Book description
Learn Visual Basic step by step and start programming right awayBeginning Visual Basic 2015 is the ideal guide for new programmers, especially those learning their first language. This new edition has been updated to align with Visual Studio 2015, and also refocused to concentrate on key beginner topics. Precise, step-by-step instructions walk you through important tasks, and clear explanations targeted to beginners will have you writing your first Visual Basic application quickly. You'll start from the absolute beginning, assuming no prior programming experience, and then gradually build your skills to write Visual Basic applications for Windows and the Web. Coverage includes objects, class libraries, graphics, databases, and much more, with explicit instructions on using ASP.NET, SQL Server, ADO.NET, and XML.
Visual Studio is the usual environment for Visual Basic programming, and the latest upgrade has made Visual Basic more feature compatible with C# to allow programmers to move fluidly between the two languages. Don't know C#? Don't worry! This book starts from the very beginning of Visual Basic programming to help you build your skills from the ground-up.
- Understand flow control and data structure
- Debug Windows applications, dialog boxes, and menus
- Master objects and object-oriented techniques
- Access databases, program graphics, and program for the Web
Over three million programmers use Visual Basic, and many of them learned it as their first language. It's beginner-friendly, versatile, and visually oriented, making it an ideal introduction to the programming mindset, workflow, and hard skills. Beginning Visual Basic 2015 gets you started on the right foot, with clear, patient instruction and plenty of hands-on practice.
Table of contents
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 WELCOME TO VISUAL BASIC 2015
- 2 THE MICROSOFT .NET FRAMEWORK
- 3 WRITING SOFTWARE
- 4 CONTROLLING THE FLOW
- 5 WORKING WITH DATA STRUCTURES
- 6 BUILDING WINDOWS APPLICATIONS
- 7 DISPLAYING DIALOGS
- 8 CREATING MENUS
- 9 DEBUGGING AND ERROR HANDLING
- 10 BUILDING OBJECTS
- 11 ADVANCED OBJECT-ORIENTED TECHNIQUES
- 12 ACCESSING DATA USING STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE
- 13 DATABASE PROGRAMMING WITH SQL SERVER AND ADO.NET
- 14 ASP.NET
- 15 DEPLOYING YOUR APPLICATION
- 16 WINDOWS 8 APPS
- APPENDIX EXERCISE SOLUTIONS
- ADVERT
- EULA
Product information
- Title: Beginning Visual Basic 2015
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2015
- Publisher(s): Wrox
- ISBN: 9781119092117
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