VB.NET 4.0 Training: Introduction to VB.NET 4.0 with Visual Studio 2010

Course Number: VBNET- 104
Duration: 4 days
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Visual Basic 4.0 Training Overview

Accelebrate's Visual Basic 4.0 training course teaches attendees to program in Visual Basic 4.0 using Visual Studio 2010.

Location and Pricing

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Visual Basic 4.0 Training Prerequisites

Attendees should have prior full-time programming experience.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This Visual Basic training class is 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting 15-20 minutes.

Visual Basic 4.0 Training Materials

All Visual Basic training students receive more than 500 pages of comprehensive courseware and a related textbook.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

Windows XP, Vista, or 7 with at least 2GB RAM
Visual Studio 2010 (full installation)
Additional lab files that we would provide

Visual Basic 4.0 Training Objectives

All attendees will learn how to:

Learn the fundamentals of Visual Basic 2010 programming in Visual Studio 2010.
Convert a variable from one data type to another.
Work with dates and times.
Repeat blocks of code using looping statements.
Generate and test your own classes using the Class Designer and Object Test Bench tools.
Use methods in your classes.
Control how derived classes inherit from base classes.
Create classes containing arrays, adding support for indexers and enumerators.
Use delegate types to provide flexibility and type safety.
Create generic classes and methods.
Use Exception objects to determine what error has occurred.
Create your own custom collection classes.
Use anonymous types, lambda expressions, extension methods, object initializers, and implicit type declarations.

Visual Basic 4.0 Training Outline

Getting started

Learn the advantages and architecture of the .NET Framework
Setup a development profile in Visual Studio .NET
View the code that Visual Studio generates and understand what it does

Data Types and Variables

Understand how to create variables and assign values
Explore operators and see how they can be used to change values and compare expressions

Using the .NET Framework

Using .NET Framework classes
Explore basic file IO operations
Learn how to work with strings

Branching and Flow Control

Making choices using conditional statements
Manage flow control using branching statements
Break out of loops when necessary

Classes and Objects

Investigate .NET Framework classes to see how you can consume classes in your code
Learn about properties, methods, and fields
Create instances of classes using class constructors
Investigate class details, including reference vs. value types, and more

Properties and Methods

Explore how to use properties in your classes
Learn to control how property values are set and retrieved
Understand how to pass arguments to methods
Learn how to return both simple and complex data types from methods

Object-Oriented Techniques

Understand how derived classes inherit from base classes
Explore how to add and modify members in derived classes
Understand how to create and use interfaces
Explore techniques for organizing your classes

Working with Arrays

Create and initialize arrays
Work with array methods and properties
Investigate arrays in the .NET Framework
Learn techniques for sorting arrays

Delegates and Events

Learn different ways to work with delegates
Introduce anonymous delegates
Learn how delegates and events are related
Investigate events and event handlers

Generics

Understand the advantages and benefits of generics
Explore the use of generics to sort and search in arrays
See how to use generic interfaces and constraints
Explore the generic List class

Handling Exceptions

Learn to use try/catch blocks to handle runtime errors
Throw exceptions back to procedure callers
Use the finally block to run code unconditionally
Create and handle user-defined exceptions

Collection Classes

Investigate the collection interfaces in the System.Collections.Generic namespace
Create dynamically sized arrays using the List class
Investigate the generic SortedDictionary, SortedList, Stack, and Queue classes

LINQ

Motivate the need for LINQ
Learn about the various LINQ providers
Investigate simple LINQ to Objects, LINQ to SQL, and LINQ to XML samples

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Visual Basic 4.0 Training: Introduction to Visual Basic 4.0 with Visual Studio 2010