Programming In Visual Basic With MS Visual Studio

The Visual Basic training course teaches you Visual Basic language syntax, program structure, and implementation by using Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Objectives:

• Describe the purpose of the .NET Framework, and explain how to use Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual Studio to build .NET Framework applications
• Describe the syntax of basic Visual Basic programming constructs
• Describe how to create and call methods
• Describe how to catch, handle, and throw exceptions
• Describe how to perform basic file I/O operations in a Visual Basic application
• Describe how to create and use new types (enumerations, classes, and structures), and explain the differences between reference types and value types
• Describe how to control the visibility and lifetime of members in a type
• Describe how to use inheritance to create new reference types
• Describe how to manage the lifetime of objects and control the use of resources
• Describe how to create properties and indexers to encapsulate data, and explain how to define operators for this data
• Describe how to decouple an operation from the method that implements it, and explain how to use these decoupled operations to handle asynchronous events
• Describe the purpose of collections, and explain how to use generics to implement type-safe collection classes, structures, interfaces, and methods
• Describe how to implement custom collection classes that support enumeration
• Describe how to query in-memory data by using Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) queries
• Describe how to integrate code written by using a dynamic language such as Ruby and Python, or technologies such as Component Object Model (COM), into a Visual Basic application

Pre-Requisites:

• This course is not for new developers; at least 12 months experience working with an Object Oriented language is expected.
• Creating classes
• Inheritance and abstraction
• Polymorphism
• Interfaces
• Delegates
• Events
• Exceptions
• Experience with the Microsoft .NET Framework
• Knowledge of the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE)

Course Agenda:

• Introducing Visual Basic and the .NET Framework
• Introduction to the .NET Framework
• Creating Projects Within Visual Studio
• Writing a Visual Basic Application
• Building a Graphical Application
• Documenting an Application
• Debugging Applications by Using Visual Studio
• Using Visual Basic Programming Constructs
• Declaring Variables and Assigning Values
• Using Expressions and Operators
• Creating and Using Arrays
• Using Decision Statements
• Using Iteration Statements
• Declaring and Calling Methods
• Defining and Invoking Methods
• Specifying Optional Parameters and ByRef Parameters
• Handling Exceptions
• Handling Exceptions
• Raising Exceptions
• Reading and Writing Files
• Accessing the File System
• Reading and Writing Files by Using Streams
• Creating New Types
• Creating and Using Modules and Enumerations
• Creating and Using Classes
• Creating and Using Structures
• Comparing References to Values
• Encapsulating Data and Methods
• Controlling Visibility of Type Members
• Sharing Methods and Data
• Inheriting from Classes and Implementing Interfaces
• Using Inheritance to Define New Reference Types
• Defining and Implementing Interfaces
• Defining Abstract Classes
• Managing the Lifetime of Objects and Controlling Resources