In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you will be up and running with Visual Basic 2008. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds upon a real-world foundation forged in both technology and business matters, allowing you to learn the essentials of Visual Basic 2008 from the ground up. Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks. The Q&A section, quizzes, and exercises help you build and test your knowledge.
By the Way notes present interesting pieces of information. Did You Know? tips offer advice or teach an easier way to do something. Watch Out! cautions advise you about potential problems and help you steer clear of disaster.
Learn how to...
Use the powerful design environment of Visual Studio 2008
Design feature-rich interfaces using components such as tree views and tabs
Create robust applications using modern error-handling
Draw fast graphics using GDI+
Build a database application using ADO.NET
Distribute a Visual Basic 2008 Application
Manipulate the Windows Registry
Create, read, and write text files
Use event-driven techniques to build responsive applications
DVD Includes: Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition
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Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Poorly named book This book is more on windows forms than it is on VB, there are 5 chapters on the language in this book... and one on debugging. There is a whole chapter on docking windows and changing fonts and font colors etc. If you are a programmer that wants to learn VB or even windows forms this book is like pulling teeth. This book should be titled windows forms with visual basic for dummies. Unfortunately this is the best book on VB I have come across yet, and when it comes to microshaft front ends VB is just... more info
Easy to follow Instructions I have Just started learning Visual Basic.
This Book covers in detail all that I wanted to know about getting My first applications op and running.
R.W.
Most Excellent book! I have never written a serious book review, but I feel compelled to document that after a few false starts with other books, THIS IS THE BOOK I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR! I paid more than I had to when I bought it at a bookstore, but I don't even mind. I was able to bring it home with me and start immediately! My enthusiasm for Visual Basic.NET has been restored. The book is very straight forward and to the point but not cryptic. The concepts are presented in a very easy to understand format. The book... more info
A superb book for beginners It is obvious that no subject as complicated as Visual Basic can actually be taught in 24 lessons, each of which is designed to be completed in an hour. Therefore, to criticize any book on that basis is to miss the point. These books should be called "Teach Yourself the Fundamentals ..." but that of course is not as catchy a title. When I examine such books, my standards of evaluation are based on the topics covered in the context of what is a reasonable set of necessary knowledge.
In that area,... more info
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