Rapid Application Development with Visual Basic 6

Name: Rapid Application Development with Visual Basic 6
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ISBN: 9780071354226

ISBN-10: 0071354220

ISBN-13: 9780071354226

Edition: 1999

Authors: David McMahon

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This is a guide to rapid application development using Visual Basic 6, focusing on advanced topics such as object-oriented programming and database design. The CD-ROM features VB code and applications which save the user programming and debugging time.

Book details

List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

Preface	p. xvii
Development Life Cycle	p. 1
An Introduction to RAD with Visual Basic	p. 3
Introduction to Rapid Application Development	p. 4
Avoiding the Pitfalls of RAD	p. 6
A Brief History of Visual Basic	p. 9
Software Life-Cycle Models	p. 10
Example Programs	p. 13
Overview of the Visual Basic Environment	p. 15
Introduction	p. 16
Creating a New Project	p. 16
The Toolbox	p. 19
Forms	p. 22
Code Windows	p. 23
The Project Explorer	p. 23
The Properties Window	p. 23
The Form Layout Window	p. 24
The Project Properties Dialog	p. 24
Project References and Components	p. 30
The Object Browser	p. 32
The Procedure Attributes Dialog	p. 35
Add-Ins	p. 36
The Options Dialog	p. 37
New Features in Visual Basic 6	p. 39
Requirements Gathering, Documentation, and Analysis	p. 47
Requirements Gathering	p. 48
Documentation	p. 48
Analysis	p. 51
Designing vb Software	p. 57
Systems Architecture versus Software Architecture	p. 59
Systems Architecture: The Big Picture	p. 60
Client-Server Model	p. 61
Layered Application Development	p. 63
General Coding Practices	p. 67
A Quick Basic Review	p. 68
Declaring Variables	p. 68
Declaring Constants	p. 70
Option Explicit	p. 71
VB Data Types	p. 73
Data Conversion Functions	p. 77
Variable Scope and Lifetime	p. 78
Static Variables	p. 81
Public versus Private Variables	p. 82
Arrays	p. 84
Control Statements	p. 88
Standard Program Modules	p. 98
Some Good Programming Practices to Follow	p. 104
Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them	p. 107
Version Control	p. 112
Coding Standards	p. 117
Why Have Coding Standards?	p. 118
Creating Coding Standards	p. 119
Naming Conventions	p. 123
Commenting Standards	p. 126
Code Construction Standards	p. 129
Enforcing Coding Standards	p. 131
User Interface Design	p. 133
The Elements of a Good User Interface	p. 134
Object-Oriented Design in Visual Basic	p. 147
Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming	p. 148
The Aspects of Object-Oriented Programming	p. 152
Is Visual Basic Object Oriented?	p. 154
COM	p. 155
Practical Object Modeling in Visual Basic	p. 158
Using Callbacks	p. 169
Collections of Objects	p. 169
Implementation	p. 183
Database Design for Visual Basic	p. 185
Overview of Database Design	p. 186
Organizing the Data	p. 188
The Elements of a Database	p. 189
Normalization	p. 197
Using the Visual Data Manager	p. 203
Data Access	p. 207
Flat Files	p. 208
Working with Databases	p. 223
Embedded and Dynamic SQL	p. 238
The Complaints Program	p. 249
Embedded SQL	p. 258
Multiuser Considerations	p. 259
Putting It All Together	p. 271
Making Databases and Objects Work Together	p. 272
Sharing Components	p. 274
Advanced Topics in Visual Basic	p. 275
Threads, Processes, and Asynchronous Program Flow	p. 276
Processes and Threads	p. 277
Choosing a Server Type	p. 283
Building a Dynamic Link Library	p. 286
ActiveX Controls	p. 301
ActiveX Documents	p. 327
Building Your Own Web Browser	p. 332
Reviewing, Testing, And Distributing Software	p. 337
Debugging	p. 339
Introduction	p. 340
Debugging Tools and Windows	p. 341
Setting Breakpoints	p. 343
Stepping through Code	p. 343
Using Watch Expressions	p. 345
The Debug Object	p. 347
Tracking Down and Killing Bugs	p. 349
Handling Run-Time Errors	p. 349
Testing VB Applications	p. 369
The Importance of Documenting the Testing Process	p. 371
Testing for Proof of Concept	p. 371
Unit Testing	p. 372
Integration Testing	p. 373
System Testing	p. 373
Beta Testing	p. 374
Regression Testing	p. 376
Distributing the Software	p. 379
Identifying the Target Audience	p. 380
Creating a Setup Program for the Application	p. 380
Distribution of the Software	p. 392
Managing Scripts	p. 394
Patches and Updating Applications	p. 395
Code Samples	p. 397
Bank Simulation Program	p. 397
Reading Random Access Files	p. 401
Reading/Writing Binary Files	p. 402
Complaints Program: Illustrating SQL	p. 403
Statistics Library: clsStatistics Class	p. 405
Using the clsStatistics Object in Code	p. 407
Using the Web Browser Control	p. 411
An Error-Handling Add-In	p. 412
Index	p. 415
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