Visual Basic.NET: A Beginner's Guide

✍ Scribed by Herbert Schildt

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/OsborneMedia
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 267
• Series: Beginner's Guide
• Edition: annotated edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is your one-stop answer shop to gaining the programming skills necessary to succeed in e-commerce. Hands-on learning techniques cover the .NET integrated development environment, including Web services, object-oriented programming, debugging, and more.

✦ Table of Contents

Visual Basic .NET— A Beginner’ s Guide......Page 1
Overview......Page 3
What this Book Covers......Page 4
Contacting the Author......Page 7
Introduction to Visual Basic .NET......Page 8
Visual Basic .NET Defined......Page 9
Visual Basic .NET Is a Programming Language......Page 10
Visual Basic .NET Is Used for Writing Windows Applications......Page 11
Windows Applications Are Gooey......Page 12
Windows Applications Are Event- Driven......Page 13
The Visual Basic .NET Programming Language Is Object-Oriented......Page 14
It’ s Not Just Visual Basic, It’s Visual Basic .NET......Page 17
Mastery Check......Page 18
Overview......Page 20
The .NET Framework......Page 21
Before You Install Visual Studio. NET......Page 22
Starting and Customizing Visual Studio. NET......Page 27
The Code Behind the Scenes......Page 34
Mastery Check......Page 41
Event Procedures......Page 43
Viewing and Changing Properties......Page 51
Adding Controls to the Form......Page 55
Mastery Check......Page 62
Programming Building Blocks: Variables, Data Types, and Operators......Page 64
Data Types......Page 65
Variables......Page 73
Constants......Page 83
Mastery Check......Page 85
The Assignment Operator......Page 87
Type Conversions......Page 89
Arithmetic Operators......Page 94
Mastery Check......Page 102
Comparison Operators......Page 104
Logical Operators......Page 110
Summary......Page 113
Mastery Check......Page 114
Controlling the Flow of the Program......Page 116
If Statements......Page 117
Controls Used for If Statements......Page 121
The Select Case Statement......Page 126
Mastery Check......Page 132
Loop Structures......Page 134
Arrays......Page 140
Summary......Page 152
Mastery Check......Page 153
Types of Procedures......Page 154
Subroutines......Page 156
More on Arguments......Page 163
Procedure Overloading......Page 170
Summary......Page 174
Mastery Check......Page 175
The User Interface......Page 177
Overview......Page 178
Message Boxes......Page 179
Dialog Boxes......Page 185
Owned Forms......Page 193
Summary......Page 199
Mastery Check......Page 200
Menus......Page 201
Context Menu......Page 209
Toolbars......Page 218
Adding Functionality to the Toolbar......Page 223
Mastery Check......Page 227
Error Handling and Prevention......Page 229
Structured Exception Handling......Page 230
Debugging......Page 236
Summary......Page 248
Mastery Check......Page 249
Writing Code......Page 250
Module 4: Variables and Data Types......Page 251
Module 6: Comparison and Logical Operators......Page 252
Module 9: Procedures......Page 253
Module 10: Helper Forms......Page 254
Module 12: Structured Exception Handling and Debugging......Page 255
List of Figures......Page 257
List of Tables......Page 261
List of Ask the Experts......Page 263
List of 1- Minute Drills......Page 266