VB.NET 2008 Training Outline

• Introduction to Windows Forms
• .NET Does Windows
• Adding Controls to a Form
• A Peek behind the Scenes
• Adding Event Handling Code
• Adding a Menu to the Form
• Adding Non-Graphical Components
• Taking Advantage of the Form Event Model
• How Visual Basic Handles Events
• Exploring Form and Control Events
• Common Windows Forms Controls
• Label, TextBox, and Button
• CheckBox and RadioButton
• ComboBox, ListBox, and CheckedListBox
• LinkLabel, NumericUpdown, PictureBox and ProgressBar
• Exception Handling
• Perspectives on Exception Handling Getting Started with Exception Handling
• Catching Specific Exceptions
• Raising Errors
• Running Code Unconditionally
• Handling Unhandled Exceptions
• Creating Exception Classes
• Working with Strings and Dates
• Basic .NET Data Types
• Working with Text: The String Class
• Working with Dates and Times
• Accessing Data
• Overview of ADO.NET
• Connecting to Data
• Executing Commands
• Working with Data
• Choosing an ADO.NET Provider
• Introduction to LINQ
• LINQ Syntax
• LINQ SQL
• LINQ DataSets
• LINQ to XML
• Data Binding Techniques
• Data Binding Basics
• Creating a Data Source
• Creating Data-Bound Forms
• Data Binding Components and Controls
• Displaying Data from Related Tables
• Enforcing Referential Integrity
• Displaying Data from Lookup Tables
• Adding Search Capabilities to a Form
• Filtering by Values from a Lookup Table
• Data Validation
• Working with Local Data
• Using the Data Controls
• Data Controls
• The BindingNavigator Control
• The BindingSource Component
• The DataGridView Control
• The ReportViewer Control
• Introduction to WPF
• Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
• Investigating XAML and the WPF Designer
• Introducing Content and Grid Controls
• Revisiting WPF
• Laying Out the Application
• Creating the MoviePlayer Control
• Creating a Data Source and Hooking up Data Binding
• Adding a Data Converter and a Data Template
• Handling Input/Output Tasks
• Introducing the System.IO Namespace
• Selecting Files
• Browsing for Folders
• Handling Path Information
• Working with Directories and Files
• Using Stream-Based Objects to Read and Write File Contents
• Project Settings in Visual Studio
• The Project Designer
• Application Properties
• Compilation Properties
• Debugging Properties
• Project References
• Project Resources
• Project Settings
• Debugging Your Applications
• Debugging Applications
• Setting Breakpoints and Stepping through Code
• Debugging Code in Assemblies
• Evaluating Variables and Objects
• Edit and Continue
• Tracing Applications
• Unit Testing
• Container Controls
• Introducing Container Controls
• Grouping Controls with the GroupBox Control
• Introducing the Panel Control
• Displaying Multiple Panels with the SplitContainer Control
• Laying out Panels with the TabControl Control
• Simple Layout Using the FlowLayoutPanel Control
• Advanced Layout Using the TableLayoutPanel Control
• Menus and Toolbars
• Introducing the ToolStrips
• Working with the ToolStrips
• Complex Windows Forms Controls
• Introducing Complex Controls
• NotifyIcon Control
• WebBrowser Control
• MaskedTextBox Control
• RichTextBox Control
• TreeView and ListView Controls
• MonthCalendar and DateTimePicker Controls
• Working with My Namespace
• The My Namespace
• My.Application
• My.Computer
• My.User
• My.Forms
• My.Resources
• My.Settings
• My.WebServices
• Conclusion