Advanced Visual Basic 2010 - Softcover

Irvine, Kip R.; Gaddis, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132316749 ISBN 13: 9780132316743

Publisher: Pearson, 2011

Synopsis

In the Fifth Edition, Advanced Visual Basic 2010 helps those who are familiar with the fundamentals of Visual Basic 2010 programming harness its power for more advanced uses. Coverage of sophisticated tools and techniques used in the industry today include various database, ASP.NET, LINQ, WPF and Web Services topics. After studying the book and completing the programming exercises, students should be able to create small- to medium-sized Windows and Web applications that use databases. They will also gain essential concepts in object-oriented programming, event-driven programming, and test-driven development. Each subject is presented in an understandable style that makes this book a leader in the field.

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Review:

"Very good discussion on unit testing and how to use the Visual Studio test tool. This is essential material that is rarely included in text books and I applaud you for adding this section to your text." ― Evans Adams, Fort Lewis College

"The text is a welcome and quality addition to the offerings in the Advanced VB.NET space. By implementing the many well-documented tutorials in the chapters, students will significantly enhance their skills with and understanding of the material. " ― Rudy Lee Martinez, Austin Community College

About the Author:

Kip Irvine holds a M.S. degree in Computer Science from University of Miami. He taught computer programming at Miami-Dade College for 17 years, and then at Florida International University for the last 10 years. He has written programming textbooks for Addison-Wesley and Prentice-Hall, covering subjects such as Assembly Language, C++, Visual Basic, and COBOL. His books have been translated into Russian, Korean, Chinese, Polish, and French. He briefly worked as a software developer in the industry.

Tony Gaddis taught computer programming languages, operating systems, and physics at Haywood Community College in North Carolina. He was selected as the North Carolina Community College Teacher of the Year in 1994, and received the Teaching Excellence award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development in 1997. Tony has also provided training to companies and agencies, including NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. He is a best-selling author of numerous computer programming textbooks for Addison-Wesley Publishing, covering topics such as Alice, Java, C++, C#, Visual Basic, and algorithms.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0132316749
• ISBN 13: 9780132316743
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 696