Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 - Softcover

Petroutsos, Evangelos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470532874 ISBN 13: 9780470532874

Publisher: Sybex Inc, 2010

Synopsis

The new edition of the ultimate comprehensive guide to Microsoft Visual Basic

Where most VB books start with beginner level topics, Mastering Visual Basic 2010 vaults you right into intermediate and advanced coverage. From the core of the language and user interface design to developing data-driven applications, this detailed book brings you thoroughly up to speed and features numerous example programs you can use to start building your own apps right away.

• Covers Visual Basic 2010, part of Microsoft's Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE), which includes C#, C++, Visual Web Developer, and ASP.NET, along with Visual Basic
• Explains topics in the thorough, step-by-step style of all books in the Mastering series, providing you ample instruction, tips, and techniques
• Helps you build your own applications by supplying sample code you can use to start development
• Includes review exercises in each chapter to reinforce concepts as you learn

All the books in the Sybex Mastering series feature comprehensive and expert coverage of topics you can put to immediate use.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

About this title

About the Author

Evangelos Petroutsos is a computer engineer who has worked for the California Institute of Technology and MCI. Currently, he writes computer books and articles, teaches networking and programming courses, and works as a computer communications consultant. He is the author of the Sybex titles Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 and Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, among other books.

From the Back Cover

The Visual Basic Book Programmers Count On

If you want to learn how to use Visual Basic 2010, you've come to the right place. New users, you'll build a simple VB application in the very first chapter, getting you quickly up to speed on the VB user interface and simple coding. Intermediate and advanced users, you can bypass the basics and jump straight to building data-driven applications, working with .NET 4.0 framework, creating rich client and web applications, programming with web services, and much more. Packed with step-by-step instruction and real-world scenarios for users of all levels, this book is what you need to build top-level skills in Visual Basic 2010.

Coverage includes:

• Getting started with Visual Basic 2010

• Mastering VB programming essentials, including GUI design, event-driven programming, basic Windows controls, and more

• Working with custom classes, controls, and objects

• Understanding the .NET framework, including XML, LINQ, and storing data in collections

• Programming with ADO.NET, using the data entity model, and understanding DataSets

• Building web applications and programming with web services

• Getting the most out of advanced Windows controls such as ListView and TreeView controls

Master Visual Basic 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0

Understand the Core Language and User Interface

Find a Wealth of Content for All Users

Create Custom, Practical, Data-Driven Applications and Web Apps

Reinforce Your Skills with Real-World Examples

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex Inc
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470532874
• ISBN 13: 9780470532874
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1023