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Diploma in Visual Basic Programming - Revised
Learn the core concepts of Visual Basic and how to develop programs that can be used as front-ends for databases.
Description
This course will first cover the installation process of Visual Studio and help you select the correct options for your first Visual Basic program. You will study the different code terms, data types, variables, and statements that you can use, as well as the different syntax elements, operands, operators, strings, and iteration statements. You will also learn how to display the date and time in different formats for the end user to see.
Next, you will study the nature of classes, methods, scopes, and modifiers. The course will also cover Namespace, the .NET framework class library, and collections, as well as teach you the difference between generic and non-generic collections. You will also look into Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and enumerations including their functions in this programming language. Finally, you will study the 'Try Catch' and 'End Try' block code and learn when to use them while writing code.
Building software applications is a skill that one needs to develop constantly. This free online Diploma in Visual Basic Programming contains video tutorials that will ensure you clearly learn the different ways to write your code using Visual Basic. This is a great skills that will really boost your computer programming career. Check out the course today, and start learning how to build really engaging and useful applications in no time at all.
Modules
Starting a New Project in Visual Basic
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Starting a New Project in Visual Basic - Learning Outcomes
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Course Introduction
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Installing Visual Studio
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Creating your First Visual Basic Program
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Understanding your First Visual Basic Program
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Starting a New Project in Visual Basic - Lesson Summary
Writing Code with Visual Basic
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Writing Code with Visual Basic - Learning Outcomes
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Working with Code Files, Projects and Solutions
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Understanding Data Types and Variables
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Branching with the If... Then... Else Decision Statement
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Writing Code with Visual Basic - Lesson Summary
Statements, Arrays and Methods
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Statements, Arrays and Methods - Learning Outcomes
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Operations, Expressions and Statements
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For ... Next Iteration Statement
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Understanding Arrays
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Defining and Calling Methods
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Statements, Arrays and Methods - Lesson Summary
Strings, Dates and Time
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Strings, Dates and Time - Learning Outcomes
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While Iteration Statement
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Working with Strings
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Working with Dates and Times
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Strings, Dates and Time - Lesson Summary
Diploma in Visual Basic Programming - First Assessment
Classes, Scope and Modifiers
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Classes, Scope and Modifiers - Learning Outcomes
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Understanding Classes
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More about Classes and Methods
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Understanding Scope and Accessibility Modifiers
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Classes, Scope and Modifiers - Lesson Summary
Working with Namespaces
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Working with Namespaces - Learning Outcomes
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Understanding Namespaces and Working with the .Net Class Library
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Getting Familiar with the My Namespace
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Creating and Adding References to Assemblies
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Working with Namespaces - Lesson Summary
Collections, Linqs and Enumerations
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Collections, Linqs and Enumerations - Learning Outcomes
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Working with Collections
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Working with LINQ
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Enumerations and the Select Case Decision Statement
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Collections, Linqs and Enumerations - Lesson Summary
Event-Driven Programming and Handling Exceptions
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Event-Driven Programming and Handling Exceptions - Learning Outcomes
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Gracefully Handling Exceptions
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Understanding Events And Event-Driven Programming
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Where To Go From Here
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Event-Driven Programming and Handling Exceptions - Lesson Summary
Diploma in Visual Basic Programming - Second Assessment
Course assessment
Learning Outcomes
Having completed this course you will be able to:
- Select a custom installation for Visual Studio 2015
- Define the syntax of visual basic
- Explain how code files are organised into projects and solutions
- Define what an iteration statement is
- Describe how to set a break point in your line of code
- Define and call simple methods
- Explain the different between the ‘do while' and 'while' iteration statement
- Explain how to add and subtract values from dates
- Explain how to use the existing .NET framework class library efficiently
- Define what happens when there are no more references to an object
- Describe how to change the default namespace for
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