Visual Basic 2005 Programming Course

Course Description

This course focuses on Visual Basic development using VB 2005 and the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR). Topics covered include the VB 2005 syntax, OO basics, classes, interfaces, and the .NET environment.

Prerequisites

Previous programming experience is essential.

Intended Audience

Developers who want to develop applications for the .NET framework.

Contents

Introduction to Visual Basic 2005

Common Language Runtime. •  Differences between VB 2005 and VB 6.0. •  Upgrade and portability issues.

Object Orientation in VB 2005

Concepts. •  Base & derived classes. •  Overloading vs Overriding. •  Virtual methods. •  Shadowing. •  Member scope & access. •  Constructors & destructors. •  Statefull versus stateless.

Program Structure and Project Types

Console applications. •  WinForms. •  Deployment. •  Assemblies. •  Name spaces. •  CLR system classes.

Form Based Development

WinForms. •  Visual inheritance. •  Menus. •  Form events. •  Dialogs. •  MDI interfaces and execution.

Common Programming Tasks

File access. •  External libraries. •  System name spaces. •  COM Interop library. •  Using legacy components.

ActiveX Controls

Creation. •  Inheritance. •  Properties, methods and events. •  Intrinsic controls. •  Custom controls.

Data Types, Expressions and Statements

Data types. •  Type safety. •  New system data types. •  Type conversion.

Procedures, Functions and Program Statements

Keywords. •  Built-in. •  Procedures and functions. •  Optional parameters. •  New constructs. •  Exception handling.

Database Development

ADO.NET. •  Providers. •  ODBC, OLEDB and SQL Server. •  System.Data.sqlClient. •  Connection & Command objects. •  Data Adapter, Reader, Set, Table objects. •  Connected vs disconnected. •  SQL & stored procedures. •  Data controls, Grids, Lists and Combo boxes •  Bound controls versus unbound controls.

Miscellaneous

Debugger. •  VB.NET and XML. •  OO Design Methodologies.

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