Pre-conference
Workshop:
A Gentle Introduction to Visual Basic .NET
Dr. Deborah Dunn, Stephen F. Austin State University
Dennis Lingerfelt, Stephen F. Austin State University
Date:
Sunday
June 6, 2004
Time: 9:00:00 AM - 4:00:00 PM
Cost: $100.00
Description:
Learn what Visual Basic .NET is all about. Many schools are beginning to use Visual Basic .NET to teach programming for business applications. This full day, hands-on workshop will provide an introduction to Visual Basic.NET. Some of the topics to be included in the workshop are: getting started with VB .NET and the development environment, designing and working with Windows forms applications, Visual Basic language fundamentals, developing object-oriented applications, and testing and debugging your application.
Attendees will learn to quickly and easily create sophisticated business applications for the end user. Emphasis will be on a well-designed interface and well-designed, readable code. The workshop format will include sample applications with additional exercises provided for further practice.
Presenter
Bio(s):
Dr. Deborah Dunn received her Ph.D. in Computer Science at Texas A&M University. She taught Computer Science courses at Tusculum College for seven years. During her tenure at Tusculum, she was Department Chair of the Computer Science/Computer Information Systems program, and was also the Division Director for Business Administration and Computer Science for two years. She is completing her second year in the Computer Science Department at Stephen F. Austin State University.
Dennis Lingerfelt received his B.A. in Computer Science and Math at Tusculum College. He is currently pursuing an M.S. in Computer Science and is a Research Assistant in the Department of Computer Science at Stephen F. Austin State University.
