The VB .NET IDE: Visual Studio .NET

• Creating a New Solution
• The Editor
• The Solution Explorer
• Properties Window

Expressions, Operators, and Control Flow

• Console Applications
• Statements in VB.NET
• Comments
• Variables and variable Assignments
• Declaring variables
• Strings
• Arithmetic Operators
• Constants
• Repeating Operations – Loops
• Conditionals – Making Decisions

Classes and Objects (with a Short Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming)

• Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
• Creating Object Instances in VB.NET
• Namespaces
• Overloading Class Members

Inheritance and Interfaces

• Getting Started with Inheritance
• Overriding Properties and Methods
• Mechanics of Implementing an interface
• Collections

Event Handling and Delegates

• Hooking up the Listener Objects to Event Source Objects
• Building Your Own Event Classes
• Dynamic Event Handling
• Delegates and Events

Error Handling the VB .NET Way:

• Living with Exceptions
• Error checking vs. Exception Handling
• Throwing Exceptions
• Using the finally Blocks

Windows Forms, Drawing, and Printing

• Form Designer Basics
• Return to a simple program
• Menu controls

A Brief Introduction to Database Access with VB .NET

• Connecting to a database
• Inserting information to database
• Fetching stored information from database

BUILDING A SIMPLE BANKING SOFTWARE IN VB.NET

• Designing the login interface
• Connecting to the database to authenticate
• Designing the management interface

BUILDING A SIMPLE BANKING SOFTWARE IN VB.NET

• Adding a customer
• Opening an account
• Depositing into an account
• Withdrawing from an account

BUILDING A SIMPLE BANKING SOFTWARE IN VB.NET

• Fetching customers
• Showing customer’s transactions