Week 1: |
Introduction to Visual
Studio.Net
How to design a Windows Forms projects
How to code and test a Windows Forms application |
- An introduction to .Net
development
- A tour of the Visual
Studio IDE
- How to test a project
- How to upgrade projects
created in earlier versions of Visual Basic
- How to set options and
create
- How to design a form
- How to name and save the
files of a project
- An introduction to coding
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Week 2: |
How to work with numeric and
string data
How to code control structures
How to code procedures and event handlers |
- How to work with built-in
value types
- How to work with strings
- How to convert data types
- How to code Boolean
expressions
- How to code conditional
statements
- How to code loops
- How to code and call
procedures
- How to work with events
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Week 3: |
How to handle exceptions and
validate data
How to use arrays and collections |
- An Introduction to data
validation and exception handling
- How to use structured
exception handling
- How to validate data
- How to work with one
dimensional arrays
- How to work with
rectangular arrays
- How to work with jagged
arrays
- How to work with
collections
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Week 4: |
How to work with dates and
strings
More skills for working with Windows Forms and controls |
- How to work with dates and
times
- How to work with strings
- How to format numbers,
dates and times
- How to work with controls
- How to work with
multi-form projects
- How to use the MessageBox
Class
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Week 5: |
How to create and use classes
How to debug an application |
- An introduction to classes
- How to create a class
- Basic debugging techniques
- How to use the debugging
windows
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Week 6: |
An introduction to database
programming |
- An introduction to
client/server systems
- An introduction to
relational databases
- How to use SQL to work
with the data in a relational database
- An Introduction to ADO.Net
and the .Net data providers
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Week 7: |
How to use data sources with
databases |
- How to create a data
source
- How to use a data source
with a DataGrid/View control
- How to handle data errors
- How to use a data source
with TextBox controls
- How to use the Dataset
designer
- How to work with the
ToolStrip control
- How to use code to work
with a binding source or dataset
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Week 8: |
How to use ADO.Net to write
your own access code
How to use data sources with business objects |
- How to work with
connections and commands
- How to execute data
commands
- How to work with datasets
and data adapters
- An introduction to object
data sources
- How to work with an object
data sources
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Week 9: |
How to work with default
properties, events and operators
How to work with Inheritance |
- How to work with default
properties
- How to work with events
- How to overload operators
- An introduction to
Inheritance
- Object types and casting
- How to work with abstract
and sealed classes
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Week 10: |
How to work with interfaces and generics
How to document your classes |
- How to work with
Interfaces
- How to work with generics
- How to organize your
classes
- How to document your
classes
- How to create and use
class libraries
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Week 11: |
How to with files and data
streams
How to work with XML |
- An Introduction to the
System.IO Classes
- How to work with text
files
- How to work with binary
files
- An introduction to XML
- How to work with the XML
Editor
- How to work with XML
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Week 12: |
How to enhance the user interface
How to deploy an application |
- Two types of user
interfaces
- How to develop SDI
Applications
- How to add menus to a form
- How to develop MDI
applications
- How to add toolbars to a
form
- How to create and use a
status bar
- An introduction to
deploying applications
- How to use XCOPY
- How to use ClickOnce
- How to create and use a
Setup program
- How to deploy database
applications
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