Includes index and appendix.

Contents: An Overview of programming: A history and a demonstration of visual basic 2005 -- An Introduction to visual basic 2005: Creating a copyright screen -- Describing applications: Creating an order screen -- Using variables and constants: Revising the skate-away sales application -- The Selection structure: Creating a monthly payment calculator application -- More on the selection structure: Creating a math practice application -- The Repetition structure: Creating the shoppers haven application -- Sub and function procedures: Creating a payroll application -- Manipulating strings: Creating a hangman game application -- Arrays: Creating the perrytown gift shop application -- Structures and sequential access files: Creating the friends application -- Classes and objects: Creating the Kessler landscaping application -- Using Ado.net 2.0: Creating the trivia game application.