Programming with Microsoft® Visual Basic® 2010

Fifth Edition
Author: Diane Zak
ISBN #: 1111529434
©2012   Publish Date: 04/14/2011
Binding: PB
Pages: 840
Publisher: Cengage Learning

Price: $239.95

Description:

PROGRAMMING WITH MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC 2010, FIFTH EDITION by the best-selling author, Diane Zak, is designed for a first course in programming. Using the most recent version of the software, Visual Basic 2010, this book teaches individuals how to use Visual Basic applications as they would in a real world setting. Students with no previous programming experience learn how to plan and create their own interactive Windows applications. GUI design skills and object-oriented programming concepts are emphasized throughout the book.

Product Benefits:

  • NEW YOU DO IT boxes are strategically placed to test students' knowledge at various points in the chapter.
  • NEW Includes a Course Notes Quick Reference Card showing the syntax of each command covered in the book.
  • NEW Now includes two chapters on Databases and LINQ.
  • NEW Offers Key Terms section, with definitions, at the end of each lesson.
  • Updated to reflect the new Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
  • The new edition has a brand new eye-catching interior design.
  • Exercises identified as Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced, Discovery, and Swat The Bugs.
  • Includes coverage of breakpoints and stepping through code.
  • Designed for the different learning styles: videos for visual and auditory learners, and tutorial sections and YOU DO IT boxes for kinesthetic learners.
  • May be purchased with Visual Basic 2010. Contact your sales representative for more information.
  • SAM Test bank available.

Table of Contents:

An Overview of Programming.
1: An Introduction to Visual Basic 2010.
2: Designing Applications.
3: Using Variables and Constants.
4: The Selection Structure.
5: More on the Selection Structure.
6: The Repetition Structure.
7: Sub and Function Procedures.
8: String Manipulation.
9: Arrays.
10: Structures and Sequential Access Files.
11: Classes and Objects.
12: Web Applications.
13: Working with Access Databases and LINQ.
14: Access Databases and SQL.
Appendix A: Locating Syntax and Logic Errors.
Appendix B: GUI Design Guidelines.
Appendix C: Visual Basic Type Conversion Functions.
Appendix D: Windows Presentation Foundation Forms.

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