Our comprehensive Visual Basic .NET course provides in-depth coverage of Visual Basic .NET features—from fundamental to advanced topics with instruction by industry experts Andy Baron, Mary Chipman, and Ken Getz. This course will get you up to speed on all the VB .NET features and programming requirements including: VB .NET language features, the .NET framework, ADO.NET, object-oriented programming, Windows Forms, XCopy deployment, and much more...

Course includes 78+ hours of total training time...

• 16 modules of training
• Over 26 hours of media run time
• Over 1100 pages of printable courseware
• Step-by-step hands-on-labs
• Sample code

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET

In this course you will...

• Learn about Windows Forms
• Get up to speed on the new Visual Basic syntax
• Understand how to trap Windows Forms events
• Learn basic object-oriented programming techniques
• See the latest Windows Forms controls
• Become familiar with classes for handling string and date data
• Learn how to access data using ADO.NET
• Understand how to use inheritance and override members
• Work with the new VB.NET debugging features
• Understand error handling using Exception objects
• Learn how to work with the Windows file system
• Investigate new .NET data structures
• Learn the role of DataSets in ADO.NET
• Understand how to build Windows Services
• Learn how to create data-bBound application
• Build XML Web Services
• See how VB.NET can access COM components
• Become familiar with ASP.NET and server controls
• Learn about .NET security
• Understand how to build reports using Crystal Reports
• Learn to create MDI applications
• See how to efficiently deploy your VB.NET applications

SESSION 1 (114:41)

Introduction to Windows Forms 

• Yes, .NET Does Windows 

• Adding Controls to a Form 

• A Peek behind the Scenes

• Adding Event Handling Code 

• Adding a Menu to the Form 

• Adding Non-Graphical Components

VB.NET Nuts and Bolts

• Creating Console Applications 

• Creating a New Visual Basic.NET Project

• Modules and Classes

SESSION 2(97:21)

VB.NET Nuts and Bolts (cont.)

• Variables, Operators, and Data Types 

• Procedures, Arguments, Looping, and Control Flow

The Windows Forms Event Model

• How Visual Basic.NET Handles Events 

• Understanding Delegates 

• Anatomy of an Event Handler 

• Exploring Form and Control Events

SESSION 3(99:28)

Classes and Objects

• Using Objects to Organize a Complex World

• Defining Classes 

• Constructing Objects 

• Creating and Using Properties 

• Creating and Using Methods 

• Raising and Handling Events 

• Finalization

Windows Forms Controls

• TabControl, Context Menu, TrackBar 

SESSION 4(108:21)

Windows Forms Controls (cont.)

• TabControl, Context Menu, TrackBar (cont.)

• NumericUpDown, DomainUpDown 

• Label, CheckBox, RadioButton 

• ListBox 

• Adding Controls Dynamically 

• Other List Controls 

• Anchoring and Docking 

• Using the Splitter Control 

• Dialog Controls 

SESSION 5(90:03)

Working with Strings and Dates

• Working with Text: The String Class 

• Manipulating Text with the StringBuilder Class 

• Working with Dates and Times 

• Handling Elapsed Times with the TimeSpan Type 

Exception Handling 

• Perspectives on Exception Handling 

• Adding a Simple Try/Catch Block 

• Using an Exception Object 

• Catching Specific Exceptions 

• Using the Throw Keyword 

• Using the Finally Block 

SESSION 6 (113:15)

Debugging Your Applications 

• Configuring the Debugging Environment 

• Debugging Syntax Errors 

• Configuring Debugging in Visual Studio .NET 

• Setting Breakpoints and Stepping through Code 

• Exploring the Debugging Windows 

• Writing to the Windows Event Log 

Inheritance and Interfaces

• Object Oriented Programming

• Supporting Inheritance 

• Creating a Derived Class 

• Overriding in Action 

• Customizing Controls with Inheritance 

SESSION 7 (80:49)

Inheritance and Interfaces (cont.)

• Using Interfaces 

• Implementing IComparable to Enable Sorting 

Handling Input/Output Tasks

• Introducing the System.IO Namespace

• Selecting Files

• Handling Path Information 

• Working with Directories and Files 

• Reading and Writing Text Files 

SESSION 8 (102:21)

Investigating .NET Data Structures

• Working with Arrays 

• Useful System.Array Members 

• Arrays in the .NET Framework 

• The ArrayList Class 

• The HashTable Class 

• The SortedList Class 

• The Stack and Queue Classes 

• Creating Strongly Typed Collections

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Andy Baron, Mary Chipman, and Ken Getz are all Senior Consultants with MCW Technologies, a Microsoft Solution Provider. All have been Microsoft MVPs since 1995. When not creating applications for clients, Andy, Mary, and Ken write articles for technical journals such as MSDN, Visual Basic Programmer's Journal, asp.netPRO, Access-VB-SQL Advisor, MsOfficePro, and SQL Server Magazine, and have written over 10 technical books on various development topics. All three authors speak regularly at industry conferences, including Microsoft's Tech-Ed and DevDays, DevConnections, VBITS, and Advisor Devcon.

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