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Introduction to Visual Basic^® .NET

(6 weeks, 4 hours per week)
Curriculum designed by Elizabeth Morris

Week 1

• An overview of Visual Basic^® .NET
• Understanding objects and collections
• Understanding events
• PowerPoint slides for class in PDF format (requires Adobe^® Acrobat^® Reader)

Week 2

• Building forms
• Working with the traditional controls
• Using advanced controls

Week 3

• Adding menus and toolbars to forms
• Creating and calling code procedures
• Using constants, data types, variables, and arrays
• Performing arithmetic, string manipulation, and date/time adjustments

Week 4

• Making decisions in Visual Basic code
• Looping for efficiency
• Debugging your code
• Designing objects using classes

Week 5

• Interacting with users
• Working with graphics
• Performing file operations
• Controlling other applications using automation

Week 6

• Working with a database
• Deploying a Visual Basic .NET application
• Introduction to web development
• Building a real-world application. Zip file

Additional Resources

• Microsoft Visual Basic Developer Network
• Ask the Visual Studio .Net experts

Note: the class text book Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft^® Visual Basic^® .NET 2003 in 24 Hours by James Foxall and 2 floppy disks (or USB flash drive) required.

Download the source code from the author's site: http://www.jamesfoxall.com/Download/TYVBNET2k3.zip

The author's home page: http://www.jamesfoxall.com