VisualBasic .NET For Dummies
Published on 15. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-7645-0867-7 (ISBN)
Description
Visual Basic.NET For Dummies offers a fun and creative environment for developing programs with Visual Basic.NET. From the fundamentals of writing code to the excitement of building next-generation applications for Microsoft's new .NET Platform, Visual Basic.NET For Dummies explains this popular language in terms that non-programmers and first-time Visual Basic programmers can understand.
Experienced Visual Basic programmers will benefit from this book as it highlights the features and functions of this new and much-changed version of Visual Basic.
All readers will delight in expert For Dummies author Wallace Wang's coverage of topics that include: Variables, constants, loops and other programming fundamentals, Visual Basic.NET syntax, Working with the new Visual Basic.NET IDE, Forms and controls, and Understanding Objects.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
809 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7645-0867-7 (9780764508677)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Bill Sempf
Visual Basic 2005 For Dummies
Book
07/2005
1st Edition
Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
€21.90
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Person
Wallace Wang is the bestselling author of Beginning Programming For Dummies, 2nd Edition, Steal This Computer Book 2, and many other books. In addition to writing computer books, he also performs stand-up comedy in Las Vegas and has appeared on the TV show A&E's "Evening at the Improv."
Content
Introduction.
PART I: Creating a Visual Basic .NET Program.
Chapter 1: How Visual Basic .NET Works.
Chapter 2: Using the Visual Basic .NET User Interface.
Chapter 3: Designing Your First User Interface.
Chapter 4: Writing BASIC Code.
PART II: Creating User Interfaces.
Chapter 5: User Interface Design 101.
Chapter 6: Designing Forms.
Chapter 7: Boxes and Buttons for Making Choices.
Chapter 8: Text Boxes and Labels for Typing and Showing Words.
Chapter 9: Showing Choices with List and Combo Boxes.
Chapter 10: Fine-Tuning the Appearance of Your User Interface.
PART III: Making Menus.
Chapter 11: Creating and Editing Pull-Down Menus.
Chapter 12: Submenus, Growing Menus, and Pop-Up Menus.
Chapter 13: Showing Dialog Boxes.
PART IV: The Basics of Writing Code.
Chapter 14: Writing Event-Handling Procedures.
Chapter 15: Using Variables.
Chapter 16: Getting Data from the User.
Chapter 17: Math 101: Arithmetic, Logical, and Comparison Operators.
Chapter 18: Strings and Things.
Chapter 19: Defining Constants and Using Comments.
Chapter 20: Storing Stuff in Data Structures.
Chapter 21: Killing Bugs.
PART V: Making Decisions and Getting Loopy.
Chapter 22: Making Decisions with If-Then Statements.
Chapter 23: The Select Case Statement.
Chapter 24: Repeating Yourself with Loops.
Chapter 25: For-Next Loops That Can Count.
Chapter 26: Nested Loops and Quick Exits.
PART VI: Writing Subprograms (So You Don't Go Crazy All at Once).
Chapter 27: General Procedures (Subprograms That Everyone Can Share).
Chapter 28: Passing Arguments.
Chapter 29: Functions, a Unique Type of Subprogram.
PART VII: Understanding Object-Oriented Programming.
Chapter 30: What the Heck Is Object-Oriented Programming?
Chapter 31: Getting Some Class with Object-Oriented Programming.
Chapter 32: Using Inheritance and Overloading.
PART VIII: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 33: Ten Visual Basic .NET Topics That Didn't Fit Anywhere Else.
Chapter 34: (Almost) Ten Tips for Using the Visual Basic .NET User Interface.
Index.