Introduction to Visual Basic.Net

Introduction
This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to develop applications in Microsoft Visual Basic .NET for the Microsoft .NET platform. The course focuses on user interfaces, program structure, language syntax, and implementation details. This is the first course in the Visual Basic .NET curriculum and will serve as the entry point for other .NET courses.

Audience
This course is intended for both novice and experienced programmers who have a minimum of three months programming experience and have basic Microsoft Windows navigation skills.

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
• Create a simple Visual Basic .NET–based application based on the Windows Application template.
• Use forms and controls to create a user interface.
• Create and use variables and arrays.
• Create and use Sub and Function procedures, including predefined functions.
• Implement decision structures and loops by using conditional expressions.
• Validate user input for fields, controls, and forms.
• Apply object-oriented programming techniques to create classes, add methods, and add properties.
• Resolve syntax, run-time, and logic errors by using the debugger and structured exception handling.
• Enhance the user interface by adding menus, status bars, and toolbars.
• Create a simple Visual Basic .NET–based Web Forms application that uses an XML Web Service.
• Access and manipulate data in a Microsoft Access or Microsoft SQL Server™ database by using Microsoft ADO.NET.
• Build, package, and deploy an application.

Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
• Windows navigation skills.
• Experience (at least three months) with developing applications in either a graphical or non-graphical environment.
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• Completion of Microsoft MSDN Training Course 2667: Introduction to Programming.
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• Understanding of the basics of structured programming, including concepts such as flow control, variables and parameters, and function calls.

Course Outline
Getting Started
Working with Forms and Controls
Using Variables and Arrays
Working with Procedures
Decision Structures and Loops
Validating User Input
Object-Oriented Programming in Visual Basic .NET
Creating a Derived Class
Handling Errors and Exceptions
Enhancing the User Interface
Web Forms and XML Web Services
Using ADO.NET
Deploying Applications