INT-2030 Introduction to Visual Basic

Credits 3
Students program in Visual Basic to create business applications featuring a graphical interface. Such programs incorporate multiple simultaneous windows, graphical images, pull-down menus, dialog boxes, and similar objects, as well as event-driven modules and procedures. Emphasizes structured, object-oriented programming. Focuses on advanced graphical controls (built-ins, third party, and user-designed), data access using the ADO.NET technology, Web-based applications, error trapping and handling.
Prerequisite(s): INT 1111.
2 class/2 lab hours.
(Not offered summer.)

Course Outcomes

Build Visual Basic.NET language applications.
Use Visual Studio.NET Integrated Development Environment (IDE) technology to create Web Applications.
Use Visual Basic.NET objects to do programming tasks.
Identify syntax and logic errors in a program.
Explain the nature of object-oriented programming, software reuse, information hiding, and the incorporation of database tables into VB projects.
Build class library projects to be used from within another project.
Build applications with ADO .NET technology to access a database.
Use sequential, direct, random access, and pseudo- ISAM files.
Use advanced array-handling techniques in Visual Basic .NET applications.
Implement error handling in Visual Basic .NET applications.