Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Visual Basic .Net 2003 in 24 Hours: Complete Starter Kit - Softcover

Foxall, James D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0672325373 ISBN 13: 9780672325373

Publisher: Sams, 2003

Synopsis

Visual Basic .NET is available as part of Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET suite of developer tools ($1,079 to $2,499) or as a standalone product ($109 before MS rebates). When Visual Studio released in 2001, adoption was limited--especially when comparing book sales on VB 6 to VB.NET. Now that Visual Studio is moving out of the "early adopter" stage and into general acceptance by the bulk of the developer audience, use of Visual Basic, the most highly used programming language in the world, will migrate from VB 6 to VB.NET. Teach Yourself Visual Basic .NET in 24 Hours provides readers with 24 structured lessons with step-by-step guidance to real-world programming tasks including Windows and Web applications. Each chapter includes practice exercises, tips, notes, and cautions providing easy-to-understand advice on how to start programming quickly. Sidebars provide more experienced readers with tips that will ease their migration from Visual Basic 6 to Visual Basic .NET.

About this title

About the Author

James Foxall is Vice President of Tigerpaw Software, Inc.

From the Back Cover

In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you will be creating and distributing your own programs using the power and functionality of Visual Basic .NET. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds on the previous ones, enabling you to learn the essentials of Visual Basic .NET from the ground up.

As an added bonus, the book includes a 60-day Trial Version of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 on DVD-ROM so you will have every tool you need to create the applications demonstrated in the book.

Step-by-step instructions walk you through the most common Visual Basic .NET tasks while questions and answers, quizzes, and exercises at the end of each hour help you test your knowledge. Notes and tips point out shortcuts and solutions and help steer you clear of potential problems.

Learn how to...

* Use the powerful design environment of Visual Studio .NET
* Design a feature-rich interface using components such as tree views and tabs
* Create robust applications using modern error-handling
* Draw fast graphics using GDI+
* Build a database application using ADO.NET
* Distribute a Visual Basic .NET application

Edition details

• Publisher: Sams
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0672325373
• ISBN 13: 9780672325373
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 560