Join David Gassner for an in-depth discussion in this video Building a simple desktop application with Windows Forms, part of Visual Basic Essential Training (2013).
You can use Visual Basic 2012 to build windowed desktop applications using one …of two architectures. Either the older Windows Forms architecture. …Or the newer Windows Presentation Foundation. …I'll be using WPF for most of this course. …But first I'll show you how to build a very simple Windows Forms application. …I'll select File > New Project. I'll choose Visual Basic and Windows, and …then Windows Forms Application, and I'll set the name of the project to WinFormsFirstApp.…
When you create the project it presents a single empty form. …And you can actually run the application right away. …I'll click the Start button on the Tool bar and the application runs. …But it doesn't have anything on it yet. So I'm going to close the form and return …to Visual Studio. The first step in creating Windows Forms …application, is typically to set up the user interface. …And to do that, I'll use the Toolbox panel, which is on the left side of the screen.…
I'll click the Toolbox to open it and then click the pin icon to pin it open, …
Author
David Gassner
Updated
12/21/2016Released
6/14/2013- What is Visual Basic?
- Learning Visual Basic syntax
- Declaring variables and data types
- Working with numbers, Boolean values, and dates
- Using strings, words, and characters
- Repeating blocks of code with loops
- Evaluating conditions with if, then, and else
- Debugging and handling exceptions
- Managing ordered data with arrays
- Managing application logic with modules
- Defining custom classes
- Storing data with instance fields
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 6s
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What you need to know3m 51s
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Using the exercise files2m 33s
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1. What Is Visual Basic?
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Learning Visual Basic syntax7m 49s
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2. Getting Started
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3. Declaring and Using Variables
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Working with data types6m 8s
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Working with dates and times8m 33s
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4. Exploring Syntax and Flow
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Using Visual Basic operators9m 35s
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5. Exception Handling and Debugging
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Common compilation errors8m 49s
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Common runtime errors5m 43s
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6. Working with Complex Objects
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Using the Object data type4m 44s
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7. Organizing Code
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Using constructor methods3m 21s
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Conclusion
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Next steps41s
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