Programming With Microsoft Visual Basic .Net

Overview:

The goal of this course is to provide Microsoft® Visual Basic® developers with the knowledge and skills needed to develop Microsoft .NET-based applications by using Visual Basic .NET.

Lesson 1: Overview of the Microsoft .NET Platform

• What Is the Microsoft .NET Platform?
• What Is the .NET Framework?
• What Are the .NET Framework Components?
• What Are the Visual Basic .NET Enhancements?

Lesson 2: Development Environment Features

• Describing the Integrated Development Environment
• Creating Visual Basic .NET Projects
• Using Development Environment Features
• Debugging Applications
• Compiling in Visual Basic .NET

Lesson 3: Language and Syntax Enhancements

• Data Types
• Using Variables
• Functions, Subroutines, and Properties
• Exception Handling

Lesson 4: Object-Oriented Design for Visual Basic .NET

• Designing Classes
• Object-Oriented Programming Concepts
• Advanced Object-Oriented Programming Concepts
• Using Microsoft Visio

Lesson 5: Object-Oriented Programming in Visual Basic .NET

• Defining Classes
• Creating and Destroying Objects
• Inheritance
• Interfaces
• Working with Classes

Lesson 6: Using Windows Forms

• Why Use Windows Forms?
• Structure of Windows Forms
• Using Windows Forms
• Using Controls
• Windows Forms Inheritance

Lesson 7: Building Web Applications

• Introduction to ASP.NET
• Creating Web Form Applications
• Building Web Services
• Using Web Services

Lesson 8: Using ADO.NET

• ADO.NET Overview
• .NET Data Providers
• The DataSet Object
• Data Designers and Data Binding
• XML Integration

Lesson 9: Developing Components in Visual Basic .NET

• Components Overview
• Creating Serviced Components
• Creating Component Classes
• Creating Windows Forms Controls
• Creating Web Forms User Controls
• Threading

Lesson 10: Deploying Applications

• Describing Assemblies
• Choosing a Deployment Strategy
• Deploying Applications

Lesson 11: Upgrading to Visual Basic .NET

• Deciding Whether to Upgrade
• Options for Upgrading
• Recommendations
• Performing the Upgrade