Visual Basic 2010 Fundamentals I and II LiveLessons (Sneak Peek)

Table of contents

1. Before You Begin
   1. Before You Begin
2. Chapter 2: Dive Into Visual Basic 2010 Express
   1. Opening Visual Basic 2010 Express and Configuring Help
   2. Using Visual Programming to Create a Simple Program that Displays Text and and Image
3. Chapter 3: Intro to VB Programming
   1. Programmatically Displaying Text in a Label
   2. Addition Program
   3. Decision Making: Equality and Relational Operators
4. Chapter 4: Intro to Problem Solving and Control Statements
   1. Compound Assignment Operators
   2. Formulating Algorithms: Counter-Controlled Repetition
   3. Formulating Algorithms: Counter-Controlled Repetition
   4. Formulating Algorithms: Counter-Controlled Repetition
   5. Formulating Algorithms: Nested Control Statements
   6. Formulating Algorithms: Nested Control Statements
   7. Using the Debugger: Locating a Logic Error
5. Chapter 5: Problem Solving and Control Statements, Part 2
   1. For…Next Repetition Statement
   2. Application: Interest Calculator
   3. Formulating Algorithms: Nested Repetition Statements
   4. Select…Case Multiple-Selection Statement
   5. Do…Loop While and Do…Loop Until Repetition Statements
   6. Application: Dental Payment Calculator
6. Chapter 6: Methods
   1. Subroutines: Methods That Do Not Return a Value
   2. Function: Methods That Return a Value
   3. Passing Arguments: Pass-by-Value vs. Pass-by-Reference
   4. Scope of Declarations
   5. Scaling and Shifting of Random Numbers
   6. Randomly Selecting Images
   7. Rolling Dice Repeatedly and Displaying Statistics
   8. Case Study: A Game of Chance
   9. Method Overloading
   10. Optional Parameters
   11. Using the Debugger: Debugging Commands
7. Chapter 7: Arrays
   1. Initializing the Values in an Array
   2. Summing the Elements of an Array
   3. Using Arrays to Analyze Survey Results
   4. Die-Rolling with an Array of Counters
   5. Case Study: Flag Quiz
   6. Passing an Array to a Method
   7. For Each…Next Repetition Statement
   8. Sorting an Array with Method Sort of Class Array
   9. Searching an Array with Linear Search
   10. Searching an Array with Array Method BinarySearch
   11. Rectangular Arrays
   12. Case Study: Maintaining Grades Using a Rectangular Array
   13. Resizing an Array with the ReDim Statement
8. Chapter 8: Files
   1. Writing Data Sequentially to a Text File
   2. Credit Inquiry Application: Reading Data Sequentially from a text file
9. Chapter 9: Object Oriented Programming: Classes and Objects
   1. Account class
   2. Case Study: Card Shuffling and Dealing Simulation
   3. Case Study: Time Class
   4. Shared Class Members
   5. Object Browser
10. Chapter 10: Object Oriented Programming: Inheritance and Polymorphism
    1. Base Classes and Derived Classes
    2. Business Case Study: Commission Employees Class Hierarchy
    3. Case Study: Payroll System Class Hierarchy Using Polymorphism
    4. Case Study: Payroll System Class Hierarchy Using Polymorphism (continued)
    5. Case Study: Payroll System Class Hierarchy Using Polymorphism (continued)
11. Chapter 11: Introduction to LINQ
    1. Querying an Array of Primitive-Type Elements Using LINQ
    2. Querying an Array of Reference-Type Elements Using LINQ
    3. Some Common IEnumerable Extension Methods
    4. Deferred Execution in LINQ Queries
12. Chapter 14: Windows Forms GUI: A Deeper Look
    1. Creating Event Handlers
    2. Control Properties and Layout
    3. GroupBoxes and Panels
    4. Tooltips
    5. Mouse Event Handling
    6. Keyboard Event Handling
    7. Menus
    8. MonthCalendar and DateTimePicker Controls
    9. DateTimePicker Format
    10. LinkLabel Control
    11. ListBox and CheckedListBox Controls
    12. Multiple Document Interface (MDI) Windows
    13. Visual Inheritance
    14. Animation with the Timer Component
13. Chapter 15: Graphics and Multimedia
    1. The Coordinate System
    2. Manipulating Colors
    3. Using the ColorDialog
    4. Drawing Strings in Different Fonts
    5. Drawing Lines, Rectangles and Ovals
    6. Drawing Arcs
    7. Drawing Polygons and Polylines
    8. Gradients, Line Styles and Fill Patterns
    9. General Paths
    10. Loading, Displaying and Scaling Images
    11. Windows Media Player
    12. Printing