VB Soup to Nuts - 17 FREE One-hour Videos from Microsoft Expert

The presenter of this webcast series is Microsoft's Ron Cundiff. Before joining Microsoft in 2002, Ron designed and implemented a global online commodities exchange system for an ISV. He has also held management and technical leadership positions with a Microsoft partner. His certifications include MCSD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCP+I+SB - and he's working on extending the list.

1. Introduction Download Slide Deck Download Demo Code

In this webcast series, Ron explores the popular programming language, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET. Learn about the basic language constructs and discover the different types of applications you can build using Visual Basic .NET. In this presentation, Ron provides an introduction to our Visual Basic .NET series, which progressively delves deeper into this fantastic language. 2/5/2007

2. Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Download Slide Deck Download Demo Code

In this webcast, Ron introduces you to Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition, a free download from Microsoft that enables you to develop Visual Basic .NET applications. He examines the powerful integrated development environment (IDE) features, like Code Editor, Compiler, IntelliSense, and the Debugger. He also describes the project system that can help you build a collection to keep all the files related to your program together. 2/13/2007

3. Class Libraries Download Slide Deck Download Demo Code

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET is a very powerful language; however, it does not do everything by itself. In this webcast, Ron shows you how Visual Basic .NET relies on a hierarchical set of prewritten functions that enable developers to gain access to standard functionality provided by the host operating system. He describes how these functions are contained in files called class libraries. He also explores some of the basics of class libraries and examines how Visual Basic .NET provides developers with basic functionality through class libraries. 2/19/2007

4. VB.NET Program Structure Download Slide Deck Download Demo Code

Visual Basic is the most popular programming language from Microsoft. So far, in this series, Ron has been exploring the basics of Visual Basic.NET and Visual Basic Express. In this webcast, he begins to dive deep into just what Visual Basic is and how programs written in Visual Basic are structured. He looks at the basics of the language and how Visual Basic assembles the lines of code you write into something meaningful to the runtime. 2/20/2007

5. Language Fundamentals Download Slide Deck Download Demo Code

This webcast teaches the basics of the Microsoft Visual Basic .NET language. In this session, Ron examines specific features in Visual Basic .NET. You will learn about the different types, variables, constants, and statements in the language, and you will also learn how to use them. 3/5/2007

6. Classes and Objects Download Slide Deck Download Demo Code

In this session, Ron examines specific features in Visual Basic .NET, explore classes and objects, and describe how to use them. 3/19/2007

7. Operator Basics Download Slide Deck Download Demo Code

In this webcast, Ron looks at specific Visual Basic language features. He teaches about the different kinds of operators and how to use them. 3/26/2007

8. Branching and Looping Download Slide Deck Download Demo Code

In this webcast, Ron looks at specific Visual Basic language features. He teaches you about iterators, loops and Branching. 4/2/2007

9. Basic Debugging Download Slide Deck Download Demo Code

In this webcast, Ron looks at debugging, and he talks about how the integrated development environment (IDE) enables you to view what is going on inside your application while it is running. 4/9/2007

10. Arrays and Collections Download Slide Deck Download Demo Code

In this webcast, Ron looks at arrays and collections, and he talks about how you can use them to store and organize data within your application. 4/16/2007

11. Exception Handling Download Slide Deck Download Demo Code

Ron discusses how to handle unexpected problems in your application using the robust exception-handling system built into the Microsoft .NET Framework. He talks about try/catch blocks, and he describes how to correctly handle the types of exceptions your application can experience. 4/23/2007

12. Delegates and Events Download Slide Deck Download Demo Code

Ron talks about delegates and events, and he describes how they enable you to build applications that can send alerts to other applications when interesting changes occur within your application. He also teaches how multiple listeners can respond to a single event. 4/30/2007

13. Inheritance and Polymorphism Download Slide Deck Download Demo Code

Ron looks at features that can help you create objects that are "like" other objects. He talks about how you see this type of correlation in everyday objects and often need to model it in your programs. Discover how inheritance and polymorphism can reduce the amount of code you write and make it easier to understand. 5/7/2007

14. Visual Basic and the Web Download Slide Deck Download Demo Code

In this webcast to see how you can use Microsoft Visual Basic to build applications that target Web sites. Ron provides an overview of Microsoft ASP.NET, describes how it relates to Visual Basic, and illustrates how you can build Web pages and controls that enable you to reuse your code. 5/14/2007

15. Custom Web Controls Download the slides Download the code

Ron teaches you about building basic ASP.NET controls in Visual Basic. Visual Basic and ASP.NET together bring us a powerful platform for developing web applications, but sometimes, we need to think about the application as a whole. Code reuse is on of those important features of application development that can significantly reduce our development time. In this webcast, Ron shows how we can use User Controls and Custom Controls to help us trim that development time down. 5/21/2007

16. Visual Basic and Windows Applications Download the slides Download the code

Ron teaches you about building basic Windows Applications. The basic window class we use in Visual Basic is the Form. In this webcast, Ron looks at the System.Windows.Form object and shows how we can expand it and utilize it to suite our exact needs. 5/22/2007

17. Custom Windows Forms Controls Download the slides Download the code

In the previous webcast in this series, Ron talked about using Visual Basic standard Windows form object. However, some applications require a user interface that is unique or different than the standard forms. In this webcast, Ron explores some of the more advanced features of Windows Forms development, such as GDI+ that allow us to tailor the user interface to exactly what our applicaiton needs. 5/28/2007

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