Table of Contents

An introduction to Visual Studio; How to design a Windows Forms application; How to code and test a Windows Forms application; How to work with numeric and string data; How to code control structures; How to code procedures and event handlers; How to handle exceptions and validate data; How to work with arrays and collections; How to work with dates and strings; More skills for working with Windows forms and controls; How to create and use classes; How to debug an application; An introduction to database programming; How to work with data sources and datasets; How to work with bound controls and parameterised queries; How to use ADO.NET to write your own data access code; How to work with default properties, events, and operators; How to work with inheritance; How to work with interfaces and generics; How to organise and document your classes; How to work with files and data streams; How to work with XML files; How to use LINQ; How to enhance the user interface; How to deploy an application; Index.

About the Author

Anne Boehm has over 20 years of experience as an enterprise programmer. For the past 7 years, she's specialised in Visual Basic and .NET programming, and she's authored or co-authored books on VB.NET, ADO.NET, and ASP.NET.