Visual Basic 2005 Demystified

by Jeff Kent

Overview

There’s no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects

Visual Basic 2005 Demystified fully explains the language and its libraries and applications. You’ll even learn to create a Visual Basic program without writing code. This self-teaching guide comes complete with key points, background information, quizzes at the end of each chapter, and even a final exam. Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for advanced students, this is a lively and entertaining brush-up, introductory text, or classroom supplement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071486750
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	12/19/2005
Series:	Demystified
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	333
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Jeff Kent (Los Angeles, CA) is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Los Angeles Valley College in Valley Glen, California. He teaches a number of programming languages, including Visual Basic, C++, C#, Java, and Assembler. He also manages a network for a Los Angeles law firm. He has written several books on computer programming, recently Visual Basic.NET: A Beginner's Guide and C++ Demystified (McGraw-Hill/Osborne) and, concurrently with this book, Visual C# 2005 Demystified (McGraw-Hill). He graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and then went on to obtain a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola (Los Angeles) School of Law and to practice law.

Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction to Visual Basic 2005 Chapter 1: Getting Started with Your First Windows Program Chapter 2: Writing Your First Code Chapter 3: Controls Part Two: Programming Building Blocks: Variables, Data Types, and Operators Chapter 4: Storing Information -- Data Types and Variables Chapter 5: Letting the Program Do the Math -- Arithmetic Operators Chapter 6: Making Comparisons -- Comparison and Logical Operators Part Three: Controlling the Flow of the Program Chapter 7: Making Choices -- If and Select Case Control Structures Chapter 8: Repeating Yourself -- Loops and Arrays Chapter 9: Organizing Your Code with Procedures Part Four: The User Interface Chapter 10: Helper Forms Chapter 11: Menus Chapter 12: Toolbars Part Five: Accessing Data Chapter 13: Accessing Text Files Chapter 14: Databases Chapter 15: Web Applications FINAL EXAM ANSWERS TO QUIZZES AND FINAL EXAM INDEX Chapter 11: Menus and Toolbars Chapter 12: Structured Exception Handling and Debugging