Learning to Program with Visual Basic.Net is a true introductory programming book that achieves a masterful balance between demonstrating the power and excitement of Visual Basic and teaching traditional programming logic.

Many other books teach the syntax of VB or highlight the "gee whiz" features of the VB interface. McKeown's text addresses the need for a text that offers an adequate balance between the demonstration of the Visual Basic interface and teaching programming logic that the student must know regardless of the language.

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New to This Edition:

• New coverage has been added as appropriate to take advantage of the .net platform.

• New 2-color design.

• You have the option of having the text packaged with a full version of VB.net.

Hallmark Features:

Teaches introductory programming concepts rather than only the "glitz" of VB.

• Teaches programming logic without exposing the student to an excessive amount of VB controls. Students can transfer what they learn to other programming languages.

• A running case is developed throughout the text, which helps students to apply what they are learning. The running case helps students understand how an actual information system is created for a situation with which they are familiar (a video store).

• "It's Your Turn" (IYT) exercises help students complete the same example as is discussed in the text. The IYT exercises force the student to keep up and when they complete them for a chapter, they have a working VB project. If the student completes these IYT's throughout the entire book, at the end, they will have a fairly sophisticated information system completed. The IYT's are linked to the code tables (which show all of the code for every program) and to the screen capture figures to help the student do the work.

• All code is shown in code tables so students can create the same examples as discussed in the text by reproducing the code shown in code tables.

Supplements:

Web site: www.wiley.com/college/mckeown

• Instructor's Manual (Includes complete solutions for "It's Your Turn" and end-of-chapter exercises (password protected), teaching suggestions, additional cases, PowerPoint presentations, an errata list, adopters' syllabi, and links to discussion list, list serve, McKeown's email, Microsoft site, and other relevant sites).

• TestBank (Includes over 500 test items consisting of multiple choice, fill-in, matching, short answer, debugging, programming, and supplemental exercises). Also includes any code not in student's section, "It's Your Turn," 2 additional case studies with segments for each chapter and password protected solutions for instructor's use, links to McKeown's personal Web site, and sample chapters.

Contents:

1. An Introduction to Programming and Visual Basic
2. Using Visual Basic to Create a First Project
3. Variables, Assignment Statements,, and Arithmetic
4. The Selection Process in Visual Basic
5. The Repetition Process in Visual Basic
6. Working with Arrays in Visual Basic
7. Using Functions, Stubs, and Modules
8. Security, Menus, and Files
9. Using Visual Basic to Work with Databases
10. Advanced Databases
11. Using Visual Basic to Create Graphics
12. Programmer Defined Types, Random Access and Object Classes
13. VB Script