Advanced Basic

DATA104

Summer 2002

 

Instructor | Text | Objectives | Grading | Evaluation | Calendar

There is a more detailed description of policies and assessment on the syllabus located at Dmacconline.

Course Description:
An advanced course in the use of the Visual BASIC programming language. The various commands will be presented and students design, code, and test several programs. A large part of this course will be communicating with databases.

Students will be expected to complete the assignments in the time given.


  Instructor:    Chad Dittmer                 cjdittmer@dmacc.org
Instructor reserves the right to make changes

Text:
Advanced Programming in Visual Basic 6.0, Bradley and Millspaugh, 2001, Irwin/McGraw-Hill, Boston, MA. (ISBN: 0-07-239815-9)

Software: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition, WinZip 8.0

 

Course Objectives
Click here for the compentencies

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Grading
Assessment is based on the standard below:
Letter Grade Percent (approximate)
A 90 - 100 B 80 - 89 C 70 - 79 D 60 - 69 F 0 - 59

Evaluation

Assignments/Projects 40% 10 points per Assignment - 80 points total
Participation 20% Participation from interaction with other students Discussion Area and Ask Questions Area
Quizzes 40% 4 of 5 Quizes, Lowest dropped

Assignments are due at the beginning of class
Calendar
Date
Discussion

Assignment
   
May 29  Introduction, syllabus, Chapter 1: Installing and Configuring Visual Basic  Read Chapter 2
June 3 Chapter 2: Interfacing with the user  Programming Exercise Chapter 2 VB Auto Center Case Study(due June 17) Read Chap.3
June 10 Quiz #1 (Chapters 1 & 2)
Chapter 3: Writing Database Programs using ADO (ActiveX Data Objects)		 Read Chapter 4; Programming Exercise Chapter 3VB Auto Center Case Study(due June 24)
June 17 Quiz #2 (Chapter 3)
Chapter 4: Maintaining a Database File		    Read Chapter 5; Programming Exercise 4.3(due July 1)
June 24 Chapter 5: Using the ADO Programming Object Model Programming Exercise 5.1(due July 8); Read Chapter 6
July 1 Quiz #3 (Chapters 4 & 5)
Chapter 6: Creating Class Modules		  Programming Exercise 6.3(due July 22)
July 8  Chapter 6 - continued   Read Chapter 7
July 15
Chapter 7: Designing a Multitier Database Application 		 Read Chapter 9; Your Hands-on programming example(due July 29)
July 22 Quiz #4 (Chapters 6 & 7)
Chapter 9: ActiveX Documents and ActiveX Controls 		 Programming Exercise 9.4(due Aug 5 ),Read Chapter 13
July 29  Chapter 13: Creating Help Files Programming Exercise Creating a Help Facility and Context-Sensitive Help - Step by Step(p.514) (due Aug 5)
Aug 5 Quiz #5 (Chapters 9&13)  
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