Start Here! Learn Microsoft Visual Basic 2012

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Ready to learn Microsoft® Visual Basic®? Start Here!

Learn the fundamentals of modern programming with Visual Basic 2012—and begin building your first Windows 8 apps for the desktop. If you have absolutely no previous experience with Visual Basic, no problem—simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and techniques through ...

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Overview

Ready to learn Microsoft® Visual Basic®? Start Here!

Learn the fundamentals of modern programming with Visual Basic 2012—and begin building your first Windows 8 apps for the desktop. If you have absolutely no previous experience with Visual Basic, no problem—simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and techniques through easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and exercises.

Here’s where you start learning Visual Basic

  • Learn the fundamentals of programming with Visual Basic
  • Discover how to to bind controls to data
  • Design and interact with user interfaces built with XAML
  • Build and debug complete applications
  • Learn the basics of Windows 8 application design
  • Find out how to deliver your applications to the Windows Store
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780735672987
  • Publisher: Microsoft Press
  • Publication date: 1/31/2013
  • Pages: 364
  • Sales rank: 676,094
  • Product dimensions: 7.40 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

Michael Halvorson has written more than 30 books, including the popular Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Step by Step, Microsoft Office XP Inside Out, and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Step by Step. A former Visual Basic localization manager at Microsoft, Michael is a professor at Pacific Lutheran University.

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Table of Contents


IntroductionChapter 1: Getting to Know Visual Basic 2012Chapter 2: Creating Your First Windows 8 ApplicationChapter 3: Using ControlsChapter 4: Designing Windows 8 Applications with Blend for Visual StudioChapter 5: Working with XAMLChapter 6: Visual Basic Language ElementsChapter 7: Controlling Application Design, Layout, and Program FlowChapter 8: Using the .NET FrameworkChapter 9: Debugging ApplicationsChapter 10: Managing Data with Arrays and LINQChapter 11: Design Focus: Five Great Features for a Windows 8 ApplicationChapter 12: Future Development Opportunities and the Windows Store
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