Learning to Program Using Visual Basic 2010, Part 3 of 4
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Learning to Program Using Visual Basic 2010, Part 3 of 4

LearnNow Online
Updated Oct 26, 2018

Course description

In this course, you will learn to use Visual Studio 2010 to explore the Visual Basic language. The course starts with a quick overview of the .NET platform, examining assemblies, Microsoft Intermediate Language, Visual Studio profiles, XML comments, IntelliSense, and debugging. From there, you will learn all the language features that you must internalize in order to create full-featured Web or Windows applications that make best use of the .NET platform. You will learn about data types, variables, and operators, along with all the important flow control structures. You will work through several examples demonstrating the power of the .NET Framework, and dig into creating and consuming your own classes and objects. The course moves on to working with data structures, such as arrays and collection classes, before finishing up with discussions of generics, handling exceptions and working with delegates and events. The course concludes by introducing the new LINQ-oriented features including anonymous types, lambda expressions, and more. By the end of this course, you will understand the important basic concepts that will allow you to start creating the applications you need.

Each LearnNowOnline training course is made up of Modules (typically an hour in length). Within each module there are Topics (typically 15-30 minutes each) and Subtopics (typically 2-5 minutes each). There is a Post Exam for each Module that must be passed with a score of 70% or higher to successfully and fully complete the course.


Prerequisites

This course assumes that students have some programming background. No specific experience with Visual Studio 2010 or the .NET Framework is required. As with any such course, the more experience you bring to the course, the more you’ll get out of it. This course moves quickly through a broad range of programming topics, but it does not require any prior .NET skills.


Meet the experts

Ken Getz

Ken Getz is a featured instructor for several of our Visual Studio courses. He is a Visual Basic and Visual C# expert and has been recognized multiple times as a Microsoft MVP. Ken is a seasoned instructor, successful consultant, and the author or co-author of several best-selling books. He is a frequent speaker at technical conferences like Tech-Ed, VSLive, and DevConnections and he has written for several of the industry's most-respected publications including Visual Studio Magazine, CoDe Magazine, and MSDN Magazine.

Robert Green

Robert Green is a Visual Studio expert and a featured instructor for several of our Visual Basic and Visual C# courses. He is currently a Technical Evangelist in the Developer Platform and Evangelism (DPE) group at Microsoft. He has also worked for Microsoft on the Developer Tools marketing team and as Community Lead on the Visual Basic team. Robert has several years of consulting experience focused on developer training and is a frequent speaker at technology conferences including TechEd, VSLive, VSConnections, and Advisor Live.

Video Runtime

239 Minutes

Time to complete

299 Minutes

Course Outline

Module 7

Inheritance (54:08)

  • Introduction (01:28)
  • Overview (04:58)
  • Polymorphism (02:24)
  • Add Mem. to Derived Classes (00:47)
  • Explore the Sample (02:36)
  • Base Class Members (03:02)
  • Inherited Members (02:40)
  • Demo: Add Members to DC (05:58)
  • Overloading Derived Members (00:53)
  • Calling Base Class Members (01:08)
  • Demo: Overriding DM (05:27)
  • Demo: Overloading DM (02:51)
  • Demo: Calling BC Members (04:48)
  • Abstract Classes and Members (02:49)
  • Sealed Classes and Members (01:02)
  • Abstract Classes (06:08)
  • Sealed Classes (03:16)
  • Summary (01:45)

Interfaces (17:24)

  • Introduction (00:47)
  • Overview (00:47)
  • Implementing an Interface (00:51)
  • Interfaces in the .NET FW (01:07)
  • Define an Interface (01:50)
  • Implement an Interface (02:02)
  • IComparable Interface (08:01)
  • Summary (01:57)

Organizing Classes (25:05)

  • Introduction (00:54)
  • Overview (00:38)
  • Partial Classes (01:06)
  • Nested Classes (01:52)
  • Namespaces (01:52)
  • Demo: Partial Classes (03:03)
  • Demo: Nested Classes (08:18)
  • Demo: Class Library Properties (02:00)
  • Demo: Add Ref. to Library (01:09)
  • Demo: External Assemblies (01:16)
  • Demo: Nested Namespaces (02:35)
  • Summary (00:18)
Module 8

Introduction to Arrays (33:37)

  • Introduction (01:04)
  • Working with Arrays (01:51)
  • One Variable vs Many (00:33)
  • Array Sample (02:43)
  • Visualizing Arrays (00:56)
  • Arrays Under the Covers (00:42)
  • Create and Fill Arrays (00:37)
  • Resize Arrays (01:21)
  • Assign References to Arrays (02:31)
  • Cloning an Array (01:49)
  • Arrays of Objects (03:53)
  • Multi-Dimensional Arrays (02:39)
  • Retrieving Data From an Array (03:17)
  • Pass an Array as a Parameter (01:48)
  • Arrays and Method Parameters (00:56)
  • Work with Method Parameters (02:04)
  • Auto-Array Parameter Rules (00:40)
  • Arrays in the .NET Framework (00:36)
  • String.Split Method (00:46)
  • Process.GetProcesses Method (01:17)
  • Summary (01:23)

Manipulating Arrays (32:31)

  • Introduction (00:44)
  • Manipulating Arrays (01:36)
  • Sorting Arrays (01:40)
  • Sorting with IComparable (05:33)
  • More Flexible Sorting (04:43)
  • A Smarter IComparer (03:19)
  • Making it Easier (00:53)
  • Avoiding IComparer (03:12)
  • Summarizing Sorting Options (01:05)
  • Searching in Arrays (03:38)
  • Searching Arrays (03:20)
  • FindAll (01:36)
  • Summary (01:07)
Module 9

Motivating Delegates (20:49)

  • Introduction (00:43)
  • Motivating Delegates (01:01)
  • Demo: FileSearch0 (03:42)
  • FileSearch1 (00:57)
  • Demo: FileSearch1 (02:40)
  • Event Interface Class (00:53)
  • IFileFoundHandler (05:30)
  • Adding Multiple Handlers (01:16)
  • Multiple Handlers (01:20)
  • Multiple Listeners (01:20)
  • Summary (01:20)

Introducing Delegates (21:47)

  • Introduction (01:03)
  • Introducing Delegates (02:59)
  • Declare / Invoke Delegate (03:31)
  • Instance Delegate (01:41)
  • Shared Delegate (02:56)
  • Digging Deeper into Delegates (00:49)
  • Delegates with ILDASM (02:05)
  • Delegate v. MulticastDelegate (01:29)
  • Multicast Delegate (03:33)
  • Summary (01:37)

Events (34:28)

  • Introduction (00:54)
  • Working with Events (02:13)
  • Events Like in VB6 (00:32)
  • Demo: Raising Events (03:45)
  • Multiple Handlers (02:57)
  • Events with ILDASM (03:44)
  • Exceptions and Multiple Events (01:36)
  • Demo: Raising Events (03:24)
  • Manually Raising Events (04:46)
  • .NET Event Design Pattern (06:41)
  • Add/Remove Handlers Dynam. (03:20)
  • Summary (00:30)
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