Visual Basic 2005 for Programmers - Softcover

Deitel, Harvey M.; Deitel, Paul J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013225140X ISBN 13: 9780132251402

Publisher: Pearson P T R, 2006

Synopsis

PRE-PUBLICATION REVIEWER TESTIMONIALS

“The discussion of object-oriented programming is one of the best available.”
—Gavin Osborne, Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science & Technology

“The explanation of UML, intelligently integrated into the book, conveys the heart and soul of true object oriented architecture and engineering.”
—Jeff Jones, Route Match Software

“The optional ATM OOD/UML case study is excellent! The implementation of the design gives the reader a fantastic model of a real world problem. You hit a home run with this one.”
—Catherine Wyman, Devry-Phoenix

“A superb job of clearly integrating the theory of relational databases and SQL with the application of ADO.NET.”
—Harlan Brewer, SES Consulting

“Really nails most everything you need to know about handling exceptions in VB.”
—Eric Gruber, Microsoft

“Excellent coverage of the most important features and techniques of developing ASP.NET 2.0 applications, with plenty of sample code.”
—Peter Bromberg, Senior Enterprise Architect, VOIP, Inc.

“A very impressive introduction to XML.”
—John Z. Chen, Microsoft

“An excellent chapter on Web services with great examples.”
—Chadi Boudiab, Georgia Perimeter College

“The best description of generics I’ve seen!”
—James Huddleston, Independent Consultant

The practicing programmer’s DEITEL® guide to Visual Basic and the powerful Microsoft .NET Framework

Written for C#, C++, Java or other-high level language programmers, this book applies the Deitel signature live-code approach to teaching programming and explores Microsoft’s Visual Basic language and the new .NET 2.0 in depth. The book is updated for Visual Studio® 2005 and presents Visual Basic concepts in fully tested programs, complete with syntax shading, line-by-line code descriptions, and program outputs. The book features 200+ applications with 16,000+ lines of proven Visual Basic code, and hundreds of programming tips that help you build robust applications.

Start with a concise introduction to Visual Basic fundamentals using an early classes and objects approach, then rapidly move on to more advanced topics, including multithreading, XML, ADO.NET 2.0, ASP.NET 2.0, Web services, network programming, .NET remoting, generics and collections. Along the way you’ll enjoy the Deitels’ classic treatment of object-oriented programming and a new, OOD/UML™ ATM case study, including a complete Visual Basic implementation. When you are finished, you’ll be well on your way to building next generation Windows applications, Web applications, and Web services.

Paul J. Deitel and Harvey M. Deitel are the founders of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the internationally recognized programming languages content-creation and corporate training organization. Together with their colleagues at Deitel & Associates, Inc., they have written many international best-selling programming languages textbooks and professional books that millions of people worldwide have used to master C, C++, Java™, C#, XML, Visual Basic®, Perl, Python, and Internet and Web programming.

The DEITEL® Developer Series presents focused treatments of leading-edge technologies, including .NET development, Java development, Web services, and more.

Practical, Example-Rich Coverage Of:

• Visual Basic 2005, .NET 2.0, FCL
• ASP.NET 2.0, Web Forms and Controls
• Database, SQL, and ADO.NET 2.0
• Networking and .NET Remoting
• XML, Web Services
• Generics, Collections
• GUI/Windows® Forms
• OOP: Classes, Inheritance, and Polymorphism
• OOD/UML™ ATM Case Study
• Graphics and Multimedia
• Multithreading
• Exception Handling
• And more...

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About the Author

Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel are the founders of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the internationally recognized programming languages content-creation and corporate training organization. Together with their colleagues at Deitel & Associates, Inc., they have written many international best-selling programming languages textbooks and professional books that millions of people worldwide have used to master C, C++, Java™, C#, XML, Visual Basic®, Perl, Python, and Internet and Web programming.

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Paul J. Deitel and Harvey M. Deitel are the founders of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the internationally recognized programming languages content-creation and corporate training organization. Together with their colleagues at Deitel & Associates, Inc., they have written many international best-selling programming languages textbooks and professional books that millions of people worldwide have used to master C, C++, Java™, C#, XML, Visual Basic®, Perl, Python, and Internet and Web programming.

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“Live in fragments no longer, only connect.”
—Edgar Morgan Foster

Welcome to the world of Windows, Internet and Web programming with Visual Basic, Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET 2.0 platform! This book presents leading-edge computing technologies to software developers and IT professionals.

At Deitel & Associates, we write computer science textbooks for college students and professional books for software developers. We also teach this material in industry seminars at organizations worldwide.

This book was a joy to create. To start, we put the previous edition under the microscope:

• We audited our presentation against the most recent Microsoft Visual Basic Language Specification—Version 8—which can be downloaded from

  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=62990

• We fully updated the book to Visual Studio 2005 and .NET 2.0.
• All of the chapters have been significantly updated and upgraded.
• We changed to an early classes and objects pedagogy. Now readers build reusable classes starting with a very friendly treatment in Chapter 4.
• We updated our object-oriented presentation to use the latest version of the UML (Unified Modeling Language)—UML™ 2.0—the industry-standard graphical language for modeling object-oriented systems.
• We added an optional OOD/UML automated teller machine (ATM) case study in Chapters 1, 3–9 and 11. The case study includes a complete Visual Basic code implementation of the ATM in Appendix J.
• We added several multi-section, object-oriented programming case studies.
• We incorporated key new features of Microsoft’s latest release of Visual Basic—Visual Basic 2005—and added discussions on generics, .NET remoting and debugging.
• We significantly enhanced our treatment of XML, ADO.NET, ASP.NET and Web services.

All of this has been carefully scrutinized by a substantial team of .NET industry developers, academic professionals and members of theMicrosoft Visual Basic development team.

Who Should Read This Book

We have several Visual Basic publications, intended for different audiences. Visual Basic 2005 for Programmers, 2/e, is part of the Deitel® Developer Series, intended for professional software developers who want a deep treatment of a new technology with minimal introductory material. The book emphasizes achieving program clarity through the proven techniques of structured programming, object-oriented programming (OOP) and event-driven programming. It continues with upper-level topics such as XML, ASP.NET 2.0, ADO.NET 2.0 and Web services. Unlike our How to Program Series college textbooks, the Deitel® Developer Series books do not include the extensive pedagogic features and ancillary support materials required for college courses.

Visual Basic 2005 for Programmers, 2/e presents hundreds of complete, working Visual Basic programs and depicts their inputs and outputs in actual screen shots of running programs. This is our signature “live-code” approach—we present concepts in the context of complete working programs.

As you read this book, if you have questions, send an e-mail to deitel@deitel.com ; we will respond promptly. For updates on this book and the status of Visual Basic software, and for the latest news on all Deitel publications and services, please visit www.deitel.com regularly and be sure to sign up for the free Deitel® Buzz Online e-mail newsletter at www.deitel.com/newsletter/subscribe.html . For more information about Visual Basic 2005, check out our Visual Basic resource center at www.deitel.com/VisualBasic . For a complete list of our resource centers, visit www.deitel.com/ResourceCenters.html .

Visual Basic 2005 for Programmers, 2/e Code Examples

You can download the book’s source code from

www.deitel.com/books/vbforprogrammers2

The examples are in ZIP archive files, so you’ll need a ZIP archive tool such as WinZip (available from www.winzip.com ) to extract the files. The examples are organized in an examples folder with a subfolder for each chapter (e.g., ch01, ch02, etc.). The example folders are named FigXX_YY, where XX represents the chapter number and YY represents the figure number. For examples that span multiple figures, the folder name has the format FigXX_YY_ZZ, where YY and ZZ represent the example’s starting and ending figure numbers. We assume in our Chapter 1 “test-drive” instructions that you extract these examples to the C:\ folder on your computer.

Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Software

On November 7, 2005 Microsoft released its Visual Studio 2005 development tools, including the Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. Per Microsoft’s Web site, Microsoft Express Editions are “lightweight, easy-to-use and easy-to-learn tools for the hobbyist, novice and student developer.” You may use Visual Basic 2005 Express (which is packaged with this book) or a complete version of Visual Studio 2005 to compile and execute the example programs. Visual Basic 2005 Express also can be downloaded from

msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/

According to the Microsoft Express Editions FAQ page ( msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/faq/ ), “Effective April 19th, 2006, all Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions are free permanently. SQL Server 2005 Express Edition has always been and will continue to be a free download.”

When you install this software, you will be asked if you wish to install the help documentation and SQL Server 2005 Express—we recommend that you choose to install both. Microsoft provides a dedicated forum for help using the Express edition:

forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=24

Other Software Requirements

For some examples in Chapter 17, Graphics and Multimedia, we use Microsoft Agent, which can be downloaded from

www.microsoft.com/msagent/downloads/default.asp

For Chapter 20, you will need SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, which is available at

msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/

Note that you do not need to download SQL Server 2005 Express separately if you select the option to install it during the Visual Basic 2005 Express installation.

Chapters 21 and 22 require either Visual Web Developer 2005 Express (or a complete version of Visual Studio 2005). Visual Web Developer 2005 Express is available at

msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vwd/

Like Visual Basic 2005 Express, the other express editions are free for download until November 6, 2006, after which Microsoft may charge a fee for these tools.

For Chapters 21 and 22, you may also want to install the IIS Web server to test the examples. For more information about installing IIS, please visit

www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/iiiisin2.mspx?mfr=true

If you prefer not to (or cannot) install IIS, you can use the built-in test server in Visual Web Developer 2005 Express to test the examples in Chapters 21 and 22.

For updates on the software used in this book visit www.deitel.com/books/vbforprogrammers2 or subscribe to our free e-mail newsletter at www.deitel.com/newsletter/subscribe.html . Also, be sure to check out our Visual Basic resource center (

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson P T R
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 013225140X
• ISBN 13: 9780132251402
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1286