VB.Net Tutorial/Training (Blackhat Consulting)

VB.Net  Level 1

1.0.NET Concepts
1.1 Why Do We Need .NET?
1.2 Introducing the .NET Framework
1.3 Understanding the Common Type System
1.4 Compilers, Assemblies and Microsoft Intermediate Language
1.5 Namespaces

2.0 Using the Visual Studio IDE
2.1 Visual Studio IDE
2.2 Project Basics
2.3 Visual Studio Interface
2.4 Compiling and Executing
2.5 Getting Help
3.0 Creating Simple Interfaces
3.1 Form Basics
3.2 Adding Controls to a Form
3.3 What is an Event?
3.4 Writing Code for an Event
3.5 Running the Application

Level 2

1.0 Using Variables and Constants
1.1 What is a Variable?
1.2 Understanding the Common Type System
1.3 Declaring and Using Variables
1.4 Using Constants
1.5 Type Conversion
1.6 Structures
1.7 Arrays

2.0 Using Procedures
2.1 What is a Procedure?
2.2 Creating and Calling Sub Procedures
2.3 Creating and Calling Function Procedures
2.4 Using Arguments
2.5 Using Built-in Functions
2.6 Using the Sub Main()
3.0 Operators and Expressions
3.1 Arithmetic Operators
3.2 Building Expressions
3.3 Using Strings

4.0 Control of Flow Logic
4.1 Control of Flow Logic
4.2 Using the Select Case Structure
4.3 Using the Do...Loop Structure
4.4 Using the For...Next Structure
4.5 Using the For Each...Next Structure

Level 3

1.0 Working with Forms

1.1 Creating Form Instances

1.2 Working with Multiple Forms

1.3 Drag and Drop

2.0 Standard Windows Controls

2.1 Overview of Windows Controls

2.2 Labels and TextBoxes

2.3 Buttons and Menus

2.4 CheckBoxes and RadioButtons

2.5 PictureBox

2.6 Panel

2.7 ListBoxes           

3.0 Advanced Windows Controls

3.1 TabControl

3.2 Calendar Controls

3.3 Timer and ImageList

3.4 Splitter

3.5 UpDown Controls

3.6 ToolTips and ContextMenus

3.7 ToolBars and StatusBars

3.8 ErrorProviders and NotifyIcon

Level 4

1.1 MessageBox and InputBox
1.2 Common Dialogs
1.3 Creating Custom Dialog Forms

2.0 Multiple Document Interface
2.1 Why MDI?
2.2 Creating MDI Windows
2.3 MDI and Menus
2.4 Cascade and Tile

3.0 Debugging
3.1 The Need for Debugging
3.2 What is Break Mode?
3.3 Breakpoints and Stepping
3.4 Autos and Locals
3.5 Watch Expressions
3.6 The Call Stack
3.7 Using the Command Window
4.0 Error Handling
4.1 What is an Exception?
4.2 Using Try...Catch...Finally
4.3 Exit Try and When Statements
4.4 Throwing Exceptions

5.0 Input Validation
5.1 Types of Validation
5.2 Intrinsic Validation
5.3 Using Validation Events
5.4 Form-level

Level 5

1.0 Object Oriented Concepts
1.1 Why and What is OOP?
1.2 Classes and Objects
1.3 Object Oriented Techniques
1.4 Class Members
1.5 Namespaces

2.0 Creating Classes
2.1 Defining the Class
2.2 Access Modifiers
2.3 Creating Methods
2.4 Creating Properties
2.5 Overloading Methods
2.6 Constructors
2.7 Garbage Collection
2.8 Destructor and Dispose
2.9 Revisiting Structures
3.0 Inheritance
3.1 Deriving Classes
3.2 Overriding Methods
3.3 Using MyBase
3.4 MyClass vs. Me
3.5 Constructor Chaining

4.0 Interfaces
4.1 What is an Interface?
4.2 Creating an Interface
4.3 Visual Basic .NET Features
4.4 Using IDisposable
4.5 Interface Inheritance

Level 6

1.0 Polymorphism
1.1 What is Polymorphism?
1.2 Polymorphism Using Inheritance
1.3 Polymorphism Using Interfaces

2.0 Shared Members and Enumerations
2.1 Why Use Shared Members?
2.2 Enumerations
2.3 Shared Methods

3.0 Events
3.1 What is an Event?
3.2 Defining an Event
3.3 Raising an Event
3.4 Handling an Event
4.0 Namespace
4.1 Creating a Namespace
4.2 Using Imports

5.0 File IO
5.1 Directory and DirectoryInfo Classes
5.2 File and FileInfo Classes
5.3 Stream Classes
5.4 StreamReader and StreamWriter Classes
5.5 StringReader and StringWriter

6.0 Visual Inheritance
6.1 Benefits of Form Inheritance
6.2 Creating the Base Form
6.3 Creating the Inherited Form  

Level 7

1.0  Threading
1.1 What is a Thread?
1.2 Creating and Using Threads
1.3 Managing Threads
1.4 Thread Synchronisation

2.0 Serialisation
2.1 Serialisation and Persistence
2.2 Serialising an Object
2.3 Deserialising an Object
2.4 Other Formatters

3.0 Developing Controls
3.1 What is a Component?
3.2 Creating a UserControl
3.3 Adding Members
3.4 Testing the Control
4.0 Deployment
4.1 Deployment Concepts
4.2 Deploying Simple Applications
4.3 Deploying Componentised Applications
4.4 Deploying Shared Assemblies

5.0 Upgrading Applications to VB.NET
5.1 Reasons to Upgrade
5.2 Planning an Upgrade Strategy
5.3 Using the Upgrade Wizard

6.0 Where to Go From Here
6.1 Visual Inheritance

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