Visual Basic Introduction

Course Overview

This Introduction to Visual Basic (VB) course is aimed at people looking to move into a developer professional role or whose job role is expanding to programming elements. The course provides the fundamentals of Visual Basic, including the environment setup, syntax, data types, loops, variables and more.

Visual Basic Introduction

Overview

• Strong Programming Features VB.Net

Environment setup

• The .Net Framework
• Integrated Development Environment (IDE) For VB.Net

Program structure

• Net Hello World Example
• Compile & Execute VB.Net Program

Basic syntax

• A Rectangle Class in VB.Net
• Identifiers
• Net Keywords

Data types

• Data Types Available in VB.Net
• Example
• The Type Conversion Functions in VB.Net

Variables

• Variable Declaration in VB.Net
• Variable Initialization in VB.Net
• Accepting Values from User
• Lvalues and Rvalues

Constants and enumerations

• Declaring Constants
• Example
• Print and Display Constants in VB.Net
• Declaring Enumerations

Modifiers

• List of Available Modifiers in VB.Net

Statements

• Declaration Statements
• Executable Statements

Directives

• Compiler Directives in VB.Net

Operators

• Arithmetic Operators
• Comparison Operators
• Logical/Bitwise Operators
• Bit Shift Operators
• Assignment Operators
• Miscellaneous Operators
• Operators Precedence in VB.Net

Decision making

• ..Then Statement
• ..Then…Else Statement
• The If…Else If…Else Statement
• Nested If Statements
• Select Case Statement
• Nested Select Case Statement

Loops

• Do Loop
• ..Next Loop
• ..End While Loop
• ..End With Statement
• Nested Loops
• Loop Control Statements
• Exit Statement
• Continue Statement
• GoTo Statement

Strings

• Creating a String Object
• Properties of the String Class
• Methods of the String Class

Date & time

• Properties and Methods of the DateTime Structure
• Creating a DateTime Object
• Getting the Current Date and Time
• Formatting Date
• Predefined Date/Time Formats
• Properties and Methods of the DateAndTime Class

Arrays

• Creating Arrays in VB.Net
• Dynamic Arrays
• Multi-Dimensional Arrays
• Jagged Array
• The Array Class
• COLLECTIONS
• Various Collection Classes and Their Usage
• ArrayList
• Hashtable
• SortedList
• Stack
• Queue
• BitArray

Collections

• Various Collection Classes and Their Usage
• ArrayList
• Hashtable
• SortedList
• Stack
• Queue
• BitArray

Functions

• Defining a Function
• Function Returning a Value
• Recursive Function
• Param Arrays
• Passing Arrays as Function Arguments

Sub procedures

• Defining Sub Procedures
• Passing Parameters by Value
• Passing Parameters by Reference

Classes & objects

• Class Definition
• Member Functions and Encapsulation
• Constructors and Destructors
• Shared Members of a VB.Net Class
• Inheritance
• Base & Derived Classes
• Base Class Initialization