The
method by which this book attempts to explain PICK/BASIC is through step-by-step
tutorials. In the first chapter, the basics of logging onto the system and
creating your account are provided, along with a very cursory overview of the
Pick Editor. From there, basic programming principles and terminology are
discussed in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 takes the reader into the exciting world of
programming in PICK/BASIC by providing a ready-made program which will be
entered into the system, compiled, then run. A detailed explanation of each
instruction and principle follows immediately after the source listing.
To bring you
up to speed with Visual Basic 2005, this practical book offers nearly 50
hands-on projects. Each one explores a new feature of the language, with
emphasis on changes that can increase productivity, simplify programming tasks,
and help you add new functionality to your applications. This book provides a
series of hands-on labs that take you through the new features you'll find in
Visual Basic 2005, the .NET Framework 2.0, and the Visual Studio 2005
development tool.