Programming and Problem Solving with Visual Basic .Net

by Dale, Nell B.; McMillan, Michael; Weems, Chip; Headington, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780763717636
• ISBN10: 0763717630
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett
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Summary

Visual Basic is arguably the most popular computer programming language for application development in the United States and around the world today. Visual Basic is also an excellent language to teach as a "first" computer language because of its easy-to-learn syntax and flexibility. This book treats Visual Basic as a serious programming language and not as just another Windows application. One concern that is frequently voiced when discussing the differences between Visual Basic and C++ is the level of object-oriented programming supported by Visual Basic. With the release of VB. NET, The language will support all the major features of object-oriented programmingencapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism. Programming and Problem Solving with VB.NET teaches the reader how to program in Visual Basic from an object-oriented viewpoint, which is important because of the object-oriented flavor of VB.NET. The emphasis of this book is not on the fancy users interface tricks you can perform with VB.NET, but on the fundamentals of writing correct and efficient VB programs. The book provides a number of example programs that illustrate the concepts developed in the text, And The exercises at the end of each chapter helps to reinforce the expository material from the chapter.

Author Biography

Nell Dale: University of Texas, Austin Michael McMillan: Pulaski Technical College Chip Weems: University of Massachusetts, Amherst Mark Headington: University of Wisconsin--La Crosse

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Overview of Programming and Problem Solving	p. 1
Visual Basic Syntax and Semantics and the Program Entry Process	p. 45
Event-Driven Output	p. 99
Numeric Types and Expressions	p. 121
Event-Driven Input and Software Design Strategies	p. 167
Conditions, Logical Expressions, and Selection Control Structures	p. 211
Classes and Methods	p. 259
Inheritance, Polymorphism, and Scope	p. 303
File I/O and Looping	p. 347
Additional Control Structures and Exceptions	p. 401
One-Dimensional Arrays	p. 439
Array-Based Lists	p. 491
Multidimensional Arrays and Numeric Computation	p. 541
Database Programming in Visual Basic .NET	p. 585
Visual Basic Reserved Words	p. 603
Operator Precedence	p. 604
Primitive Data Types	p. 605
Formatting Numbers	p. 606
Program Style, Formatting, and Documentation	p. 608
Glossary	p. 613
Answers to Selected Exercises	p. 629
Index	p. 657
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