For introductory courses in Visual Basic Programming. This comprehensive yet easily understood text covers Visual Basic, the most popular programming language for the world's most popular Windows operation systems. Beginning with easy-to-learn design environments and computer programs that require no previous knowledge of the subject, each chapter of this book builds on the previous one, as the concepts and exercises become progressively more challenging; it introduces object-oriented programming slowly. Part I, The Environment, deals with setting up the language for ease of use; Part II, Programming, deals with common types of classes and methods; and Part III, Applications, combines the first two sections, emphasizing modular design and databases and allowing for the building of actual VB.NET applications.

Table of Contents:
I. ENVIRONMENT.  1. Introducing VB.NET and Running VB.NET Programs.  2. Writing and Running Your First VB.NET Program.  3. Adding Controls and Event Procedures to a Windows Application.  4. Learning to Think Visually. II. PROGRAMMING.  5. Variables and Constants.  6. Math Operators and Formulas.  7. If-Then-Else Logic and Select Case Statement.  8. Inputting Values and Formatting Results.  9. Defining the Scope of Variables and Procedures. 10. Working with Loops. 11. The System.Drawing Namespace and Selected Drawing Classes. 12. Programming User Events. 13. Introduction to Debugging. 14. Lists and Arrays. 15. Multidimensional Arrays, Tables, and Arrays of Structures. 16. Numeric Functions and Methods. 17. String Functions and Methods. 18. Sequential File Processing and Error Trapping. 19. Object Types, Variables, and Collections. 20. Class Modules. III. APPLICATIONS. 21. Modular Design. 22. Accessing and Manipulating Databases with VB.NET. 23. Working with Queries and ADO.NET. 24. Web Forms and ASP.NET. 25. Working with Objects from Microsoft Office.