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Visual Basic Advanced

Description

This class is a continuation of the Introduction to Visual Basic class. At the end of this class students will be able to create classes and objects and use them to create new classes and objects using inheritance and polymorphism. Students will be able to create graphics, read and write data to files and work with databases. Students will be introduced to using Visual Basic for building web-based applications. Students will need a copy of Visual Studio. A 30-day trial version is available.

Objectives

Students will create Visual Basic .NET applications that use dates, strings and array objects.
Students will be able to create Visual Basic .NET applications to write to and read from files.
Students will be able to create Visual Basic .NET applications to read and write XML documents.
Students will be able to build classes, class libraries and interfaces using Visual Basic .NET.
Students will be able to describe databases organization for multi-user relational databases.
Students will be able to write a Visual Basic .NET application to read a set of records from a database and display them on a form using a data grid control.
Students will be able to create Visual Basic .NET applications that can add, edit or delete data stored in a database.
Students will be able to create an ASP.NET Application using the Web Form tool in Visual Basic .NET development environment.
Students will be able to create and use a web services application using Visual Basic .NET.
Students will build a Visual Basic .NET application using what they learned in this class.

Book

Choose the correct book to match the compiler you have:

Murach's Visual Basic 2008

Author: Anne Boehm
Publisher:Mike Murach & Associates
ISBN: 1890774456

Murach's Visual Basic 2005

Author: Anne Boehm
Publisher:Mike Murach & Associates
ISBN: 1-890774-38-3

Murach's Beginning Visual Basic .NET

Author: Anne Prince
Publisher:Mike Murach & Associates
ISBN: 1-890774-15-4

Lesson 1: Dates, String and Arrays

2003,: Read Chapters 11 and 12
2005: Read Chapters 8 and 9
2008: Read Chapters 8 and 9

Lesson 2: Reading and Writing Files

2003: Read Chapter 13
2005: Read Chapter 22
2008: Read Chapter 21

Lesson 3: XML

2003: Read Chapter 14
2005: Reac Chapter 23
2008: Read Chapter 22

Lesson 4: Using Inheritance and Building Class Libraries

2003: Review Chapter 6, Read Chapter 15
2005: Read Chapters 19 and 21.
2008: Read Chapters 18 and 20.

Lesson 5: Database Programming Introduction

2003: Read Chapter 16
2005: Read Chapter 13
2008: Read Chapter 13

Lesson 6: Using ADO.NET

2003: Read Chapter 17
2005: Read Chapter 16
2008: Read Chapters 14

Lesson 7: Working with Bound Data Control

2003: Read Chapter 18
2005: Read Chapters 14 and 15
2008: Read Chapters 15 and 16

Lesson 8: Developing a Web Forms Application

Read Chapter 19

Lesson 9: Creating Web Services

Read Chapter 20

Lesson 10: Putting it All Together

Review Chapters 11 - 20