with KeyPress events and Label TextAlign
Unit 10 discusses complex selection structures
- Working with nested, If/ElseIf/Else, and Case structures
- Special comparison operators
Unit 11 goes over using complex selection structures
- Math Practice application
- How to complete the Math Practice application
Unit 12 talks about loops
- Working with the Grade Calculator application
- The repetition structure
Unit 13 covers working with repetition structures
- Using collections
- How to implement the Grade Calculator application
Unit 14 covers Sub and Function procedures
- Sub procedures
- Function procedures
Unit 15 covers list boxes and form instances
- Working with list box controls
- Completing Payroll applications
Unit 16 covers string manipulation basics
- String manipulation
- Searching strings
Unit 17 covers menus
- How to add the main menu control
- How to code the New Game menu item
Unit 18 covers sequential access file basics
- File types and sequential access files
- Writing to a file and reading from a file
Unit 19 covers DateTimePicker and PrintDocument controls
- Working with the DateTimePicker control
- Working with the PrintDocument control
Unit 20 covers random access file basics
- Understanding random access files
- Working with random access files
Unit 21 covers working with random access files
- Adding records to random access files
- How to remove records and how to print
Unit 22 covers arrays
- Basic one-dimensional arrays
- Advanced one-dimensional arrays
- Working with two-dimensional arrays
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