{"product_id":"visualbasic-net-for-dummies-isbn-9780764508677","title":"VisualBasic .NET For Dummies","description":"Visual Basic.NET For Dummies offers a fun and creative environment for developing programs with Visual Basic.NET. From the fundamentals of writing code to the excitement of building next-generation applications for Microsoft's new .NET Platform, Visual Basic.NET For Dummies explains this popular language in terms that non-programmers and first-time Visual Basic programmers can understand.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Experienced Visual Basic programmers will benefit from this book as it highlights the features and functions of this new and much-changed version of Visual Basic.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e All readers will delight in expert For Dummies author Wallace Wang's coverage of topics that include: Variables, constants, loops and other programming fundamentals, Visual Basic.NET syntax, Working with the new Visual Basic.NET IDE, Forms and controls, and Understanding Objects. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Creating a Visual Basic .NET Program 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: How Visual Basic .NET Works 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Using the Visual Basic .NET User Interface 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Designing Your First User Interface 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Writing BASIC Code 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Creating User Interfaces 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: User Interface Design 101 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Designing Forms 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Boxes and Buttons for Making Choices 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Text Boxes and Labels for Typing and Showing Words 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Showing Choices with List and Combo Boxes 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Fine-Tuning the Appearance of Your User Interface 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Making Menus 121\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Creating and Editing Pull-Down Menus 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Submenus, Growing Menus, and Pop-Up Menus 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Showing Dialog Boxes 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Basics of Writing Code 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Writing Event-Handling Procedures 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Using Variables 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Getting Data from the User 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17: Math 101: Arithmetic, Logical, and Comparison Operators 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Strings and Things 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19: Defining Constants and Using Comments 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20: Storing Stuff in Data Structures 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21: Killing Bugs 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Making Decisions and Getting Loopy 269\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22: Making Decisions with If-Then Statements 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 23: The Select Case Statement 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 24: Repeating Yourself with Loops 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 25: For-Next Loops That Can Count 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 26: Nested Loops and Quick Exits 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Writing Subprograms (So You Don’t Go Crazy All at Once) 305\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 27: General Procedures (Subprograms That Everyone Can Share) 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 28: Passing Arguments 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 29: Function, a Unique Type of Subprogram 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Understanding Object-Oriented Programming 335\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 30: What the Heck Is Object-Oriented Programming? 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 31: Getting Some Class with Object-Oriented Programming 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 32: Using Inheritance and Overloading 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: The Part of Tens 365\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 33: Ten Visual Basic .NET Topics That Didn’t Fit Anywhere Else 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 34: (Almost) Ten Tips for Using the Visual Basic .NET User Interface 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 379\u003c\/p\u003e Wallace Wang is the bestselling author of Beginning Programming For Dummies, 2nd Edition, Steal This Computer Book 2, and many other books. 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