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Visual Basic .NET: A Laboratory Course

Author(s): Nell Dale, PhD, University of Texas, Austin
Michael McMillan
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763718237
  • ISBN-10:0763718238
  • Paperback    269 pages      © 2003
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Visual Basic .NET: A Laboratory Course 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 help to reinforce the expository material from the chapter.

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 upcoming release of VB.net, the language will support all the major features of object-oriented programming-encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism.

ShowKey Features

Provides 13 engaging laboratory units that challenge and support beginning students.

Each exercise utilizes a pedagogical approach that stresses the importance of active learning.

Teaches the syntax and semantics of Visual Basic .NET in a flexible framework that is perfect for closed laboratory settings, independent learning, and on-line learning.

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1 Overview of Programming and Problem Solving

2  VB. NET Syntax and Semantics and the Program Entry Process

3  Event-Driven Output

4  Numeric Types and Expressions

5  Event-Driven Input and Software Design Strategies

6  Conditions, Logical Expressions, and Selection Control Structures

7  Classes and Methods

8  Inheritance, Polymorphism, and Scope

9  File I/O and Looping

10  Additional Control Structures and Exceptions

11  One-Dimensional Arrays

12  Array-Based Lists

13  Miultidimensional Arrays


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Nell Dale, PhD-University of Texas, Austin


Nell Dale received a B.S. in Mathematics and Psychology from the University of Houston, a M.A. in Mathematics, from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D. in Computer Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin. Nell Dale has been on the faculty at the University of Texas, Austin since 1975. She teaches occasionally but concentrates on computer science education, writing, traveling, tennis, and bridge -- and her family of course.

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Michael McMillan

Michael McMillan
An instructor of Computer Information Systems at Pulaksi Technical College, where he is the lead instructor of the Programming/Analyst option.  Mike teaches courses in Visual Basic, C++, Perl, and Java. In addition to teaching and writing, Mike also does research in Computer Science Education, where his interests are in developing interactive programming development and debugging systems.

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ShowAppropriate Courses

VB.NET: A Laboratory Course is intended for undergraduate use, either at the freshman or sophomore level.

  • Visual Basic.net Programming 
  • Introduction to Programming with VB.net
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      Programming and Problem Solving with Visual Basic .NET Student Resource Disk

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      When purchased new, this book includes a CD-ROM of the .NET Framework Software Development Kit (SDK), Microsoft's programming model for developing, deploying, and running applications. Included in the .NET Framework SDK are the common language runtime, the unified class libraries, documentation, samples, tools, and command line compilers.
       

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      Programming and Problem Solving with Visual Basic.NET

      ISBN-13: 9780763717636 ISBN-10: 0763717630

      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 programming–encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism.

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