To understand practical working with Graphical User Interface and develop stand-alone application using GUI programming tools.
The following concepts would be covered:
Interface Development: The dot net framework, System namespace, CLR, IL, Assemblies. Integrated Development Environment. Data types, Type casting & Conversion, Operators, conditions & Loops.
The GUI Basics: Common Controls & Interfaces: Windows forms, Dialog boxes, Textbox, Button, Checkbox, Radio buttons, Picture box, Tab-Control, Timer control. Container Controls: Group boxes, Panel.
The GUI Basics: Advanced Controls: Dropdown control, List box, Menus, Toolbars, Background worker, Date Time picker, User controls, creating components, creating reports.
Object Oriented Programming: Namespaces, Exception Handling, Access modifiers, Overloading, Overriding, and Shadowing. Creating properties, Events, Structures. The Finalize method, Component Controls: tooltip & creating Windows service, Threading and Synchronization.
Database Connectivity: ADO.NET: Introduction, System Data, connection(OLEDB, SQL), Data Adaptor, DataProvider, DataSet, Datatable, DataGrid, DataBinding, Database Operations. Creating and Consuming Web Services,Deploying VB.Net application
ESSENTIAL READINGS:
S. Holzer, “VB.net Black Book”, IDG-Wiley Publications.
REFERENCES:
“Beginners Visual Basic.NET”, Wrox Publications
BL Jones, “Visual Basic.Net” , Sams Series.
E. Peterotsos, “Mastering Visual Basic”, BPB Publications.
P.Verma, ”Programming in VB.Net”, RBSA Published 2013.