Learn Visual Basic Professional Edition - A College Prep Programming Tutorial

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Product Description LEARN VISUAL BASIC - PROFESSIONAL EDITION is a comprehensive college prep programming tutorial covering object-oriented programming, the Visual Basic integrated development environment, building and distributing Windows applications using the Windows Installer, exception handling, sequential file access, graphics, multimedia, advanced topics such as web access, printing, and HTML help system authoring. The tutorial also introduces database applications (using ADO .NET) and web applications (using ASP.NET). This curriculum was used in a major university's introductory Visual Basic course for over a decade. The focus of LEARN VISUAL BASIC is to use the objects and capabilities of Visual Basic to build a wide variety of useful desktop applications. Students will also develop their own objects. Some of the applications built include: Stopwatch, Calendar Display, Loan Repayment Calculator, Flash Card Math Game, Database Input Screen, Statistics Calculator, Tic-Tac-Toe Game, Capital City Quiz, Information Tracker (with plotting), Blackjack, Line, Bar and Pie charts, a version of the first video game ever - Pong, and a Telephone Directory (Project Screen Shots).  LEARN VISUAL BASIC is presented using a combination of over850 pages of color self-study notes and over 100 Visual Basic practical examples and applications. To grasp the concepts presented in LEARN VISUAL BASIC, you should possess a working knowledge of Windows and have had some exposure to programming concepts. LEARN VISUAL BASIC requires a Microsoft Windows 7 or the Windows 8 operating system. This tutorial is compatible with Visual Basic 2012 Professional Edition. The Visual Basic source code and all needed multimedia files are available for download from the publisher's website (KidwareSoftware.com) after you register the book. Review "I liked the Learn Visual Basic Tutorial because of the pacing.  The tutorial is light and succinct and just enough to get one going with just the right amount of information to start off with." - Mike Martin, Information Processing and Technologies Teacher, Queensland, Australia"I just want to thank you for the many tutorials that I have ordered from your company over the past decade.  Your tutorials have been instrumental in allowing me, a secondary school teacher in Ontario, to learn what I need to know in order to conduct my own High School Computer Science Classes in Visual Basic and Visual C#.  I thank you, and urge you to keep up the excellent work. It has been instrumental in helping me learn and grow as a teacher." - Alan Payne, TA,  Blakelock High School, Oakville, ON About the Author Philip Conrod has authored, co-authored and edited over two dozen computer programming books and tutorials over the past 30 years. Philip started programming in 1977 on a Commodore PET computer at the very young age of 13. Philip holds a Certificate in Computer Programming for Business from WarrenTech, a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Information Systems and a Master's certificate in the Essentials of Business Development from Regis University. Philip has held Information Technology leadership roles in companies like Sundstrand Aerospace, Safeco Insurance, FamilyLife, Kenworth Truck Company, and PACCAR Inc. Today, Philip serves as the Chief Information Officer for large manufacturing company based in Seattle, Washington. In his spare time, Philip still enjoys writing and publishing computer programming books for students and he serves as the President of Kidware Software. Kidware Software LLC publishes computer programming books and tutorials under the trade names of KIDware, Kidware Software, BibleByte Books and ComputerScienceForKids.com.Lou Tylee holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Electrical Engineering.  Lou has been programming computers since 1969 when he took his first Fortran course in college.  He has written software to control suspensions for high speed ground vehicl