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This intuitive, self-paced learning title is designed to help any developer master the basics of object-oriented programming (OOP) with Microsoft Visual Basic.NET or Microsoft Visual C#. Unlike other books on OOP, this step-by-step guide provides readers with clear, peer-level language while it illustrates concepts with concrete, engaging examples, and coding practice exercises. Readers learn how to create and implement objects, master fully object-oriented design, migrate to Microsoft.NET programming and even create their own objects.

Robin A. Reynolds-Haertle is a programmer/writer for the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET documentation team, where she specializes in server components, extensibility, and code sample quality. A graduate of Seattle University's Master of Software Engineering program, she also teaches Visual Basic programming for the University of Washington Outreach program

Introduction

ix

Writing Your First Object-Oriented Program

1

(28)

Reading Books: Your First Object-Oriented Program

2

(14)

Using the Class View

16

(6)

Creating the ReadBooks Program

22

(7)

Creating Class Instances with Constructors

29

(14)

Constructors

29

(1)

Reading Books: Another Implementation

30

(8)

Reference and Value Types

38

(2)

Understanding Array Declarations

40

(3)

Creating Fields and Properties

43

(28)

Design Considerations for Properties

44

(1)

Code Analysis: A Host of Properties

44

(14)

Code Analysis: Using Indexers and Default Properties

58

(13)

Working with Methods

71

(34)

A Deck of Cards

72

(33)

Using Inheritance to Create Specialized Classes

105

(32)

Inheritance: An Overview

106

(1)

BankAccount: A Simple Example

106

(21)

Inherit from a Control: The RoundButton Class

127

(10)

Designing Base Classes as Abstract Classes

137

(26)

Abstract Classes

138

(1)

The BankAccount Class Revisited

139

(12)

A Typed Collection Class

151

(12)

Responding to Changes with Events and Exceptions

163

(34)

Fire on the Tracks! An Event-Driven Application

164

(20)

Setting up Event Methods Without Using the Designer

184

(3)

Exceptions-When Things Go Wrong

187

(10)

Putting It All Together with Components

197

(40)

The Memory Game

198

(3)

The Games Class Library

201

(31)

The Memory Game Application

232

(5)

Providing Services Using Interfaces

237

(30)

An IMoveable Interface

237

(8)

Net Framework Interfaces

245

(18)

Two Other Uses of Interfaces

263

(4)

Using Classes Interchangeably Through Polymorphism

267

(26)

Pattern Marker

267

(1)

Pattern Maker Design

268

(3)

The Base Classes

271

(2)

The Derived Classes

273

(12)

The User Interface

285

(8)

Using Shared and Static Members

293

(24)

Shared and Static Members

294

(1)

A More Interesting Point

294

(8)

A More Efficient Card

302

(7)

The Singleton Pattern

309

(5)

Design Considerations

314

(3)

Overloading Operators with Visual C#

317

(14)

A Short Lesson on Vectors

318

(2)

Vector Algebra Application

320

(11)

Saving Instance Data

331

(28)

Serialization

331

(17)

DataSets

348

(11)

Reducing Complexity by Design

359

(18)

The Net Design Guidelines

360

(8)

Refactoring

368

(4)

Design Patterns

372

(5)

Appendix Additional Resources

377

(2)

Books

377

(1)

Organizations

378

(1)

Index

379

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