Introduction to Programming using Visual Basic 2005 Course

This course is intended for those with limited or no programming experience. It introduces delegates to basic concepts in programming, through hands-on exercises. It serves as a foundation for those wishing to attend either of the courses Visual Basic 2005: Developing Applications or Learning to Program in Visual Basic 2005. By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Create a simple Windows Forms application
• Add controls such as buttons, text boxes and calendars to forms
• Describe in simple terms the concept of an Object in programming
• Understand the terms Properties, Methods and Events.
• Work programmatically with properties, methods and events in coding an application
• Use basic variables to store data
• Work with common functions such as MessageBox to interact with the user

Topics covered on the 1 day Introduction to Programming using Visual Basic 2005 course

Part 1 – Introduction

• Creating a new project in Visual Studio
• Guided tour of the Visual Studio IDE
• Navigating between code view and design view
• Overview of the files in a solution

Part 2 – Objects, properties and events

• Adding controls to a form
• Using the properties window to set properties
• What is an event?
• Responding to an event in code
• Setting properties programmatically

Part 3 – Methods

• What is a method?
• Using methods to control an object
• Passing arguments to methods
• Using MessageBoxes to interact with the user

Part 4 – Variables and constants

• What is a variable?
• Creating variables and an overview of data types
• Using constants to hold fixed values
• Using an InputBox to get information from the user

Part 5 – IF statements

• Using IF to allow code branching
• Allowing for multiple execution paths with ELSE and ELSEIF