Beginning Visual Basic 2010 (Paperback)

This book is designed to teach you how to write useful programs in Visual Basic 2010 as quickly and easily as possible.

There are two kinds of beginners for whom this book is ideal:

• You're a beginner to programming and you've chosen Visual Basic 2010 as the place to start. That's a great choice! Visual Basic 2010 is not only easy to learn, it's also fun to use and very powerful.

• You can program in another language but you're a beginner to .NET programming. Again, you've made a great choice! Whether you've come from Fortran or Visual Basic 6, you'll find that this book quickly gets you up to speed on what you need to know to get the most from Visual Basic 2010.

Visual Basic 2010 offers a great deal of functionality in both tools and language. No one book could ever cover Visual Basic 2010 in its entirety—you would need a library of books. What this book aims to do is to get you started as quickly and easily as possible. It shows you the roadmap, so to speak, of what there is and where to go. Once we've taught you the basics of creating working applications (creating the windows and controls, how your code should handle unexpected events, what object-oriented programming is, how to use it in your applications, and so on) we’ll show you some of the areas you might want to try your hand at next:

• Chapters 1 through 9 provide an introduction to Visual Studio 2010 and Windows programming. These chapters will help you install the Visual Studio 2010 IDE you'll use to create Visual Basic 2010 applications and learn your way around the interface. You'll be introduced to the .NET Framework and the CLR (Common Language Runtime). You'll learn to use variables, data types, comments, methods, and control software flow with the If statement and loops. You'll work with data in arrays, enumerations, constants, structures, ArrayLists, Collections, and tables. Chapter 6 provides an introduction to XAML and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) programming. XAML and WPF are the most recent addition to how VB programmers create user interfaces for their applications. You'll also work with events, create toolbars, buttons, forms, display dialog boxes, and create menus.

• Chapter 10 provides an introduction to application debugging and error handling.

• Chapters 11 through 13 provide an introduction to object-oriented programming (OOP) and building objects. You'll use classes, learn about reusability, work with constructors and inheritance, and see .NET Framework classes and namespaces. You’ll learn to work with OOP memory management, class libraries, you'll register assemblies, and see how to use third party class libraries.

• Chapter 14 provides an introduction to creating Windows Forms user controls. While WPF user interfaces are newer, Windows forms are still in widespread use. You'll create and test controls and work with their properties.

• Chapters 15 and 16 provide an introduction to programming with databases and covers Access, SQL Server, and ADO.NET. The chapters walk you through the SQL SELECT statement, Access queries, data access components, and data binding.

• Chapters 17 and 18 provide an introduction to Dynamic Data Web Sites and ASP.NET and show you how to write applications for the Web. You'll work with the most current ASP.NET 4 web techniques in Visual Studio 2010.

• Chapter 19 provides a brief introduction to XML, a powerful tool for integrating your applications with others—regardless of the language they were written in.

• Chapter 20 introduces you to deploying applications using ClickOnce technology.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

這本書旨在教你如何盡可能快速且輕鬆地使用Visual Basic 2010編寫有用的程式。這本書適合兩種初學者：
1. 你是程式設計的初學者，並選擇了Visual Basic 2010作為入門的語言。這是一個很好的選擇！Visual Basic 2010不僅易於學習，而且使用起來很有趣且功能強大。
2. 你已經會其他程式語言，但對.NET程式設計還是初學者。同樣地，你也做了一個很好的選擇！無論你是從Fortran還是Visual Basic 6轉來，你會發現這本書能夠快速讓你掌握Visual Basic 2010所需的知識。

Visual Basic 2010在工具和語言方面提供了很多功能。沒有一本書能夠完整地涵蓋Visual Basic 2010的所有內容，你可能需要一整個圖書館的書籍。這本書的目標是讓你能夠盡快且輕鬆地入門。它向你展示了一個路線圖，告訴你有哪些內容以及該往哪個方向發展。一旦我們教會你如何創建可運行的應用程式的基礎知識（如創建視窗和控制元件、處理意外事件的程式碼、物件導向程式設計是什麼以及如何在應用程式中使用它等），我們將向你展示一些你可能想嘗試的下一步：
- 第1至9章介紹了Visual Studio 2010和Windows程式設計。這些章節將幫助你安裝Visual Studio 2010集成開發環境，並熟悉其介面。你將介紹.NET Framework和CLR（通用語言執行環境）。你將學習使用變數、資料類型、註解、方法以及使用If語句和迴圈控制軟體流程。你將使用陣列、列舉、常數、結構、ArrayList、Collections和表格處理資料。第6章介紹了XAML和Windows Presentation Foundation（WPF）程式設計。XAML和WPF是VB程式設計師為其應用程式創建使用者介面的最新方法。你還將學習處理事件、創建工具列、按鈕、表單、顯示對話方塊和創建選單。
- 第10章介紹了應用程式的除錯和錯誤處理。
- 第11至13章介紹了物件導向程式設計（OOP）和建立物件。你將使用類別，了解可重複使用性，使用建構函式和繼承，並了解.NET Framework的類別和命名空間。你將學習處理OOP的記憶管理、類別庫，註冊組件，以及如何使用第三方類別庫。
- 第14章介紹了創建Windows Forms使用者控制項。雖然WPF使用者介面是較新的，但Windows Forms仍然被廣泛使用。你將創建和測試控制項，並處理其屬性。
- 第15和16章介紹了與資料庫編程相關的內容，包括Access、SQL Server和ADO.NET。這些章節將引導你使用SQL SELECT語句、Access查詢、資料存取元件和資料繫結。
- 第17和18章介紹了動態資料網站和ASP.NET的編程，並向你展示如何為網頁編寫應用程式。你將使用Visual Studio 2010中最新的ASP.NET 4網頁技術。
- 第19章簡要介紹了XML，這是一個強大的工具，可用於將你的應用程式與其他應用程式整合，無論它們是用哪種語言編寫的。
- 第20章介紹了使用ClickOnce技術部署應用程式。

注意：本電子書不包含CD-ROM/DVD和其他附加資料。