Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic .NET in 21 Days

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Sams Publishing, 2002 - Computers - 663 pages
"Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic.NET in 21 Days" provides readers with 21 structured lessons with step-by-step guidance to real-world tasks. Each chapter also contains exercises that reinforce the lessons learned in each chapter. Tips, Notes, and Cautions provide additional advice from the authors on how to get up-to-speed and programming quickly with Visual Basic.NET.
 

Contents

At a Glance 7
2
Why Write Computer Programs?
14
Welcome to Visual Basic NET 9
21
Building Your First Visual Basic NET Application
23
Summary
34
Working with Visual Basic NET
37
Introduction to Programming with Visual Basic NET
71
Controlling Flow in Programs
99
Introduction to Databases
293
Accessing Data with NET
319
Using the Server Explorer
363
Introduction to ObjectOriented Programming
389
In Review
411
At a Glance
413
Creating Objects in Visual Basic NET
415
Advanced Windows Forms
447

Application Architecture in NET
133
What to Do When Good Programs Go Bad and Making Sure They Dont
153
Working with Objects
183
In Review
209
At a Glance
211
Introduction to the NET Framework
213
Building a User Interface with Windows Forms
235
NotifyIcon
258
Summary
268
Building the User Interface with Web Forms
271
Using the NET Framework
479
Finishing Touches
519
Deploying Your Application
539
Introduction to XML
555
This One UBYSC3LDWRA
566
Creating Web Services with Visual Basic NET
581
Creating a Web Service Client
595
In Review
613
Copyright

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