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| Preface | |
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| Visual Basic .NET and .NET Programming | |
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| Visual Basic and .NET | |
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| The .NET Platform | |
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| The .NET Framework | |
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| The VB.NET Language | |
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| The Structure of VB.NET Applications | |
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| The Development Environment | |
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| Getting Started with VB.NET | |
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| What's in a Program? | |
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| Your First Program: Hello World | |
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| Examining Your First Program | |
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| Object-Oriented Programming | |
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| Creating Models | |
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| Classes and Objects | |
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| Defining a Class | |
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| Class Relationships | |
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| The Three Pillars of Object-Oriented Programming | |
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| Encapsulation | |
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| Specialization | |
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| Polymorphism | |
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| Object-Oriented Analysis and Design | |
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| Visual Studio .NET | |
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| Start Page | |
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| Inside the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) | |
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| IntelliSense | |
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| Building and Running | |
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| For More Information | |
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| VB.NET Language Fundamentals | |
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| Types | |
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| Variables | |
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| Constants | |
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| Strings | |
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| Statements | |
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| Whitespace | |
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| Branching | |
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| Unconditional Branching Statements | |
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| Conditional Branching Statements | |
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| Iteration (Looping) Statements | |
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| Operators | |
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| The Assignment Operator (=) | |
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| Mathematical Operators | |
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| Relational Operators | |
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| Logical Operators Within Conditionals | |
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| Operator Precedence | |
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| Classes and Objects | |
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| Defining Classes | |
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| Method Arguments | |
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| Constructors | |
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| Initializers | |
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| Copy Constructors | |
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| The Me Keyword | |
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| Using Shared Members | |
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| Destroying Objects | |
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| Inside Methods | |
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| Overloading Methods | |
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| Encapsulating Data with Properties | |
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| Passing by Value and by Reference | |
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| Basic Debugging | |
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| Setting a Breakpoint | |
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| The Call Stack | |
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| Inheritance and Polymorphism | |
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| Specialization and Generalization | |
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| Inheritance | |
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| Polymorphism | |
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| Abstract Classes | |
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| NotInheritable Classes | |
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| The Root of All Classes: Object | |
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| Boxing and Unboxing Types | |
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| Structures | |
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| Defining a Structure | |
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| Interfaces | |
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| Defining an Interface | |
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| Implementing an Interface | |
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| Implementing More Than One Interface | |
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| Casting to an Interface | |
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| Extending Interfaces | |
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| Combining Interfaces | |
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| Overriding Interface Implementations | |
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| Arrays | |
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| Arrays | |
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| Multidimensional Arrays | |
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| System.Array | |
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| Indexers and the Default Property | |
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| Collection Interfaces and Types | |
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| The Collection Interfaces | |
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| Array Lists | |
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| The Collection Class | |
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| Queues | |
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| Stacks | |
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| Copying from a Collection Type to an Array | |
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| Strings | |
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| Creating Strings | |
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| Manipulating Strings | |
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| Regular Expressions | |
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| The Regex Class | |
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| Throwing and Catching Exceptions | |
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| Throwing Exceptions | |
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| Searching for an Exception Handler | |
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| The Throw Statement | |
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| The Try and Catch Statements | |
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| How the Call Stack Works | |
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| Creating Dedicated Catch Statements | |
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| The Finally Statement | |
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| Exception Class Methods and Properties | |
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| Custom Exceptions | |
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| Applications and Events | |
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| Creating a Windows Application | |
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| Events | |
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| Server-Side Code | |
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| Afterword | |
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| Where to Go from Here | |
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| Advanced Topics in VB.NET | |
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| Web (ASP .NET) Programming | |
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| Windows Forms Programming | |
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| Other Resources | |
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| Index | |