Visual Basic Programming Course

Course Description

The Visual Basic Programming course focuses on application development using Visual Basic and the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR). Topics covered include the Visual Basic language syntax, OO basics, classes, interfaces, and the .NET environment.

Course Objectives

Delegates who complete the Visual Basic Programming course will be able to:

• Write VB.NET Console programs.
• Understand and debug VB.NET programs.
• Understand the principles of the Common Language Runtime.

Intended Audience

The Visual Basic Programming course is suitable for developers who want to develop applications for the .NET framework.

Course Prerequisites

Previous programming experience is essential.

Please ensure you meet the prerequisites for the Visual Basic Programming Course before you attend the course. Read the importance of course prerequisites to understand why this is necessary.

Course Contents

Introduction to Visual Basic

Common Language Runtime. •  Differences between Visual Basic in the .NET environment and VB 6.0. •  Upgrade and portability issues.

Object Orientation in Visual Basic

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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