Introduction to the Visual Basic .NET Language (4 days)

Introduction to the Visual Basic .NET Language Overview

In this Visual Basic .NET training course, students use Visual Studio .NET 2005 to learn the Visual Basic .NET language. The course starts with a quick overview of the .NET platform, examining assemblies, Microsoft Intermediate Language, Visual Studio profiles, XML comments, IntelliSense, and debugging. From there, you will learn the Visual Basic .NET language features to create full-featured Web or Windows applications that make best use of the .NET platform. You will learn about data types, variables, and operators, along with all the important flow control structures. You will work through several examples demonstrating the power of the .NET Framework, and dig into creating and consuming your own classes and objects. Finally, the course moves on to working with data structures, such as arrays and collection classes, before finishing up with discussions of generics, handling exceptions and working with delegates and events. By the end of this Visual Basic .NET training course, you will understand the important concepts that will allow you to start creating .NET applications.

Introduction to the Visual Basic .NET Language Course Goals

• Learn to build and debug applications using Visual Studio .NET 2005.
• Learn to create and use variables, operators, and data types.
• Learn to find and use classes within the .NET Framework.
• Learn to manage flow control within your code.
• Learn to create and consume classes and objects.
• Learn to add and consume properties and methods in your classes.
• Learn to use .NET's object-oriented features, such as overloading, inheritance and interfaces.
• Learn to store, retrieve, and manipulate multiple values using arrays.
• Learn to work with .NET 2.0's generics.
• Learn to use of the .NET Framework's support for collection classes.
• Learn to handle exceptions in Visual Basic .NET.
• Learn to create and use delegates, and understand how they relate to events.

Introduction to the Visual Basic .NET Language Course Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas would be beneficial.

• Visual Basic or VBScript
• General Programming Experience

Introduction to the Visual Basic .NET Language Course Outline

1. Getting Started with .NET
   1. Thinking about .NET
   2. Using Visual Studio 2005
   3. Debugging Your and Handling Exceptions
2. Data Types and Variables
   1. Introducing Variables and Data Types
   2. Working with Variables and Data Types
3. Using the .NET Framework
   1. Using .NET Framework Classes
   2. Working with Strings
   3. Working with Dates and Times
   4. The My Namespace
4. Branching and Flow Control
   1. Conditional Branching
   2. Repeating Code Blocks
   3. Unconditional Branching
5. Classes and Objects
   1. Introducing Objects and Classes
   2. Creating Your Own Classes
   3. Working with Classes
6. Properties and Methods
   1. Working with Properties
   2. Working with Methods
7. Object-Oriented Techniques
   1. Inheritance
   2. Interfaces
   3. Organizing Classes
8. Working with Arrays
   1. Introducing Arrays
   2. Manipulating Arrays
9. Delegates and Events
   1. Motivating Delegates
   2. Introducing Delegates
   3. Working with Events
10. Generics
    1. Introducing Generics
    2. Generics and Arrays
    3. Generic Interfaces
    4. Generic Constraints
    5. Generics and Lists
11. Handling Exceptions
    1. Perspectives on Exception Handling
    2. Getting Started with Exception Handling
    3. Catching Specific Exceptions
    4. Raising Errors
    5. Running Code Unconditionally
    6. Creating Exception Classes
12. Collection Classes
    1. Generics, Collections, and Interfaces
    2. The Generic List
    3. Working with Dictionaries, Stacks, and Queues
    4. Creating Your Own Generic Collection Classes

Introduction to the Visual Basic .NET Language Course Materials

In addition to a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the programming examples, each student will also receive a one-year subscription to Webucator's online reference library, which contains hundreds of the most current electronic technology books - a $149.95 per student value.

Introduction to the Visual Basic .NET Language Technical Requirements

1. Visual Studio 2005 with Service Pack 1 or later OR Visual Studio 2008
   • Download
2. Microsoft SQL Server 2005
   • Download - Express Edition will work fine.

Class Files for Introduction to the Visual Basic .NET Language

The class files for this course are included on a DVD that is shipped with the manual.