Based on the principles of cognitive science and instructional design, Fluent Visual Basic, part of the Fluent Learning series, is a true tutorial that will help you build effective working models for understanding a large and complex subject: developing .NET Framework applications in Visual Basic.   Most introductory books just talk at you and give you “exercises” that have more to do with taking dictation than actually learning. Fluent Visual Basic is different. It guides you through learning the way your mind likes to learn: by solving puzzles, making connections, and building genuine understanding instead of just memorizing random facts.   DETAILED INFORMATION ON HOW TO… Write .NET applications in Visual Basic Leverage the incredible power of the .NET Framework Class Library Apply Object-Oriented principles, Design Patterns, and best practices to your code Develop desktop applications using the powerful Windows Presentation Foundation user interface API

Table of Contents:
Getting Started Introduction.     1 Fluent Learning Because This book isn’t for everyone What you’ll learn What you’ll need How it works 1  Application Development     9 The development process System design Creating executables 2  The .NET Platform      43 .NET Components Say hello Say what? 3  The Visual Studio UI. 67 Solutions, projects and stuff Take control Get some help 4  Testing & Deployment     93 Errors & exceptions Deployment The Language 5  Part 1: Nouns     121 Statements Declared elements Comments Directives & Attributes 6  Part 2: Transitive Verbs     155 Literal expressions Object expressions 7  Part 3: Intransitive Verbs      181 Control of flow commands Exception handling commands The .NET Framework Library 8  Classes in the .NET Framework 221 The Class Designer Class definitions Fields & properties Methods 9  Other Framework Types      269 Structures Enumerations Interfaces Working with types 10  The Class Library, Part 1     305 Namespaces The Object Browser Numeric data Character data Times & dates 11  The Class Library, Part 2     349 Arrays Specialized Sets Generics Best Practice 12  OOA & D.     381 Type relationships OOP principles Type modifiers 13  Programming Principles      425 The Single Responsibility Principle The Open/Closed Principle The Liskov Substitution Principle The Law of Demeter 14  Patterns     457 The Strategy Pattern The Observer Pattern Architectural Patterns WPF 15  XAML     501 Fundamentals WPF types XAML & Visual Basic 16  WPF Controls     531 WPF panels Control classes Content controls Items controls 17  Dependency Properties      591 The basics Creating dependency properties 18  WPF Interactions      627 Routed events WPF Commands 19  WPF Graphics      669 Color Brushes Pens Typography Effects 20  Resources      719 Resource dictionaries Styles Property triggerrs Event triggers 21  Templates     765 Building controls Building control templates The VisualStateManager 22  WPF Binding     797 Creating bindings Binding to collections Working with collections Index    846