Book description
Your hands-on guide to Visual Basic fundamentals
Expand your expertise—and teach yourself the fundamentals of Microsoft Visual Basic 2013. If you have previous programming experience but are new to Visual Basic 2013, this tutorial delivers the step-by-step guidance and coding exercises you need to master core topics and techniques.
Discover how to:
Master essential Visual Basic programming techniques
Begin building apps for Windows Store, Windows Phone 8, and ASP.NET
Design apps using XAML markup, touch input, and live tiles
Tackle advanced language concepts, such as polymorphism
Manage data sources including XML documents and web data
Create a Windows Phone 8 app that manages key lifecycle events
Table of contents
- Microsoft Visual Basic 2013 Step by Step
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- Introduction
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I. Introduction to Visual Studio development
- 1. Visual Basic 2013 development opportunities and the Windows Store
- 2. The Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment
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3. Creating your first Windows Store application
- Lucky Seven: A Visual Basic app for the Windows Store
- Programming step by step
- Designing the user interface
- Final property settings and adjustments
- Writing the code
- A look at the SpinButton_Click event handler
- Running Windows Store apps
- Creating a splash screen for your app
- Building an executable file
- Summary
- 4. Windows desktop apps: A walkthrough using Windows Forms
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II. Designing the user interface
- 5. Working with Windows Store app controls
- 6. Working with Windows Forms controls
- 7. XAML markup step by step
- 8. Using XAML styles
- 9. Exploring Windows 8.1 design features: Command bar, flyout, tiles, and touch
- 10. Creating console applications
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III. Visual Basic programming techniques
- 11. Mastering data types, operators, and string processing
- 12. Creative decision structures and loops
- 13. Trapping errors by using structured error handling
- 14. Using arrays, collections, and generics to manage data
- 15. Innovative data management with LINQ
- 16. Object-oriented programming techniques
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IV. Database and web programming
- 17. Database controls for Windows desktop apps
- 18. Data access for Windows Store apps
- 19. Visual Studio web development with ASP.NET
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V. Microsoft Windows Phone programming
- 20. Introduction to Windows Phone 8 development
- 21. Creating your first Windows Phone 8 application
- A. About the author
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Microsoft Visual Basic 2013 Step by Step
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2013
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780735673380
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