Visual Basic Programming for the Absolute Beginner

by Vine, Michael A.

• ISBN13: 9780761535539
• ISBN10: 0761535535
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning Ptr

Summary

This book is both conceptual and made for beginners. It will not only teach Visual Basic, often the very first language that aspiring programmers want to learn, it will teach them the fundamental programming concepts they need to grasp in order to learn any computer language. Plus, it uses game creation as a teaching tool. Readers will learn how to program in VB and produce something enjoyable at the same time. Of course, the practical implications of what they're learning will be discussed as well. The goal of the series is adaptive learning -- that the reader takes skills learned in this book and then applies them to his or her own situation as well as utilizes those skills when learning the next language.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xxvi
Introduction to Problem Solving and Visual Basic	1	(18)
Visual Basic Fundamentals and GUI Basics	19	(38)
Making Decisions	57	(46)
Iteration	103	(24)
Subprocedures, Functions, and Controls Continued	127	(30)
Advanced Controls	157	(32)
Debugging and Error Handling	189	(20)
Data Files and File Access	209	(24)
Standard Code Modules, Multiple Forms, and Encryption	233	(24)
Arrays	257	(36)
Drag and Drop	293	(14)
Setup and Deployment	307	(18)
Appendix A Common ASCII Codes	325	(4)
Appendix B What's on the CD	329	(4)
Index	333