Publisher's Synopsis
Real Visual Basic features the issues, methods, and proven techniques you need to develop effective enterprise applications in the real world. This book explores Visual Basics advanced capabilities and shows how VB provides solutions to the complex development challenges for corporations. Drawing on his extensive experience, the author dispels many misconceptions about the Visual Basic language, highlights its object-oriented capabilities, points out common programming mistakes, and offers practical tips for real-world programming success. This book addresses the major areas of enterprise development, including software lifecycle models, application architecture and design, hard-core coding and debugging, quality assurance, and project management.;You will find detailed information on essential topics such as: *Rapid Application Development (RAD) and VB *Requirements-gathering and documentation *Object design in VB *User-interface design, including forms and prototyping *Advanced data access coding *MTS and MSMQ considerations in system architecture design *Asynchronous program flow and creating ActiveX controls *Practical quality assurance techniques *Software distribution and creating and enforcing coding standards Numerous examples and anecdotes from actual VB corporate development projects illustrate the mistakes to avoid as well as the approaches and techniques that lead to effective enterprise solutions.
