Microsoft Visual Basic .NET для ''чайников''

Добро пожаловать в мир компьютерного программирования с использованием Visual Basic. NET -разработанного компанией Microsoft языка программирования, который поможет вам легко и быстро писать собственные программы. Если вас давно волнует идея создания своих программ, но в то же время вы опасаетесь, что вам это не по зубам, откиньте сомнения прочь. Если вы в состоянии написать краткую пошаговую инструкцию о том, как пройти к вашему дому, значит, сможете освоить и процесс написания программ на языке Visual Basic. NET. Чтобы помочь вам в постижении азов программирования на Visual Basic. NET, материал этой книги изложен простым, доступным языком, а основной акцент сделан на тех функциональных возможностях, которые наверняка пригодятся вам при написании собственных программных продуктов. Книга предназначена для начинающих пользователей.

Would you like to write Windows programs but don’t know where to start?

Visual Basic. NET, the latest distribution of Microsoft’s programming language was designed to let anybody—even people with no prior programming experience—create sophisticated programs with stunning user interfaces, quickly and easily. A true marvel of computing technology, Visual Basic .NET combines BASIC, the only programming language specifically designed to teach beginners how to program, with a completely intuitive drawing program that lets you create cool user interfaces without having to write a single line of code.

Written by computer book author and well-known stand-up comic Wallace Wang, Visual Basic .NET For Dummies offers you a fun and easy way to master VB .NET programming. Featuring crystal-clear explanations along with dozens of working examples, it gives you what you need to tap the power of Visual Basic .NET.  In no time you’ll:

• Design a user interface
• Create pull-down menus
• Write programs on any scale—both large and small
• Debug your programs
• Write your own code
• Work with loops, subrouting, and decision commands
• Use object-oriented techniques in your programming

Visual Basic .NET For Dummies was designed to give you the confidence and skills you need to start building Windows programs right away—not turn you into a computer scientist. To that end, it features hands-on, jargon-free coverage of the full range of practical VB .NET topics, including:

• Getting started and using the Visual Basic .NET interface
• Creating full-featured user interfaces
• Making menus—including pull-downs, submenus, growing menus, pop-up menus—and showing dialog boxes
• Writing BASIC code
• Making programs appear intelligent by using loops and decision commands
• Writing small subprograms and combining them to make large, robust programs
• Getting a handle on object-oriented programming

Visual Basic .NET For Dummies is the pain-free way to get up to speed on Visual Basic programming and all the new features in Visual Basic .NET.

Visual Basic.NET For Dummies offers a fun and creative environment for developing programs with Visual Basic.NET. From the fundamentals of writing code to the excitement of building next-generation applications for Microsoft's new .NET Platform, Visual Basic.NET For Dummies explains this popular language in terms that non-programmers and first-time Visual Basic programmers can understand. Experienced Visual Basic programmers will benefit from this book as it highlights the features and functions of this new and much-changed version of Visual Basic. All readers will delight in expert For Dummies author Wallace Wang's coverage of topics that include: Variables, constants, loops and other programming fundamentals, Visual Basic.NET syntax, Working with the new Visual Basic.NET IDE, Forms and controls, and Understanding Objects. The whole purpose of programming is to write commands to make your computer do something useful such as print a report, calculate a budget, or launch nuclear missiles at your next-door neighbor. Explains how to use the programming language to create interfaces, automate programming, develop applications, and manipulate records and reports within the Web-based Microsoft.NET framework. Wang's guide makes it easy for anyone to begin creating next-generation .NET applications with Visual Basic.NET. This edition is completely revised to cover the new version of Visual Basic