Programming with Microsoft®Visual Basic 2015

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Overview. An Introduction to Programming.
1. An Introduction to Visual Basic 2015.
2. Designing Applications.
3. Using Variables and Constants.
4. The Selection Structure.
5. More on the Selection Structure.
6. The Repetition Structure.
7. Sub and Function Procedures.
8. String Manipulation.
9. Arrays.
10. Structures and Sequential Access Files.
11. Classes and Objects.
12. Web Applications.
13. Working with Access Databases and LINQ.
14. Access Databases and SQL.
Appendix A: Finding and Fixing Program Errors.
Appendix B: GUI Design Guidelines.
Appendix C: Visual Basic Conversion Functions.
Appendix D: Visual Basic 2015 Cheat Sheet.
Appendix E: Case Projects.
Appendix F (online): Multiple Forms and Dialogs.