Pt. 1. Development Life Cycle. 1. An Introduction to RAD with Visual Basic. 2. Overview of the Visual Basic Environment. 3. Requirements Gathering, Documentation and Analysis - Pt. 2. Designing VB Software. 4. Systems Architecture versus Software Architecture. 5. General Coding Practices. 6. Coding Standards. 7. User Interface Design. 8. Object-Oriented Design in Visual Basic - Pt. 3. Implementation. 9. Database Design for Visual Basic. 10. Data Access. 11. Putting it all Together. 12. Advanced Topics in Visual Basic - Pt. 4. Reviewing ,Testing and Distributing Software. 13. Debugging. 14. Testing VB Applications. 15. Distributing the Software - Appendix. Code Samples - Index

Focusing on the advanced topics for rapid application development, object-oriented programming, and database design, Rapid Application Development with Visual Basic 6 is the one book that brings together software development techniques and day-to-day programming expertise not found anywhere else ... the book emphazises the process of software development techniques to intermediate and advanced developers using Visual Basic. You will quickly see how Visual Basic can be utilized to successfully integrate and manage business-critical applications and information systems. Part 1, Development Lifecycles, lays the groundwork for RAD technique, the VB environment, and RAD documentation and analysis. VB software design from system architectures to database and object models are explored extensively in Part 2, Designing VB software. Part 3, Implementation, dives into database design, data access and advanced VB topics. It also includes an informative discussion of the pros and cons of sharing components and when and why to build new components. In Part 4, Reviewing , Testing and Distributing Software, you'll find comprehensive coverage of debugging techniques, VB testing applications, and tips on identifying the target audience for software distribution - Back cover

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