Visual Basic Developer's Toolkit: Performance Optimization, Rapid Application Development, Debugging, and DistributionThe first book on Visual Basic to go beyond the fundamentals, this tightly focused primer delves into the practical aspects of bringing a VB application from concept, coding, compilation, and testing to marketing and distribution. In addition, the value-packed CD-ROM provides you with demos of valuable development tools, shareware, movies that demonstrate techniques described in the book, and more. In short, this is the programmer's guide you've been waiting for. Suitable for beginners but also filled with critical insights that will benefit experienced developers, the book examines a complete range of issues - from rapid application development to working in a team environment. You'll also find just-in-time coverage of how to develop client/server applications with Visual Basic. Chapters provide expert guidance on optimizing Visual Basic performance; writing secure code; debugging and troubleshooting; taking advantage of Windows features; protecting your copyright; and writing freeware, public-domain software, shareware, and retail apps. |
Contents
A Strategic Overview | 1 |
The Visual Basic Programming Language and Its Tools | 15 |
Elements of Visual Basic Style | 69 |
Copyright | |
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