Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Programming

Visual Basic .NET Programming -   Duration 5 days

Course Aims:

This course is design to provide programmers with the essential skills and knowledge necessary to allow them to become competent in developing VB .NET applications. This course can also be used as a VB6 to VB .NET upgrade.

Course Outline:

Overview of the .NET platform:

The .NET Framework

The Microsoft Visual Studio IDE:

The menus in the IDE
The IDE toolbars
The IDE Windows
Visual Studio 2008
Creating a Visual Basic Console Application
Using Namespaces
Windows vs Console Applications
Code Snippets

Variables, Operators & Expressions:

VB Primitive Data Types
Declaration & Initialisation of Variables
Variable Scope & Persistency
Static Variables
Operators
Operator Precedence
Infinity & Other Oddities
Byte Variables
Boolean Variables
Characte & String Variables
Date Variables
Object Variables
Option Strict
Type Conversion
User Defined Types
Constants
Enumerations
Arrays
Formatting Numbers & Dates

Programming in VB:

Decision Statements
Loop Statements
Exceptions
Procedures & Functions

Windows Forms Applications:

Basic Windows Controls
Working With Forms
Menus, Toolbars & StatusBars
MDI Applications
Advanced Controls
Data Validation

Object Oriented Programming:

OO Concepts
Classes
Creating & Destroying Objects
Operator Overloading
References & Values
Inheritance
Polymorphism
Interfaces

Visual Inheritance
Properties & Indexers
Delegates
Events
Collection Classes:
The ArrayList Class 
The Queue Class
The Stack Class
The SortedList Class
The Hashtable Class
File I/O:
Sequential (text) files
Binary files
File management
Drawing with GDI+: 
The Graphics Class
Graphics Objects 
The Pen Class 
The Color Structure 
The Font Class
The Brush Class
The Rectangle Structure 
The Point Structure
The Size Structure
Databases & ADO.NET
Introduction to ADO.NET
The System.Data Namespace
The AdventureWorks Database
Connecting to a Database
Connecting to a Database Programatically
Accessing the Data
Displaying Data in a Forms Application
Disconnected DataSets
What is a DataSet? 
ADO NET Data Provider
The Connection Object
The Command Object 
The DataReader Object
The DataAdapter Object
Commands & Stored Procedures
Transactions
Database Exceptions
MultiThreaded Applications: 
What is Multithreading? 
When To Use Multiple Threads
Advantages of Multiple Threads 
Disadvantages of Multiple Threads
Threading and Application Design
Using a Thread Pool
Creating Your Own Threads
BackgroundWorker
Thread Synchronisation
Synchronisation Using the Monitor Class

 

Target Audience:

Systems and applications programmers who will be developing systems in VB.NET. Anyone who wants a practical understanding of VB.NET will benefit from this course. It is suitable for software engineers who want to expand their knowledge in a powerful all-purpose language and managers who want to manage VB programming projects.

Assumed Knowledge:

Participants should have a basic knowledge of programming techniques and at least one programming language.