Learning Visual Basic .NET

Preface

1. Visual Basic .NET and .NET Programming

     Visual Basic and .NET

     The .NET Platform

     The .NET Framework

     The VB.NET Language

     The Structure of VB.NET Applications

     The Development Environment

2. Getting Started with VB.NET

     What's in a Program?

     Your First Program: Hello World

     Examining Your First Program

3. Object-Oriented Programming

     Creating Models

     Classes and Objects

     Defining a Class

     Class Relationships

     The Three Pillars of Object-Oriented Programming

     Encapsulation

     Specialization

     Polymorphism

     Object-Oriented Analysis and Design

4. Visual Studio .NET

     Start Page

     Inside the Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

     IntelliSense

     Building and Running

     For More Information

5. VB.NET Language Fundamentals

     Types

     Variables

     Constants

     Strings

     Statements

     Whitespace

6. Branching

     Unconditional Branching Statements

     Conditional Branching Statements

     Iteration (Looping) Statements

7. Operators

     The Assignment Operator (=)

     Mathematical Operators

     Relational Operators

     Logical Operators Within Conditionals

     Operator Precedence

8. Classes and Objects

     Defining Classes

     Method Arguments

     Constructors

     Initializers

     Copy Constructors

     The Me Keyword

     Using Shared Members

     Destroying Objects

9. Inside Methods

     Overloading Methods

     Encapsulating Data with Properties

     Passing by Value and by Reference

10. Basic Debugging

     Setting a Breakpoint

     The Call Stack

11. Inheritance and Polymorphism

     Specialization and Generalization

     Inheritance

     Polymorphism

     Abstract Classes

     NotInheritable Classes

     The Root of All Classes: Object

     Boxing and Unboxing Types

12. Structures

     Defining a Structure

13. Interfaces

     Defining an Interface

     Implementing an Interface

     Implementing More Than One Interface

     Casting to an Interface

     Extending Interfaces

     Combining Interfaces

     Overriding Interface Implementations

14. Arrays

     Arrays

     Multidimensional Arrays

     System.Array

     Indexers and the Default Property

15. Collection Interfaces and Types

     The Collection Interfaces

     Array Lists

     The Collection Class

     Queues

     Stacks

     Copying from a Collection Type to an Array

16. Strings

     Creating Strings

     Manipulating Strings

     Regular Expressions

     The Regex Class

17. Throwing and Catching Exceptions

     Throwing Exceptions

     Searching for an Exception Handler

     The Throw Statement

     The Try and Catch Statements

     How the Call Stack Works

     Creating Dedicated Catch Statements

     The Finally Statement

     Exception Class Methods and Properties

     Custom Exceptions

18. Applications and Events

     Creating a Windows Application

     Events

     Server-Side Code

19. Afterword

     Where to Go from Here

     Advanced Topics in VB.NET

     Web (ASP.NET) Programming

     Windows Forms Programming

     Other Resources

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