The chief merit of language is clearness. Galen
The chief merit of language is clearness.
Galen
High thoughts must have high language. Aristophanes
High thoughts must have high language.
Aristophanes
Our life is frittered away with detail. . . . Simplify, simplify. Henry David Thoreau
Our life is frittered away with detail. . . . Simplify, simplify.
Henry David Thoreau
My object all sublime I shall achieve in time. W. S. Gilbert
My object all sublime I shall achieve in time.
W. S. Gilbert
Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all. John F.Kennedy
Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.
John F.Kennedy
In this chapter you will learn:
The history of the Visual Basic programming language.
Some basics of object technology.
The history of the UMLthe industry-standard object-oriented system modeling language.
The history of the Internet and the World Wide Web.
The motivation behind and an overview of Microsoft's .NET initiative, which involves the Internet in developing and using software systems.
To test-drive a Visual Basic 2005 application that enables you to draw on the screen.
Outline
1.1 Introduction1.2 Microsoft's Windows® Operating System1.3 Visual Basic1.4 The Internet and the World Wide Web1.5 Extensible Markup Language (XML)1.6 Microsoft's .NET1.7 The .NET Framework and the Common Language Runtime1.8 Test-Driving a Visual Basic Application1.9 (Only Required Section of the Case Study) Software Engineering Case Study: Introduction to Object Technology and the UML1.10 Wrap-Up1.11 Web Resources
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Microsoft's Windows® Operating System
1.3 Visual Basic
1.4 The Internet and the World Wide Web
1.5 Extensible Markup Language (XML)
1.6 Microsoft's .NET
1.7 The .NET Framework and the Common Language Runtime
1.8 Test-Driving a Visual Basic Application
1.9 (Only Required Section of the Case Study) Software Engineering Case Study: Introduction to Object Technology and the UML
1.10 Wrap-Up
1.11 Web Resources
