Programming Courses:
Introduction to Programming using Visual Basic 2005 Training Course

This course is intended for those with limited or no programming experience. It introduces delegates to basic concepts in programming, through hands-on exercises. It serves as a foundation for those wishing to attend either of the courses Visual Basic 2005: Developing Applications or Learning to Program in Visual Basic 2005. By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Create a simple Windows Forms application
• Add controls such as buttons, text boxes and calendars to forms
• Describe in simple terms the concept of an Object in programming
• Understand the terms Properties, Methods and Events.
• Work programmatically with properties, methods and events in coding an application
• Use basic variables to store data
• Work with common functions such as MessageBox to interact with the user

Topics covered on the 1 day Introduction to Programming using Visual Basic 2005 course

Part 1 – Introduction

• Creating a new project in Visual Studio
• Guided tour of the Visual Studio IDE
• Navigating between code view and design view
• Overview of the files in a solution

Part 2 – Objects, properties and events

• Adding controls to a form
• Using the properties window to set properties
• What is an event?
• Responding to an event in code
• Setting properties programmatically

Part 3 – Methods

• What is a method?
• Using methods to control an object
• Passing arguments to methods
• Using MessageBoxes to interact with the user

Part 4 – Variables and constants

• What is a variable?
• Creating variables and an overview of data types
• Using constants to hold fixed values
• Using an InputBox to get information from the user

Part 5 – IF statements

• Using IF to allow code branching
• Allowing for multiple execution paths with ELSE and ELSEIF

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