This book provides you with practical guidance to develop programming skills, whether you are new to Visual Basic or new to programming in general. Learn the essentials of Visual Basic through practical exercises, and start creating applications for Microsoft Windows and the World Wide Web.

In this book, you will learn how to:

• Work in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 development environment.
• Use the Toolbox controls to create interesting user interfaces, with digital photos, menus, toolbars, checkboxes, and more.
• Add visual themes, animations, and effects to your applications.
• Utilize inheritance and other features of object-oriented programming.
• Locate, monitor, and fix errors in your code.
• Store data using variables, arrays, and collections.
• Add complex functionalities to your applications using the classes and methods of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.
• Manage the flow of your code through decision structures, loops, timers, and procedures.
• Program web applications with Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0.
• Create applications that handle large amounts of data using Microsoft ADO.NET.
• Write custom code for printers, as well as dialog boxes for printing.