Advanced VB. NET Alternate with VB. Net CD's

by Irvine, Kip; Gaddis, Tony

• ISBN13: 9780321398666
• ISBN10: 0321398661
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Addison Wesley

Summary

This book takes those who are familiar with the basics of Visual Basic.NET programming, and helps them understand how to harness its power for more advanced uses.Coverage of various database, ASP, and Web Services topics is provided in the same understandable way that has made Tony Gaddis'books leaders in the field. This is recommended for readers who have a foundational understanding of Visual Basic.NET.

Table of Contents

Classes

Introduction

Value Types and Reference Types

Value Type

Reference Type

Life and the Garbage Collector

Namespaces

Object-Oriented Design

Finding the Classes

Looking for Control Structures

Describing the Classes

Interface and Implementation

Inheritance

Clients and Servers

Creating Classes

Hands-On Tutorial: Student Class

Methods

Hands-On Tutorial: Adding the Get Grade Average Method

Public and Private Member Access

Properties

Using Properties for Data Validation

Read Only Properties

Hands-On Tutorial: Adding Properties to the Student Class

Shared Variables and Properties

Constructors and Destructors

Overloading the Constructor

Optional Constructor Parameters

Assigning Property Values in Constructors

Hands-On Tutorial: Adding a Parameterized Constructor to the Student Class

Multi-Tier Applications

Hands-On Tutorial: Bank Teller Application

Hands-On Tutorial: Bank Teller Transaction Log

Composition Relationships Between Classes

Employee Information Example

Using UML to Describe Classes

Displaying the Objects

Hands-On Tutorial: Employee Information

Optional Topic: Using Text Files

Exceptions and User Interfaces

User Interface Design

Introduction

Designing Forms

Using Microsoft Office as a Model

Input Validation

General Principles

Trapping Individual Keystrokes

Hands-On Example: Account Number Input

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