This book provides more than enough material for a complete semester course. The topics must be trimmed for courses lasting considerably less than a full semester. The following syllabus provides one possible way to present an abbreviated introduction to programming.
1 | An Introduction to Computers and Visual Basic 2005 |
| | 1.2 Using Windows |
| | 1.3 Files and Folders |
3 | Fundamentals of Programming in Visual Basic |
| | 3.1 Visual Basic Controls |
| | 3.2 Visual Basic Events |
| | 3.3 Numbers |
| | 3.4 Strings |
| | 3.5 Input and Output |
4 | Procedures |
| | 4.1 Sub Procedures, Part I |
| | 4.2 Sub Procedures, Part II |
| | 4.3 Functions |
5 | Decisions |
| | 5.1 Relational and Logical Operators |
| | 5.2 If Blocks |
| | 5.3 Select Case Blocks |
6 | Repetition |
| | 6.1 Do Loops |
| | 6.2 Processing Lists of Data with Do Loops |
| | 6.3 For... Next Loops |
7 | Arrays |
| | 7.1 Creating and Accessing Arrays |
| | 7.2 Using Arrays (Omit Merging Two Ordered Arrays) |
| | 7.3 Some Additional Types of Arrays (Omit Control Arrays) |
9 | Additional Controls and Objects |
| | 9.1 List Boxes, Combo Boxes, and the File-Opening Control |
| | 9.2 Seven Elementary Controls |