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Classroom training - Introduction to VB.NET

Classroom Training

Visual Basic for Beginners

Available as classroom training course only

£695 + VAT for most venues (£795 + VAT for London)

2 days

This introductory course focuses on how to write programs in Visual Basic (called VB by its friends, and also VB.NET). Forget about the user interface (this two-day course does), but learn instead how to use conditions, loops, error-trapping and all of the other standard VB programming techniques.

We don't have any dates scheduled for this course, but we may well consider adding them - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, you could enquire about running the course in your office or even (if available) as a tailored online course.

Course Contents

The contents of this course are as follows:

Basics of forms

  • Creating basic forms
  • Form events

Coding in VB.NET

  • Writing routines
  • Commenting and uncommenting
  • Using code regions

Variables and constants

  • Defining variables
  • Scope of variables
  • Constants

Covered if time allows If time

Enumerations

  • Creating enumerations
  • Changing integer values

Testing conditions

  • IF, ELSE and END IF
  • Using SELECT CASE

Passing arguments

  • Writing modular code
  • ByRef and ByVal
  • Creating functions

Using arrays

  • Defining arrays
  • Using arrays to split text

Loops

  • Fixed number of iterations
  • Looping UNTIL or WHILE
  • Looping over collections

Working with files

  • Streamreaders and streamwriters
  • Defining scope with USING
  • FileInfo / DirectoryInfo

Debugging

  • Debugging applications
  • Stepping through code
  • Defining breakpoints

Error trapping

  • TRY / CATCH
  • The DEBUG.PRINT statement

Lists

  • The wonderful VB list
  • Adding and removing items
  • Finding items

Creating properties

  • Types of property
  • Writing properties

Although it's not a pre-requisite, you'll find this course much easier if you've already done some programming in another language.

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Sample customer feedback

Our thanks to everyone who agreed to share their thoughts (note that some of these reviews may be for our online courses).

"The course was exactly what I was looking for in order to complete a specific project that I am working on shortly. Many of the topics are relevant to what I had in mind for the project. The content of the course and duration were right for a basics to RB. The trainer, was excellent and I learned a lot from his teaching method."

Mark McArdle (BAE Systems)

"Very good; easy to get on with instructor. Content was perfect for my level. "

Harshal Vijapura (NHS Brent CCG)

"Good course, good content, good pace."

Ed Fawcett-Taylor (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG))

"We had a great trainer who made the content easy to digest."

Samantha Turpin (Crown Commercial Service)

"Amazing trainer and very relevant content of the training. Thank you so much."

Henrieta Suchankova (PricewaterhouseCoopers)

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