Book description
This unique book-and-video package for Stephens' Visual Basic® Programming 24-Hour Trainer
Start from scratch, and even if you don?t know a thing about Visual Basic, you soon will with this thorough introduction to Visual Basic programming. Using easy-to-follow lessons and step-by-step instruction, this practical book teaches you concepts and hands-on techniques, then reinforces your learning with video screencasts and supplemental materials. Follow the exercises, then access the Try It section on the video, and watch as well-known VB authority and author Rod Stephens works through programming problems.
Introduces Visual Basic programming to beginning programmers; no prior experience is necessary
Covers Visual Basic programming concepts and techniques, as well as the Visual Studio development environment
Provides a series of easy-to-follow lessons, supplemented by instructional video
Stephens' Visual Basic Programming 24-Hour Trainer is an exceptional book-and-video package that will have you programming in Visual Basic in no time.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITOR
- Credits
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
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I. The Visual Studio IDE and Controls
- 1. Getting Started with the Visual Studio IDE
- 2. Creating Controls
- 3. Making Controls Arrange Themselves
- 4. Handling Events
- 5. Making Menus
- 6. Making Tool Strips and Status Strips
- 7. Using RichTextBoxes
- 8. Using Standard Dialogs
- 9. Creating and Displaying New Forms
- 10. Building Custom Dialogs
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II. Variables and Calculations
- 11. Using Variables and Performing Calculations
- 12. Debugging Code
- 13. Understanding Scope
- 14. Working with Strings
- 15. Working with Dates and Times
- 16. Using Arrays and Collections
- 17. Using Enumerations and Structures
- III. Program Statements
- IV. Classes
- V. System Interactions
- VI. Specialized Topics
Product information
- Title: Stephens' Visual Basic® Programming 24-Hour Trainer
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2011
- Publisher(s): Wrox
- ISBN: 9780470943359
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