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Introduction to Computers, the Internet and Visual Basic

My Web site, languages, compilers and the free Microsoft Express Edition compiler, Windows and Console Applications, the Integrated Development Environment

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Introduction to the Visual Basic Express 2005 IDE

Toolbox, Properties Window, Using Help

Introduction to Visual Basic Programming

Displaying text, adding Integers, Memory Concepts, Arithmetic, Equality and Relational Operators

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Introduction to Classes and Objects

Classes, Objects, Methods, and Instance Variable, Declaring a Class, Instantiating and Object of a Class, Declaring a methods with a parameter, Instance Variables and Properties

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Control Statements: Part 1

Algorithms, Pseudocode, Control Structures, If Then, If Then Else

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Control Statements: Part 1

While, Do While Loop, Do Until Loop, Nested Control Statements

An Introduction to Windows Applications - Game of Chance

Random Numbers, A Game of Chance

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Control Statements: Part 2

For Next, Nested, Exit, Continue

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Introduction to Classes and Objects

Value Types and Reference Types, Initializing Objects with Constructors, Validating Data with Set Accessors in Properties

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Methods: A Deeper Look

Modules, Classes, Methods, Subroutines, Functions, Shared Methods and Class Math, Declaring and Using Methods

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Methods: A Deeper Look

Value and Reference Types, Passing Arguments, Scope of Declarations, Random Number Generation, Method Overloading

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Arrays

Declaring and Allocating, Initialization, Summing Elements, Passing an Array to a method, Sorting an Array, Searching an Array

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Arrays

Rectangular Arrays, Changing Size at Execution Time, Passing ByVal and ByRef

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Arrays

Rectangular Arrays, Changing Size at Execution Time, Passing ByVal and ByRef

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Classes and Objects: A Deeper Look

Class Scope, Default and Parameterless Constructors, Time Class Case Study

Composition, Me Reference, Examples

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Object Oriented Programming: Inheritance

Base Classes and Derived Classes, Protected Members, Constructors in Derived Classes

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Object Oriented Programming: Inheritance

Base Classes and Derived Classes, Protected Members, Constructors in Derived Classes

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Object Oriented Programming: Inheritance

Applications and Examples

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Graphical User Interface Concepts: Part 1

Event Handling, Control Properties and Layout, Labels, TextBoxes, and Buttons

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Graphical User Interface Concepts: Part 1

GroupBoxes and Panels, CheckBoxes and RadioButtons

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Graphical User Interface Concepts: Part 1

PictureBoxes, ToolTips, NumericUpDown Control, Mouse-Event Handling, Keyboard-Event Handling

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All Chapters Covered First Semester

Review of All Concepts

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Graphical User Interface Concepts: Part 2

Menus, MonthCalendar Control, DateTimePicker Control, LinkLabel Control

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Graphical User Interface Concepts: Part 2

ListBox Control, CheckedListBox Control, ComboBox Control

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Strings, Characters and Regular Expressions

Fundamentals of Characters and Strings, String Constructors, Indexer, Length Property, CopyTo Methods

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Strings, Characters and Regular Expressions

Comparing Strings, Locating Characters and Substrings, Concatenating, Miscellaneous Methods

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Graphics and Multimedia

Drawing Classes and the Coordinate System, Graphics Objects, Color Control

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Graphics and Multimedia

Font Control, Drawing Lines, Rectangles, Ovals, Arcs

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Graphics and Multimedia

Polygons and Polylines, Translation, Scaling, and Rotation

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Graphics and Multimedia

Introduction to Multimedia, Animating a Series of Images

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Graphics and Multimedia

Introduction to Multimedia, Animating a Series of Images

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Files and Streams

Serialization, Creating a Sequential-Access File, Reading Data from a Sequential-Access File

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Files and Streams

Serialization, Creating a Sequential-Access File, Reading Data from a Sequential-Access File

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Files and Streams

Cryptography and Other Example Uses

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Files and Streams

Cryptography and Other Example Uses

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Review

All Material Covered in the Course

Identify and Start Final Project

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Work on Final Project

Review of All Course Material

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Work on Final Project

Review of All Course Material