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COURSE OUTLINE
Advance Programming1
(Visual Basic)
I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.
VI.

VII.

Introduction
a. Visual Basic 2010
b. Visual Basic 2010 Integrated Development Environment
c. Setting the Environment Options
Variables and Data Types (Nacaytona)
a. Comments and Whitespace
b. Variables
c. Data types
d. Constants
e. Arrays
f. Enumerations
Control Flow Statements(Noreen Tolibas)
a. Decision Statements
b. Loop Statements
c. Procedure and Functions
d. Arguments
i. Passing
ii. Returning values
Forms and Windows Controls( )
a. Loading and Showing Forms
b. Designing Menus
c. TextBox, CheckedListBox, and ComboBox Contorls
d. ScrollBar and TrackBar Controls
e. Common Dialog Controls
f. RichTextBox Contol
g. TreeView and ListView Controls
h. Other Controls
Custom Classes and Objects (Niego)
a. Classes and Objects
b. Operator Overloading
Applied Object-Oriented Programming ()
a. Inheritance
b. Extension Methods
c. Polymorphism

Working with the .NET Framework()

a. The .NET Framework
b. Using Snippets

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c. Using the My Component

d. The IO Namespace
e. Drawing and Painting
f. The Image Class
g. Printing
h. Handing Strings and Characters
i. Handling Dates and Time
VIII. Storing Data in Collections ()
a. Advanced Array Topics
b. Collection
i. Dictionary Collection
ii. HashTable Collection
iii. SortedList Collection
iv. Other Collection
v. IEnumerator and IComparer Interfaces
IX.
Data-Driven Applications()
a. ADO.NET
b. Basic Data-Access Classes
c. Storing Data in DataSets
d. Data Binding
X.
Deploying the Application ()
a. Creating a Visual Studio 2010 Setup Application
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
o Lecture and Discussion
o Reporting
o Laboratory Exercises
COURSE REQUIRMENTS
o Active Class Participation
o Attendance
o Written and Oral Reports
o Quizzes
o Laboratory Exercises
o Major Examinations
REFERENCE
o Mastering Visual Basic 2010 by Evangelos Petroutsos