Visual Basic.NET Programming: Business Applications with a Design Perspective, 2nd Edition

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Features

• NEW - New VB.NET technologies—e.g., ADO.NET, Web forms, and Web services.

  • Ensures that students gain and maintain a professional advantage by mastering cutting-edge techniques that produce superior results.

• NEW - Revised exercises/projects.

  • Gives students hands-on practice with the newest features of the language.

• Application context—Demonstrates clearly the application context of each significant language feature introduced. In many cases, the application context is presented before the language feature.

  • Saves students from having to struggle to figure out how each bit of information they learn fits in the overall picture. They can readilysee and appreciate the use of each feature, and will be more receptive to learning the details. Instructorswill be able to spend more time teaching and less time motivating students.

• Each important topic treated in depth.

  • Leaves no blind spots for students to feel around for themselves.

• Design orientation—Shows that while many features may appear to be equally able to solve a given programming problem, the result in effects may not be exactly the same in terms of code efficiency, effectivenesses, robustness, and maintainability. Considers these alternatives carefully, points out the advantages and disadvantages, and suggests the best alternative when applicable.

  • Students learn to determine which feature works better than various alternatives, given a program context.

• Step-by-step code examples.

  • Students can clearly see how “pieces of a puzzle” are put together and understand the logic and reasoning behind the code. Allows instructorsto spend more time on key points without being sidetracked into explaining various details.

• Interactions among control interfaces—Discusses how some VB events can be triggered without “obvious” reasons. Explicitly warns students of these potential problems which are very hard for beginners to identify and which can cause confusion and frustration.

  • Prepares students for various mysterious problems and equips them to effectively trace the bugs in their programs.

• Special boxed material— Tips gives special coding or design tips for code efficiency, robustness or to avoid errors; Try This gives instructions for trying a code sample to illustrate a particular point; Look It Up directs students to look up additional information in the help file, and clearly indicates the type of information and knowledge that can be learned from the help page.

• Chapter-end assignments.

  • Explore and Discover exercises suggest activities to perform or code samples to run and allow students to experiment and learn by trial-and-error. Exercisesrequire students to apply what they've learned from the chapter. Projectschallenge students to put manylanguage features together to solve a problem requiring a sizable solution.

• Chapter objectives and bulleted summaries.

  • Helps keep students focused while studying content and provides a convenient tool for review and assessing comprehension.

Description

Featuring step-by-step code examples throughout, this introduction to Visual Basic not only explains the “how to” of various VB features, but explores how the VB language features can be put together to solve practical application problems. It explains the logic and reasoning behind the code, shows how to evaluate coding alternatives within the context of application specifics, and points out how some “mysterious” VB events can be triggered without “obvious” reasons. Includes special boxed Tips with special coding or design tips for code that is efficient, robust, and free of errors. KEY TOPICS: Some Visual Basic Controls and Events. Data, Operations and Built-in Functions. Decision. Input, Output and Procedures. Repetition. Database and Data Management. Arrays and Their Uses. Special Topics in Data Entry. Menus and Multiple-Form Applications. Object-Based Programming. Object-Oriented Programming. MARKET: For Visual Basic programmers.

Sample Content

Table of Contents

 1. Introduction.


 2. Introduction to Visual Basic Programming.


 3. Some Visual Basic Controls and Events.


 4. Data, Operations and Built-in Functions.


 5. Decision.


 6. Input, Output and Procedures.


 7. Repetition.


 8. Database and Data Management.


 9. Arrays and Their Uses.


10. Special Topics in Data Entry.


11. Menus and Multiple-Form Applications.


12. Object-Based Programming.


13. Object-Oriented Programming.


14. Beyond the Core.


Appendix A: Data Management Using Files.


Appendix B: Graphics, Animation, Drag and Drop.


Appendix C: Number Systems and Bit-wise Logical Operations.


Index.

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