User Interfaces in VB.NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls, goes beyond simple coverage of the Windows Forms and GDI+ namespaces by combining a careful treatment of the API with a detailed discussion of good user-interface design principles. After reading User Interfaces in VB.NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls, you'll know how to design state-of-the-art strategies, program graphics, and much more.
This book contains the following:
An overview of how to design elegant user interfaces the average user can understand.
A comprehensive examination of the user interface controls and classes in .NET.
Best practices and design tips for coding user interfaces and integrating help
Although this book isn't a reference, it does contain detailed discussions about every user interface element you'll use on a regular basis. But you won't just learn how to use .NET controls--you'll learn how and why to extend them with your own custom controls. As a developer, you need to know more than how to add a control to a window. You also need to know how to create an entire user interface framework that's scalable, flexible, and reusable.
Chapter 1: Creating Usable Interfaces
Chapter 2: Designing with Classes and Tiers
Chapter 3: Control Class Basics
Chapter 4: Classic Controls
Chapter 5: Forms
Chapter 6: Modern Controls
Chapter 7: Custom Controls
Chapter 8: Design-Time Support for Custom Controls
Chapter 9: Data Controls
Chapter 10: MDI Interfaces and Workspaces
Chapter 11: Dynamic User Interface
Chapter 12: GDI+ Basics
Chapter 13: GDI+ Controls
Chapter 14: Help and Application-Embedded Support |
