Intermediate Visual Basic CISP 371 CRC Prof. Chapman CISP 371 Chapman VB Capabilities Most people think that Visual Basic is only useful if you want to build a GUI program that runs on a desktop PC. But VB is much more powerful than that. CISP 371 Chapman VB Capabilities VB can be used to work with databases and to build web sites. Who needs Java or Javascript or PHP? Who needs SQL or Oracle or MySQL? Not a master VB programmer. CISP 371 Chapman VB Capabilities VB can handle  Windows desktop GUI applications  Windows web applications  Database connectivity  Extension of the language  OOP  Application security CISP 371 Chapman Windows Desktop GUI Apps This was covered in the prerequisite course CISP 370. More to come about what I expect you all to know in this area. CISP 371 Chapman Language Extension The rest of what VB can do can is defined within the huge class library called the .NET Framework . As the first part of this course we’ll work with this library. CISP 371 Chapman OOP You will learn how to effectively use the .NET Framework. You will also extend the .NET Framework into customized classes using the OOP concepts of inheritance, polymorphism, and encapsulation. These concepts are vital when programming VB web apps and database connectivity. CISP 371 Chapman OOP You will be able to create advanced memory storage for your program’s data. You’ll learn to communicate between modules with events and exceptions, to organize data and procedures into classes, to create expandable array-like objects called collections, and to save organized data to a file using serialization. CISP 371 Chapman Database Connectivity The subset of the .NET Framework that deals with connecting an app to a database is called ADO.NET . These classes let you use a database as a permanent storage area for your application’s data. CISP 371 Chapman Database Connectivity You can use VB to copy databases into memory, search the data with VB, edit the data, and save the data back to the database. Working with an existing database with VB does not require SQL. [...]... Don’t Yet Know How to connect your app to a database using the ADO.NET library How to build active web pages using NET techniques and the ASP.NET library CISP 371 Chapman My Goal Students who finish this course have enough knowledge about using and expanding the NET Framework library to do whatever they like with Visual Basic VB – it’s not just for desktop applications any more! CISP 371 Chapman . language  OOP  Application security CISP 371 Chapman Windows Desktop GUI Apps This was covered in the prerequisite course CISP 370. More to come about what I expect you all to know in this area. CISP 371 Chapman Language. defined within the huge class library called the .NET Framework . As the first part of this course we’ll work with this library. CISP 371 Chapman OOP You will learn how to effectively use