VB 2010 WinForms training course (3 days)
Learn how to create Windows Forms application in Visual Studio, using Visual Basic 2010 as a coding language (we also run a similar Visual C# 2010 training course). If you want to create a Windows application this is the perfect starter course, showing you how to create forms (including datagridviews), code events and create Visual Basic routines
VB 2010 WinForms training - Course Contents
The contents of our VB 2010 WinForms course are as follows (any items marked with a * will be covered if time allows):
Preparing to use VB 2010
- WinForms versus WPF
- Visual Studio projects
Drawing forms
- Adding and formatting controls
- Tooltips
Running applications
- Setting a default form
- Building and running
Form events
- Attaching code to controls or forms
- Event arguments
Coding layout
- Comments
- Good coding practice
Variables and data types
- Variables types
- Converting variables
Enumerations and constants (*)
- Enumerations
- Constants and resources
Conditions and loops
- Using if conditions
- Using SELECT / CASE
- Four types of loop
Form controls
- Two date controls
- WebBrowser controls
- GroupBoxes and Panels
Coding properties (*)
- Types of property
- Coding and using properties
Lists (*)
- Finding list items
- Looping over list items
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Form validation
- Validation events
- ErrorProvider controls
Menus and toolbars
- Designing and naming menus
- Coding short-cut keys
- Short-cut menus
- Creating toolbars
Files and folders
- Customising file dialog boxes
- Using stream readers / writers
Debugging and error-handling
- Using TRY / CATCH
- The immediate window
- Breakpoints
Linking to databases
- The data sources window
- Combo boxes and listboxes
Basic DataGridViews
- Editing columns
- Formatting and using styles
- Stretching columns
Editable DataGridViews
- Generating update statements
- Writing changes to databases
Reacting to DataGridView events
- Coding datagridview events
- Validating data entered
- Conditional formatting
Advanced DataGridViews
- Adding combo boxes and buttons
- Filtering DataGridViews
- Creating DetailsView forms
Publishing applications
- Publishing applications
- Installing published applications
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Click on any link above to show free exercises for the topic in question. While no prior experience is essential, you will find this course difficult if you do not have any previous experience of either programming or database design. There will be a maximum of 6 people on each course, and each person will have their own computer.
