Designed as a beginner's tutorial to the latest version of Visual Basic, this informative guide discusses the most important features of the language and teaches how to use the .NET Framework. Written with clarity and readability in mind, it introduces important programming concepts and explains the process of building real-world applications, both desktop and web-based. With the most comprehensive coverage possible in a book for beginners, it includes such topics as VB language syntax, object-oriented programming, working with numbers and dates, error handling, input output, generics, annotations, database access, security, and application deployment.
Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Your First Taste of Visual Basic Chapter 2: Language Fundamentals Chapter 3: Statements Chapter 4: Objects and Classes Chapter 5: Core Classes Chapter 6: Inheritance Chapter 7: Structures Chapter 8: Error Handling Chapter 9: Numbers and Dates Chapter 10: Interfaces and Abstract Classes Chapter 11: Enumerations Chapter 12: Generics Chapter 13: Collections Chapter 14: Input/Output Chapter 15: Windows Presentation Foundation Chapter 16: Polymorphism Chapter 17: ADO.NET Appendix A: Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop Appendix B: SQL Server 2012 Express