Modern Software Development in Visual Basic.NET:(15 Videos)

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This is a 15-part free video tutorial that is entitled “Modern Software Development in Visual Basic.NET. The presenter is Dr. Joe Hummel. Here are just a few of the topics covered in this series: , , , vb.net example, vb.net print.

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Joe Hummel teaches Computer Science at Lake Forest College in Chicago, IL. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine. He is excellent at explaining complicated subjects in simple terms.

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Modern Software Development in Visual Basic

 

1. Program Execution in the 21st Century
Key Concepts:

A. How a .NET program executes
B. CLR (Common Language Runtime) and Framework Class Library
C. Comparison of the CLR to Java’s JVM
D. In 2.0, the registry is no longer used to indicate where the assemblies reside. Instead, a technique that is similar to the PATH verb in DOS is used.
E. The system searches in this order:
..1) the GAC,
..2) in any places indicated by the config file, and
..3) the folder where the executable for the VB program resides is searched.

02/03/2004 Duration: 2 hours and 4 minutes

2. OOP and Class Design
Key Concepts:

A. When we create an object, we are really just creating a variable that has a reference to an object.
B. Comparison of which types in .NET are value types and which are object.
C. garbage collection

02/10/2004 Duration: 1 hour and 58 minutes

3. Working with Classes and Class Libraries
Key Concepts:

A. Classes
B. Class Libraries

02/17/2004 Duration: 1 hour and 53 minutes

4. WinForms: What’s New in GUI Development
Key Concepts:

A. GUI

02/26/2004 Duration: 1 hour and 21 minutes

5. Defensive Programming
Key Concepts:

A. Exception handling;
B. Application and class design with exceptions;
C. Assertions;
D. Debugging

03/02/2004 Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes

6. Databases I: Relational Database Design, SQL, and Stored Procedures
Key Concepts:

A. Basic relational database design;
B. Local databases vs. database servers;
C. Structured Query Language;
D. Stored procedures

03/16/2004 Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes

7. Databases II: DB Programming with ADO.NET
Key Concepts:

A. Architecture of ADO.NET;
B. ExecuteReader;
C. ExecuteScalar;
D. ExecuteNonquery;
E. DataSets

3/23/2004 Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes

8. Interfaces
Key Concepts:

A. Contract-based programming and design reuse;
B. Example redesigned data access class with interfaces & factory methods;
C. Implementing interfaces sorting, serialization;
D. More examples: interfaces in the Framework Class Library;
E. Creating your own interfaces

3/31/2004 Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes

9. Inheritance
Key Concepts:

A. Implementation and design reuse;
B. Example: custom, type-safe collection class;
C. Other examples: WinForms hierarchy, .NET CTS, data structure classes;
D. Creating your own inheritance hierarchy business objects

4/06/2004 Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes

10. Databases II – Data and Business Tier
Key Concepts:

A. Design decisions;
B. Leave connection open vs. open/close, and the Finalization pattern;
C. Exception handling, Try-Catch-Finally pattern, custom exception class hierarchy;
D. Abstract Factory pattern;
E. Transactions;
F. Data vs. business objects;
G. Multi-tier design

4/15/2004 Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes

11. Component-Based Programming
Key Concepts:

A. Assemblies, namespaces, DLLs;
B. Assembly resolution;
C. Strong names, version-ing;
D. Deployment;
E. Obfuscation

4/20/2004 Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes

12. Application Design and Deployment
Key Concepts:

A. Tracing;
B. Configuration files (read-only!);
C. User preferences via object serialization, XML file, or per user settings in .NET;
D. Application designs – Traditional single-user applications, Remote: client-server & multi-tier, Loosely-coupled event & delegate driven;
E. Deployment options: Traditional install-driven, Zero-touch deployment: via IE & App loader

4/28/2004 Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes

13. Distributed Programming: Remoting vs Web Services
Key Concepts:

A. Remote procedure calls, proxy-stub architecture;
B. Reflection: dynamic loading, instantiation & execution;
C. Remoting;
D. Web services;
E. WebForms

5/4/2004 Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes

14. Concurrent Programming: Delegates and Multi-threading
Key Concepts:

A. When to use concurrent programming techniques;
B. Delegates;
C. Pure multi-threading;
D. Caution – multi-threading is complicated

5/11/2004 Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes

15. Software Practices Today: Best Practices and Patterns
Key Concepts:

A. Application blocks;
B. Best practices;
C. Design patterns;
D. UML;
E. Testing, testing, testing;
F. Tools CVS, Nunit, NMake;
G. Working with Visual Studio® on a large, component-based project;
H. eXtreme Programming (XP)

5/18/2004 Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes