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Start from scratch, and even if you don?t know a thing about Visual Basic, you soon will with this thorough introduction to Visual Basic programming. Using easy-to-follow lessons and step-by-step instruction, this practical book teaches you concepts and hands-on techniques, then reinforces your learning with video screencasts and supplemental materials. Follow the exercises, then access the Try It section on the DVD, and watch as well-known VB authority and author Rod Stephens works through programming problems.
- Introduces Visual Basic programming to beginning programmers; no prior experience is necessary
- Covers Visual Basic programming concepts and techniques, as well as the Visual Studio development environment
- Provides a series of easy-to-follow lessons, supplemented by instructional video on DVD
- Offers expert instruction from well-known VB authority and author Rod Stephens, who also provides supplemental instruction on the DVD, where he works through a series of Try It problems and demonstrates effective solutions
Stephens' Visual Basic Programming 24-Hour Trainer is an exceptional book-and-DVD package that will have you programming in Visual Basic in no time.
Note: As part of the print version of this title, video lessons are included on DVD. For e-book versions, video lessons can be accessed at wrox.com using a link provided in the interior of the e-book.
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Rod Stephens is a Microsoft MVP and the author of more than 20 books and 250 articles on Visual Basic, C#, Java, and other programming topics. He is a regular contributor to DevX and the author of the bestselling Visual Basic Programmer's Reference.
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Section I: The Visual Studio IDE and Controls.
Lesson 1: Getting Started with the Visual Studio IDE.
Lesson 2: Creating Controls.
Lesson 3: Making Controls Arrange Themselves.
Lesson 4: Handling Events.
Lesson 5: Making Menus.
Lesson 6: Making Tool Strips and Status Strips.
Lesson 7: Using RichTextBoxes.
Lesson 8: Using Standard Dialogs.
Lesson 9: Creating and Displaying New Forms.
Lesson 10: Building Custom Dialogs.
Section II : Variables and Calculations.
Lesson 11: Using Variables and Performing Calculations.
Lesson 12: Debugg ing Code.
Lesson 13: Understanding Scope.
Lesson 14: Working with Strings.
Lesson 15: Working with Dates and Times.
Lesson 16: Using Arrays and Collections.
Lesson 17: Using Enumerations and Structures.
Section III : Program Statements.
Lesson 18: Making Choices.
Lesson 19: Repeating Program Steps.
Lesson 20: Reusing Code with Procedures.
Lesson 21: Handling Errors.
Lesson 22: Preventing Bugs.
Section IV: Classes.
Lesson 23: Defining Classes and Their Properties.
Lesson 24: Defining Class Methods and Events.
Lesson 25: Using Inheritance and Polymorphism.
Lesson 26: Initializing Objects.
Lesson 27: Fine-Tuning Classes.
Lesson 28: Overloading Operators.
Lesson 29: Using Interfaces.
Lesson 30: Making Generic Classes.
Section V: System Interactions.
Lesson 31: Reading and Writing Files.
Lesson 32: Using File System Classes.
Lesson 33: Printing.
Lesson 34: Using the Clipboard.
Lesson 35: Providing Drag and Drop.
Section VI: Specialized topics.
Lesson 36: Using the My Namespace.
Lesson 37: Localizing Programs.
Lesson 38: Manipulating Data with LIN Q to Objects.
Lesson 39: Manipulating Databases with the Entity Framework.
Appendix A: Glossary.
Appendix B: Control Summary.
Appendix C: What's on the DVD?
Index.
