Visual Basic Training

Visual Basic for Beginners Training Course

£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.

Course details

Locations:Manchester
Next course:Thu 13 September 2018
Time:09.30-16.30

SCHEDULED DATES Course Contents - PDF

Course Contents

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

Why Choose Us?

No more than 6 people per class
Proper restaurant lunch included
554 references viewable online
Free USB stick containing course files
Genuine Wise Owl trainers only
Unbelievably good courseware

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Sample customer feedback

"Excellent course which was run at a good pace for all participants. Facilities and lunch were great, a well thought out and well taught course. Would recommend."

Paul Langton (Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership)

"Good approach to build fundamentals from scratch. Doing exercises was very useful to grasp the contents and concepts."

Santosh Tiwari (DHL Supply Chain)

"Excellent course. Very enjoyable. Can't wait to take these skills back to the office."

Claire Jones (Swiss Reinsurance Management Ltd)

"The trainer was a very good instructor and explained concepts with relevant examples, plus a good sense of humour! It was fast paced but gave me a deep enough foundation to practice on my own."

Patlian Johnson (Harney Westwood Riegels)

"The trainer is excellent - highly recommended. The website is great and informative."

Leigh Nelson (Temporis Capital LLP)

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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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