Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now! (Pro Developer)

Build your own Web browser, desktop weather station, or other cool application—without any programming experience! Featuring learn-by-doing projects and plenty of visual examples, this hands-on book is your quick start to creating applications for Microsoft Windows. Have fun as you discover how to: Design a rich user interface with easy-to-use tools “Drag and drop” text boxes, buttons, and other controls into your application Add database and reporting capabilities Exploit features that reduce the amount of code you write Find and fix any bugs Roll-out and share your application CD Includes: Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition A Note Regarding the CD or DVD The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via O'Reilly Media's Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit O'Reilly's web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to booktech@oreilly.com. This engaging, full-color, learn-by-doing guide show new programmers how to build and customize their first project-a desktop weather-reporting application-now! Readers get all the steps, instructions, and software they need in one package -at a great priceKey Book Benefits:• This dynamic, full-color, highly-visual book is designed to help novice programmers build fundamental programming skills for Microsoft WindowsR-quickly and easily.• Provides complete software for Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition and Microsoft SQL ServerT 2005 Express Edition and all the instructions needed to understand and put those tools to work right away.• Features a complete desktop application that can be easily modified and reused a great learn-by-doing example. In this lively, eye-opening, and hands-on book, all you need is a computer and the desire to learn how to program with Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. Featuring a full working edition of the software, this fun and highly visual guide walks you through a complete programming project-a desktop weather-reporting application-from start to finish. You'll get an introduction to the Microsoft Visual Studio® development environment and learn how to put the lightweight, easy-to-use tools in Visual Basic Express to work right away-creating, compiling, testing, and delivering your first ready-to-use program. You'll get expert tips, coaching, and visual examples at each step of the way, along with pointers to additional learning resources So maybe you've decided you want to try programming and you found yourself with this book.