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More about Classes and Methods - 15
In this lesson we dig into more details about Classes -- what exactly happens when you create a new instance of a class? What exactly is a reference to an instance of a class? How is it affected when...
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Working with Classes and Inheritances in the .NET Framework Class Library - 16
We've been looking at working with classes in the two previous lessons. The hope is that, by better understanding how classes work, you'll gain an appreciation for how classes are utilized in the .NET...
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Understanding Namespaces and Adding References to Assemblies - 17
We've avoided any talk about Namespaces, however they serve an important role in the .NET Framework Class Library as well as in our custom class libraries we may choose to create. We explain how...
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Understanding Modules, Scope and Utilizing Accessibility Modifiers - 18
This lesson begins by discussing the scope of variables within code blocks, and progresses to explain how accessibility modifiers such as Public, Private and Protected are used by the .NET Framework...
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Enumerations and the switch Decision Statement - 19
Classes can contain many different types of information, not just Properties and Methods. We begin demonstrating the use of Enumerations because often in the .NET Framework Class Library, properties...
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Gracefully Handling Exceptions - 20
Exceptions occur when an application experiences some unexpected problem at run time. This lesson discusses how to use the try catch finally block to anticipate potential problems and attempt to shield...
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Working with Collections - 21
Collections are a more powerful form of arrays. In this lesson we demonstrate an "old style" collection (pointing out their limitations) as well as several of the newer, strongly typed generic...
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Filtering and Managing Data in Collections using LINQ - 22
Building on the work from the previous lesson with generic collections, in this lesson we start by talking about how Structured Query Language provides a means of working with sets (collections,...
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Understanding Event Driven Programming - 23
In this lesson we demonstrate how events are utilized in the .NET Framework Class Library specific to Silverlight, WPF and ASP.NET Web Forms applications. In all three examples, we see how Visual Basic...
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Getting Familiar with the My Namespace - 24
This video demonstrates the use of the My Namespace in Visual Basic which provides a short-cut to often used classes in the .NET Framework Class Library. We demonstrate how to use the My Namespace to...
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Concluding Thoughts - 25
In this final video, Bob talks about approaches to solving common issues that arise for new software developers, where to turn for help, how to search for answers to technical questions, how to ask for...
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Visual Basic Fundamentals Important Update!
Since the launch of this series Microsoft has released Windows 8 along with new editions of Visual Studio. In this short update video, Bob Tabor explains which versions of Visual Studio 2012 Express...
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