Welcome to BCIS 4650
Visual Programming for Business Applications
(16 August 2007)
The course syllabus will be available to students on the first day of class, when we will review it in detail. An electronic copy is also available for enrolled students at the course WebCT site (webct.unt.edu). What follows below is some key information, plus some files that you can download.
Instructor:
Dr. Richard G. Vedder
Office:
Business Administration Bldg., 336.
Tel: 940‑565‑3110
Office
Hours:
Vary by semester; please consult Department
Electronic
Mail:
vedder@unt.edu
Welcome! This course examines some of the issues programmers must deal with when constructing an information-intensive, visually oriented, multimedia business application. To apply the principles of good user interface design, you will build a semester team project using a visual-programming tool called Microsoft Visual Basic.NET 2005, Professional Edition. Required prerequisites include 4610. Because of the multimedia requirements, you should have completed, or be co-registered for, BCIS 3615. You need to be familiar with Microsoft Windows XP. Finally, this course assumes you have prior experience with some form of BASIC.
REQUIRED
TEXTBOOKS & Other Materials (available
from many bookstores, and from Amazon.com):
Boehm, Anne. Murach’s Visual Basic 2005. Murach (2006), pb, ISBN: 1890774383 (B).
Tidwell, Jenifer. Designing Interfaces. O’Reilly (2005), pb., ISBN 0596008031 (T)
At least one key drive (I would suggest a capacity of 256 MB).
Jennings, Roger. Expert One-on-One Visual Basic 2005 Database Programming. Wrox (2005), pb, ISBN 0-7645-7678-X.
Visual Studio Magazine ($23-35/yr.) is also helpful for VB enthusiasts.
Course Support Files: