Microsoft Visual Basic . NET Programming Fundamentals

This book will help you acquire solid knowledge and many practical hands-on programming skills. It is intended for beginners. The selection of topics is designed to help you learn the fundamentals of Visual Basic .NET programming and Visual Studio .NET development tools. You will learn how to design graphical user interface and program Windows Forms; understand Visual Basic .NET data types and variables; how to use ADO .NET components to program application data access; analyze application error types and ways to prevent them; and how to use Visual Studio to debug applications. Visual Basic .NET is an object-oriented language, thus it is important to understand its concepts. This book provides simple descriptions and explanations of the main object-oriented concepts and their practical uses. Once you have designed and tested a project, you need to know how to install and deploy it on the end user machines. This book shows you how to create setup projects and publish the application using the ClickOnce technology. Each chapter in this book is accompanied by a relevant lab project that will allow you to consolidate your knowledge and practice your new skills. If you are looking for a self-paced Visual Basic .NET fundamentals training course, this is it. When you buy this book you can download lab projects and register for online Visual C#, VB Net programming seminars.