Introduction to Visual Basic .NET Programming with Microsoft .NET

Course Code: MS2559
Duration: 5 Days

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Overview

This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to develop applications in Microsoft Visual Basic .NET for the Microsoft .NET platform. The course focuses on user interfaces, program structure, language syntax, and implementation details.

This is the first course in the Visual Basic .NET curriculum and will serve as the entry point for other .NET courses.

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

  • Windows navigation skills.
  • Experience (at least three months) with developing applications in either a graphical or non-graphical environment.

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  • Understanding of the basics of structured programming, including concepts such as flow control, variables and parameters, and function calls.

Delegates will learn how to

  • Implement decision structures and loops by using conditional expressions
  • Validate use input for fields, controls and forms
  • Create and use Sub, Function, and Property procedures
  • Resolve syntax, run-time, and logic errors by using the debugger and structured exception handling
  • Create a simple Visual Basic .NET-based Web Forms application that uses an XML Web Service
  • Create a simple Visual Basic .NET-based application based on the Windows Application template
  • Use forms and controls to create a user interface
  • Create and use variables and arrays
  • Enhance the user interface by adding menus, status bars, and toolbars
  • Apply object-oriented programming techniques to create classes, add methods and add properties
  • Access and manipulate data in a Microsoft Access database by using ADO.NET
  • Build, package, and deploy an application

Outline

Module 1: Getting Started

This module introduces Visual Basic .NET and explains how it fits into the .NET platform. It explains how to use the programming tools in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and provides enough practice so that students can create their first application in Visual Basic .NET.

Module 2: Working with Forms and Controls

This module explains fundamental programming concepts, including event-driven programming, classes, objects, properties, methods, and events. This module also explains how to use forms and controls to create a user interface. This includes the following: how to create a form, set properties, call methods, and write code for events; how to add controls to a form; how to manage multiple forms; how to use message boxes; how to use naming conventions; and how to format and document code.

Module 3: Using Variables and Arrays

This module explains how to name, declare, assign values to, and use variables and constants. It explains how to declare variables with different levels of scope, how to create your own data structures, and how to convert variable values from one data type to another. It also describes how to store data in an array.

Module 4: Working with Procedures

This module describes how to create and use Sub and Function procedures, including predefined functions, and how to structure code for increased reusability.

Module 5: Decision Structures and Loops

This module explains how to implement decision structures and loop structures to control program output and execution.

Module 6: Validating User Input

This module explains how to validate user input at both the field level and the form level. It describes how to handle invalid input by providing error messages and guiding users through the process of finding and fixing errors. It describes how to use control properties and methods to restrict and validate data entry.

Module 7: Object-Oriented Programming in Visual Basic .NET

This module explains how to create and use classes. The module explains the concepts of abstraction, encapsulation, instantiation, initialization, constructors, and destructors. This module also describes inheritance, polymorphism, and namespaces.

Module 8: Handling Errors and Exceptions

This module explains types of errors that can occur in a program and explains how to use the debugging tools provided with Visual Basic .NET to help diagnose and correct the errors. These tools include the Visual Studio .NET debugger, debugging windows, and structured exception handling.

Module 9: Enhancing the User Interface

This module explains how to create menus, status bars, and toolbars to enhance the usability of an application.

Module 10: Web Forms and XML Web Services

This module explains how to create a Web Forms application and how to invoke a simple XML Web service.

Module 11: Using ADO.NET

This module explains how to use ADO.NET with a Windows Forms application to create, read, update, and delete records in Access and SQL Server databases.

Module 12: Deploying Applications

This module explains how to deploy applications by using Visual Studio .NET. The module also describes deployment options available in Visual Basic .NET, and how to create and configure a setup project for a Windows-based application.