Thursday, June 12, 2008

Table of Contents for Visual Basic Textbook Organized By Groups

Here is the table of contents for my proposed Visual Basic textbook:

This is an outline of my book.


1. Introduction Group
  1. Introduction to Computer Science
  2. Introduction to Visual Studio IDE and Code Snippets and Sample Code
  3. Basic Elements of Console Programming
  4. Input / Output
2. GUI Introduced Group
  1. GUI Part 1
  2. GUI Part 2
3. Control Structures Introduced Group
  1. Selection
4. Exception Handling and Validation Group
  1. Exception Handling
  2. Advanced Validation
5. Functions Group
  1. Functions 1
  2. Functions 2
  3. Recursion
6. GUI Part 3 Multiform Projects

7. Modular Programming Group
  1. How to make modules in Visual Basic Code
8. Control Structures Continued Group
  1. Repetitions
  2. Lists
9. Arrays Group
  1. Arrays, One Dimensional
  2. Arrays, Multidimensional
  3. C-style character strings
  4. Linear search
  5. Selection and Quicksort
  6. Binary search
  7. Structures
10. GUI Part 4 MDI and SDI User interfaces

11. Strings, Enum, Character Arrays, Characters and Dates Group
  1. Enumeration type
  2. Imports
  3. String class
  4. Character arrays
  5. Characters
  6. Dates
  7. Regular expressions
12. Files and Streams Group
  1. Files and Streams and Sequential Text files
  2. Open and SaveFileDialogs
13. Classes Group
  1. Classes 1
  2. Classes 2
  3. Inheritance
  4. Polymorphism
  5. How to create class libraries and organize and document classes
14. Database Programming Group
  1. Access database files
  2. Creating queries
  3. Windows database applications
  4. Related tables
  5. Database updates
  6. XML and Serialization
15. Datastructures and Clipboard Group
  1. Linked lists
  2. Stacks and queues
  3. Binary trees
  4. Clipboard
16. .NET Framework Class Library Group

17. Printing and Reporting Group
  1. Printing
  2. Reporting
18. Visual Web Developer Group
  1. Visual Web Developer and ASP
  2. Display web pages on a windows form
  3. Web services
  4. Web forms and databases
19. Graphics, Animation, Sound and Drag and Drop Group
  1. Graphics
  2. Animation
  3. Sound
  4. Drag and drop
  5. Images and bitmaps
20. Multithreading and event driven programming Group
  1. Multithreading
  2. Event driven programming
21. Debugging and deployment Group
  1. Debugging
  2. Deployment
22. Advanced topics related to subjects Group
  1. Networking
  2. Multitier programs
  3. Crystal Reports
  4. User controls and custom windows controls
  5. Help files
  6. Data encryption
23. Advanced topics not related to subjects Group
  1. Generics
  2. Collections
  3. Default properties, events and operators
  4. Interfaces and delegates

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Visual Basic 2005 Textbooks over 700 Pages

Here is a list of 11 Visual Basic 2005 textbooks, of which I own 5.

1. Programming VB.NET 2005 1.1 inch thick Bradley 94.75
2. Microsoft Visual Basic 2005:Reloaded 2nd Edition 768 pp 120.95
3. Murach's Visual Basic 2005 844 pp 52.50
4. Visual Basic 2005 How to Program 1513 pp 115.00
5. Starting Out with Visual Basic 2005 800 pp 88.60
6. Microsoft Visual Basic 2005:Reloaded, Advanced 672 pp 111.95
7. Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 1408 pp 49.99
8. Advanced Programming Using Visual Basic 2005 Bradley 96.75
9. Beginning VB 2005 840 pp 39.99
10. Visual Basic 2005 The Complete Reference 750 pp 49.99
11. Visual Basic 2005 with .NET 3.0 Programmer's Reference 1200 pp 39.99