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Visual Basic .NET Introduction

5 Day Course

Overview

In this course, you learn the Visual Basic .NET language from the ground up and use Visual Studio .NET to assist you in your learning as well as in the creation of end-user applications. It provides you with the basic skills required to develop functionally sound Visual Basic .NET applications

Prerequisites

To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following Systematix course or have equivalent knowledge

Benefits

You will learn Visual Basic .NET to create graphical user interface applications.

Target student

This course is designed for programmers who have written code for at least three months using a procedural language (such as Fortran, Pascal, C, or Cobol) or an object-oriented programming language (such as Java, C++, Delphi, or Powerbuilder).

What's next

For developers of ASP applications ASP.NET Using VisualBasic.NET, ADO.NET, and XML is the next course in this series.

Creating a User Interface in a Windows Forms Application

• Determine Form Properties
• Determine Form Controls
• Determine Control Properties
• Manipulate Grouped Controls
• Write Event Procedures

Working With Data and Variables

• Declare Variables and Constants
• Determine and Set Scope
• Perform Mathematical Calculations
• Create an Array
• Create a Structure to Implement a Custom Data Type
• Create a Collection
• Create an Enumeration

Controlling Program Flow

• Implement a Standard Module
• Manipulate Forms
• Create Functions
• Create Sub Procedures
• Write Decision Structures
• Write Loop Statements
• Debug Logic Errors
• Validate Data
• Implement Structured Exception Handling

Working with Classes

• Create a Class
• Create a Property Procedure
• Create a Method
• Create and Handle a Custom Event
• Set an Object's Initial Values Using a Constructor
• Implement Overloading
• Write Sharable Code
• Create a Class Using Inheritance
• Provide Polymorphism Through Inheritance

Enhancing User Interface Functionality

• Add a Menu to a Windows Form
• Add Dialog Box Controls
• Add a Toolbar
• Add a Status Bar
• Create a Form Using Visual Inheritance
• Create a User Control
• Retrieve Data from an External Data Source
• Manipulate Data in a Windows Forms Application
• Create an Application Configuration File

Deploying Your Application

• Create a Deployment Project
• View Metadata
• Create and Deploy a Shared Assembly

Creating Web Applications

• Create a Web Forms Application
• Create a Web Service Application
• Consume a Web Service Application