* Ensure quality of work with the necessary knowledge of the VB language. * Streamline applications with debugging and security considerations. * Understand the basics of creating a user interface with the underlying .NET framework. * Discover how to create desktop, smart client, and dynamic web applications. * Be more productive with enhancements to forms, solutions, and more. About This Course This course provides an introduction to the Visual Basic 2005 language. You%u2019ll cover the basics of the language that include such areas as object-oriented programming and working with databases. This course will provide you with enough of a basis so you%u2019ll be ready to tackle a variety of scenarios that may come up in your development work. With Visual Basic 2005 you%u2019ll be able to build a variety of applications including Windows applications, web applications, web services, console applications, and more. All of these types of applications are available to Visual Basic 2005 because it creates applications to run right on the .NET framework. VB 2005 may have dropped the term %u201Cdot net%u201D from it%u2019s name, but it continues to create applications that take advantage of the powerful features of the .NET framework. Instructor Instructor Photo Craig Utley President, CIOBriefings LLC Craig Utley is a Mentor with Solid Quality Learning and the President of CIOBriefings LLC, a consulting company focused on enterprise architecture, development team building and productivity, and business intelligence. Craig has been developing with Microsoft tools since the Visual Basic 1.0 days and has worked with companies of all sizes, helping them design, build, and implement enterprise-wide applications on Microsoft technologies. His interest in developer productivity has led him into the world of design patterns, test-driven development (TDD), and agile/extreme methodologies. He is a published author of articles, courseware, and books, including the first book on VB .NET beta 2 that Microsoft authorized for release. He has been a frequent conference speaker at such conferences as ASP.NET Connections, SQL Server Magazine Connections, Microsoft%u2019s Developer Days, and more. He holds an MCSD and is a Microsoft MVP.