Wrox Guide Getting Started with Visual Basic 2010

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION xxix

CHAPTER 1: WELCOME TO VISUAL BASIC 2010

1. Event-Driven Programming

2. Introduction to the concept and application of event-driven programming.

3. Installing Visual Basic 2010

4. Step-by-step installation guide.

5. The Visual Studio 2010 IDE

6. Overview of the Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
7. Profile Setup Page: Setting up your profile.

8. The Menu and Toolbars.

9. Creating a Simple Application

10. Basic application creation process.

11. Windows in Visual Studio 2010 IDE

12. Key windows and their functions.

13. The Toolbox

14. Using the Toolbox and its functions.

15. Modified Hungarian Notation

16. Naming conventions for better code readability.

17. The Code Editor

18. Overview of the Code Editor and shortcuts.

19. Using the Help System

20. Navigating Visual Studio’s help resources.

21. Summary

22. Key points recap for Chapter 1.

CHAPTER 2: THE MICROSOFT .NET FRAMEWORK

1. Microsoft’s Reliance on Windows

2. Discussion on Windows as a platform.

3. The .NET Vision

4. Overview of the .NET initiative.

5. Writing Software for Windows

6. Principles of writing Windows applications.

7. The .NET Framework Classes

8. Core classes and structure.

9. Executing Code and Common Language Runtime

10. Code execution process and the role of CLR.

11. Security and Application Isolation

12. Key security features within .NET.

13. Interoperability and Exception Handling

14. How .NET handles cross-language interoperability and exceptions.

15. The Common Type System and Common Language Specification

16. Defining types and language compliance.

17. Summary

18. Recap of essential points in Chapter 2.