IT Introduction to .NET

Introduction to .NET

• Introduction to .NET
• VB.NET vs C#
• The Development of the Visual Basic Language
• What is the .Net Framework?
• Graphical User Interface Design
• Event-driven Programming
• Object Technology
• The Common Language Runtime (CLR)
• Rapid Application Development

Visual Studio

• Starting Visual Studio.NET
• The Integrated Development Environment
• Common Visual Studio Frustrations
• Getting Help
• Assembly Information (Optional)

Controls and Properties

• Controls and Properties
• Property Categories
• Container Controls
• Aligning your Controls
• Label Controls
• Text Box Controls
• ToolTip Controls
• Button Controls
• Understanding Focus
• Picture Box Controls

Coding Basics

• Introduction to Coding Basics
• Where Does the Code Go?
• The MessageBox Control
• IntelliSense
• Splitting up Long Lines of Code
• Reading and Writing with Text Boxes and Labels
• Passing Data into another Window
• Variables
• Option Explicit & Option Strict
• The Object Data Type

Converting Data Types and Error Handling

• Doing Maths
• Converting Data Types
• Formatting Output
• IntelliSense Summary
• Methods Related to Data Types (Optional)
• Handling Errors
• Debugging your code
• Using Try-Catch

Writing Methods

• Methods
• Variable Scope
• Passing Arguments into Methods
• Returning Data from Methods
• Methods and Event Procedures
• By Value and By Reference

Controlling Program Flow

• Program Flow
• Making Decisions in VB
• Making Decisions in C#
• Validating Input
• The ListBox
• Looping
• Loops and ListBoxes

Instantiation

• Introduction
• Adding a New Form
• Changing the Startup Form

Menus and Toolbars

• Designing the User Interface
• Adding ToolStrips to Forms
• Connecting Menus to Event Procedures
• Adding an About Form
• Creating Context Menus (Optional)