Learning to Program with VB.NET

Duration: 4 Days

Overview:

If you're new to programming, this is the place! VB .NET from the very ground up will be explained. Maybe those of you who are more code-wise ought to see our VB for Existing Developers

Prerequisites:

None.

Course Topics:

WHERE DO I BEGIN? 

Programming the Easy Way 

The systems development life cycle (SDLC) 

Output Design 

Input Design 

Processing Design 

GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH VB 

Writing our first VB program 

Elements of a VB program 

DATA 

Computer data 

Variables 

Constants 

VB data types 

Numeric data types 

Nonnumeric data types 

The string object 

Operations on data 

Arithmetic operations 

Comparison operators 

Logical operators 

SELECTION STRUCTURES 

The if statement 

Getting input into your program 

The if…else statement 

String response

The Select Case statement 

An introduction to windows 

Windows out 

LOOPS 

Why loops? 

The for loop 

DO loops 

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CREATING YOUR OWN METHODS 

Modular programs are easier to maintain and understand 

What is a method? 

Creating your own methods… 

Method header 

Access modifiers 

The return type 

Method parameters and arguments 

Method overloading 

CREATING OBJECTS FROM INSTANTIABLE CLASSES 

Objects Have Data

Objects Have Behaviour 

Changing an Object's Attributes 

Calling an Object's Methods 

Destroying an object

ARRAYS 

Why arrays 

What's an array? 

Declaring and initializing an array 

Adding data to the elements of an array 

Multiple dimensioned arrays 

Creating arrays of objects 

EXCEPTION HANDLING 

Common beginner errors 

Compiler errors 

Runtime errors/logic errors 

VB error handling 

VB exceptions 

Try-catch-finally blocks 

DEVELOPING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE 

Building a graphical user interface 

Designing our GUI 

Creating our GUI summary 

EVENT HANDLING

VB event handling 

What's an event? 

What's an event procedure? 

Implementing a simple event handler in your code