Beginning Visual Basic 6 Application Development

Visual Basic is a versatile language - accessible to those seeking to enter the world of programming, yet powerful enough to support the coding of complex distributed applications. Beginning Visual Basic 6 Application Development is aimed at the programmer who is familiar enough with VB to want to make the transition from building small applications to coding business level software solutions. The book covers the conceptual and practical implications of application development by illustrating, step-by-step, how to design, implement, and deploy, a fully functional sophisticated application based on an online banking scenario. It deals with the wide variety of topics required to bring such a project to fruition, such as software architecture and project planning, business requirement analysis and software design methodologies, and database design and coding components for use in a transactional environment. Of course to support such work a number of technologies need to be employed and consequently the book includes coverage of UML, COM, MTS, ADO, and SQL.

The power of the coding approach is fully demonstrated in the final chapters of the book when the book shows how to Web-enable the application through use of ASP and facilitate inter-application communication through XML.

Ken Slovak is a consultant and developer who specializes in Outlook, MS Office, VBA and VB programming and is a Microsoft Outlook MVP. He is the lead author of Professional Microsoft Outlook 2000 Programming, co-author of Programming Microsoft Outlook 2000, contributor to Professional CDO Programming, is a technical editor for a number of Outlook books, and is a columnist, author and technical reviewer for Exchange and Outlook magazine.

Diane Poremsky is a consultant who specializes in Microsoft Windows, Outlook and Office training and development and is a Microsoft Outlook MVP. She is a technical editor for a number of computer books, and is a columnist, author and technical reviewer for Exchange and Outlook magazine.

Matthew Reynolds is a developer, architect and evangelist of Web-based applications running on Microsoft Internet technologies. He is also Senior Editor for ASPWatch.com.

Pierre Boutquin is a Senior Analyst in the Corporate Treasury of a major Canadian bank, where he develops leading edge market risk management software. Pierre has over a decade of experience implementing PC-based computer systems with in-depth knowledge of object-oriented analysis and design, Visual C++, Visual Basic and SQL.

Jason Bock is a Senior Consultant for High Gear Inc., a consulting company focused on object-oriented development in distributed systems. He has worked on a diverse number of business applications using different object and component technologies (such as VB, Java, COM, etc.). He is also the author of "Visual Basic 6 Win32 API Tutorial," published by Wrox Press, and he has written technical articles on VB and Java development. He has a Bachelors and a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University. He can be reached at jason.bock@high-gear.com.

After many years grubbing in the dirt as an independent consultant and trainer, Kent Sharkey evolved into a Technical Business Development Manager with Microsoft. At work, he spends his time helping companies learn how to apply emerging technologies to help their business. When not at work, he's often found hiking in the great Northwest, or discovering exactly what a hill means to a cyclist. He lives in Redmond with his wife, Margaret, and two cats, Tzeetzah and Squirrel.

Lee Whitney is a software designer and project manager for Computer Software Inc. in Chalfont, Pennsylvania and has nine years experience designing software applications. Lee is also a Microsoft Certified Professional in Visual Basic Desktop Applications and he teaches evening classes for schools in the Philadelphia area on Visual Basic, COM and SQL.