Member of the LearnItFirst.com Video Training Network Related Video Training Sites: · C# Training Videos · SQL Server Video Training
   
Visual Basic Training Videos
Visual Basic Video Tutorial Home  Subscriber Videos  

Visual Basic Tutorial: Part 2 - Primitive Types in Visual Basic

   Chapter: Introduction to .NET and Visual Basic Concepts
Download! Skill Level: 100 (Beginner)
Duration: 10:30
Size: 9.0MB
Versions/Editions Covered: Visual Basic
Added/Updated: Jun 16, 2008 New!

Download this video
In this second video in the series, we will be covering the numeric datatypes in Visual Basic, such as the integer types and decimal types.

Highlights from this video:
  • About the integral datatypes and byte boundaries
    • Short
    • Long
  • What is a byte?
  • Signed types and Unsigned types
  • Implicitly Typed Local Variable
    • New to VS2008/ VB 9.0
    • What is this?!
  • Decimal types and Floating Point/Fixed
    • Single
    • Double
    • Decimal
    • Using suffixes to change decimal types
and much more
Tags for this video: built-in byte datatype decimal fixed floating point introduction long predefined primitive short signed type unsigned  
< Back Download this video
AddThis Social Bookmark Button
People Who Downloaded this Video Also Downloaded:
TitleSkillDownload
Pt. 1 - Getting Started With Your First ASP.NET Website in Visual Basic 200 Download
Pt. 2 - Adding Objects and Working With Events, Properties and More 200 Download
Pt. 4 - Using Gridviews, SQL Server 2005, and Hacking Your Textboxes 300 Download
Pt. 1 - Creating the Project, Adding Items to the WinForm and More 100 Download
Pt. 3 - An Overview of the Toolbox and Design-Time vs. Runtime 200 Download
This video is part of the following video series: "Primitive Types in Visual Basic"
Types in Visual Basic are the fundamentals of the language and its very important that you have a great grasp as to what types are and why they're important. In this essential 5-part video series, Scott will provide you with the essential introduction to types and how to begin using them.

Highlights from this series:
  • What are the various predefined datatypes in VB?
    • Boolean
    • Byte
    • Char
    • Integer, etc.
  •  About the integral datatypes and byte boundaries
  • Decimal types and Floating Point/Fixed
  • Working with the Boolean type and the Date type
  • Char, String, and StringBuilder
  • Performance comparison between String and StringBuilder
To view all videos in this series, click here

About the Instructor:
Scott Whigham Scott Whigham is the founder of LearnItFirst.com, one of the web's most extensive video training libraries focusing on technical training. Scott is also an experienced consultant, trainer, and author with more than a decade of hands-on experience working with SQL Server databases, writing and debugging applications using Visual Studio, and performance tuning. Scott designed the architecture (websites, class libraries, and database) for the LearnItFirst.com websites and, most re... (Scott Whigham's full bio can be found on the About the Author page)

   
 
About Us Video Playback Subscriptions More Video Training More
 
© Copyright 2004-2008 LearnItFirst.com LLC. All rights reserved. All trademarks remain the property of their respective owners. This site is not affiliated in any way with the Microsoft Corporation. Refer a Friend and Get a Free Subscription!
 
9/5/2008 8:27:14 AM