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User Interfaces in VB .NET

Windows Forms and Custom Controls

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  • © 2002

Overview

  • Shows how to create elegant custom controls tailored to your data and application logic
  • Describes the architecture of a well-planned user interface: everything from data binding strategies to document-view architecture with MDI
  • Shows how to create dynamic user interfaces, dockable windows, and your own vector-based drawing program
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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About this book

User Interfaces in VB. NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls goes beyond simple coverage of the Windows Forms and GDI+ namespaces by combining a careful treatment of the API with a detailed discussion of good user-interface design principles. After reading User Interfaces in VB. NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls, you'll know how to design state-of-the-art application interfaces, program graphics, and much more.

This book contains the following:

  • An overview of how to design elegant user interfaces the average user can understand
  • A comprehensive examination of the user interface controls and classes in .NET
  • Best practices and design tips for coding user interfaces and integrating help

Although this book isn't a reference, it does contain detailed discussions about every user interface element you'll use on a regular basis. But you won't just learn how to use .NET controlsyou'll learn how and why to extend them with your own custom controls. As a developer, you need to know more than how to add a control to a window. You also need to know how to create an entire user interface framework that's scalable, flexible, and reusable.

About the author

Matthew MacDonald is an author,educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He isthe author of more than a dozen books about .NET programming. In a dimly-remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: User Interfaces in VB .NET

  • Book Subtitle: Windows Forms and Custom Controls

  • Authors: Matthew MacDonald

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0844-0

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Matthew MacDonald 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-59059-044-7Published: 09 July 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-0844-0Published: 01 January 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXI, 624

  • Topics: Microsoft and .NET, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

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