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Overview

Microsoft Visual Basic has evolved throughout the years, but has steadily remained one of the most popular programming languages today. Visual Basic .NET is undoubtedly the most significant change to occur to Visual Basic yet. Significant new features include: unity of programming models, extension of the program to include mobile device capabilites, Performance Counters and Server Explorer, flashy new capabilities in Windows Forms, anchoring controls, opacity and transparency properties, and much more. In this six hour tutorial, Microsoft Certified Instructor Mark Long will introduce and expand upon Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and what users can do with it. Simply click one of the topics below to start learning today!

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Table of Contents

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Introduction

Welcome

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Course Descripton

Course Description

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Welcome to .NET

Welcome to .NET

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VB6 User Information

VB6 User Information

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NET Framework

General Description

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Obtaining

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Installing

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Documentation

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Common Language Runtime

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MSIL

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ISDLAM

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Which Language?

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Namespaces

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VB.NET

Farewell DLL

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Assemblies

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Manifest

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Visual Studio 7

IDE

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Display Real Estate

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Graphical Layout

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Files And Extensions

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Various Windows

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Line Numbering

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Code Regions

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Installation Issues

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Building Projects

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Tasks

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Types

What is Type-Safe?

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Value

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Reference

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Data Types

What is a Data Type?

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Different Data Types

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Data Type Issues

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Classes

What is a Class?

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Blueprint for Object

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Encapsulation

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Abstraction

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Creating a Class

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Constructors

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Using a Class

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Class Specifiers

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Re-Using Classes

Inheritance

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Interface

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Implementation

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Fundamentals of Class Design

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Shared Members

What is a Shared Member?

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Creating Shared Members

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Using Shared Members

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Properties

Global

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Fields

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Methods

What is a Method?

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Creating Methods

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Types of Methods

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Subroutines

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Functions

What is a Function?

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Creating a Function

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Overloading

What is Overloading?

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Overloading a Method

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Overriding

What is Overriding?

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Overriding Methods

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Shadowing

What is Shadowing?

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Shadowing a Method

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Events

Events In VB6

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Events in VB.NET

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Handling Multiple Events

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Using a Class

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Delegates

What are Delegates?

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Using a Delegate

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Delegate Example

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Types of Delegates

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Modules

What is a Module?

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Creating a Module

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Structures

What is a Structure?

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Creating a Structure

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Garbage Collection

How GC Works

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Dispose

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Finalize

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Threads

What is a Thread?

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Spawning Threads

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Threading Issues

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.NET and XML

What is XML?

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.NET and XML

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Web Services

What are Web Services?

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How Do They Work?

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Creating a Web Service

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Utilizing a Web Service

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Upgrading to VB.NET

Upgrade Choices

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Upgrade Miscellaneous

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Credits

About the Author