Table of Contents Part I: Introduction to Visual Studio development Chapter 1. Visual Basic 2013 development opportunities and the Windows Store Chapter 2. The Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment Chapter 3. Creating your first Windows Store application Chapter 4. Windows desktop apps: A walkthrough using Windows Forms Part II: Designing the user interface Chapter 5. Working with Windows Store app controls Chapter 6. Working with Windows Forms controls Chapter 7. XAML markup step by step Chapter 8. Using XAML styles Chapter 9. Exploring Windows 8.1 design features: Command bar, flyout, tiles, and touch Chapter 10. Creating console applications Part III: Visual Basic programming techniques Chapter 11. Mastering data types, operators, and string processing Chapter 12. Creative decision structures and loops Chapter 13. Trapping errors by using structured error handling Chapter 14. Using arrays, collections, and generics to manage data Chapter 15. Innovative data management with LINQ Chapter 16. Object-oriented programming techniques
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