Learn Computer Programming the Easy Way!

SkillPaks and Course Guide

Your computer programming course consists of nine easy-to-follow SkillPaks. Each SkillPak was written by experts who know computer programming, and know how to make it easy.

One quick and easy lesson at a time, you'll walk through your SkillPaks until you have mastered the computer programming skills you can use to earn top dollar, including:

QBASIC
SkillPak 1
Programming a Computer
Lesson 1          Learning Computer Programming
Lesson 2          All About Programming Languages
Lesson 3          How to Write a Program
Lesson 4          The Tools of a Computer Programmer

Learning Programming with QBASIC
Lesson 5          Getting Your Hands on a Real Language: QBASIC
Lesson 6          Handling Input & Output
Lesson 7          Variables, Constants, and Comments
Lesson 8          Crunching Numbers and Playing with Strings
Lesson 9          Making Decisions with Control Statements
Lesson 10        Repeating Yourself with Loops

SkillPak 2
Advanced QBASIC Programming
Lesson 11        Learning Computer Programming
Lesson 12        Graphics & Sound
Lesson 13        Saving & Retrieving Information in Files
Lesson 14        Debugging your QBASIC Programs

Dealing with Data Structures
Lesson 15        Storing Information in Arrays
Lesson 16        Lumping Related Data in Records
Lesson 17        Linked Lists & Pointers
Lesson 18        Object-Oriented Programming

SkillPak 3
Algorithms: Telling the Computer What to Do
Lesson 19        Sorting
Lesson 20        Searching
Lesson 21        Optimizing Your Code

Advanced Information – Internet Programming
Lesson 22        HTML Overview, Java & Java Applet Overview

VISUAL BASIC
SkillPak 4
Creating a Visual Basic Program
Lesson 1          How Visual Basic Works
Lesson 2          Using the Visual Basic Interface
Lesson 3          Designing Your First User Interface
Lesson 4          Writing BASIC Code

Creating User Interfaces
Lesson 5          User Interface Design
Lesson 6          Forms & Buttons
Lesson 7          Boxes & Buttons for Making Choices
Lesson 8          Text Boxes for Typing and Showing Words
Lesson 9          Scroll Bars & Labels
Lesson 10        Pictures & objects from Geometry

Skillpak 5
Making Menus
Lesson 11        Creating & Editing Pull-down Menus
Lesson 12        Submenus, Growing Menus & Pop-Up Menus
Lesson 13        Dialog Boxes

The Basics of Writing Code
Lesson 14        Event Procedures
Lesson 15        Using Variables
Lesson 16        Responding to the User
Lesson 17        Arithmetic, Logical and Comparison Operators
Lesson 18        Strings & Other Things
Lesson 19        Defining Constants and Using Comments
Lesson 20        Killing Bugs

SkillPak 6
Making Decisions
Lesson 21        If-then & If-Then-Else Statements
Lesson 22        The Select Case Statement

Loops
Lesson 23        The “Do While” & “Do-Loop While” Loops
Lesson 24        The “Do Until” & “Do-Loop Until” Loops
Lesson 25        “For Next Loops” That Can Count
Lesson 26        Nested Loops and Quick Exits

Writing Subprograms
Lesson 27        General Procedures
Lesson 28        Passing Arguments
Lesson 29        Functions… a Unique Type of Program
Lesson 30        Class Modules with Object-Oriented Programming
Lesson 31        Managing Files

Database Files & Printing
Lesson 32        Creating Database Files
Lesson 33        Using Files from Database programs You’d Rather Not Use
Lesson 34        Making Your Program Print

C++
SkillPak 7
Introducing C++ Programming
Lesson 1          Writing your First C++ Program
Lesson 2          Declaring Variables
Lesson 3          Performing Mathematical Operations
Lesson 4          Performing Logical Operations
Lesson 5          Controlling Program Flow

Becoming a Functional Programmer
Lesson 6          Creating Functions
Lesson 7          Storing Sequences in Arrays
Lesson 8          Taking a First Look at C++ Pointers
Lesson 9          Taking a Second Look at C++ Pointers
Lesson 10        Remaining Function Features
Lesson 11        Debugging C++

SkillPak 8
Classification
Lesson 12        Examining Object-Oriented Programming
Lesson 13        Adding Class to C++
Lesson 14        Making Classes Work
Lesson 15        Creating Pointers to Objects
Lesson 16        Protecting Members
Lesson 17        Constructors & Destructors
Lesson 18        Making Constructive Arguments
Lesson 19        Copying the Copy Copy Copy Constructor
Lesson 20        Static Members

SkillPak 9
Class Inheritance
Lesson 21        Inheriting a Class
Lesson 22        Examining Virtual Member Functions
Lesson 23        Factoring Class

Optional Features
Lesson 24        Overloading Operators
Lesson 25        Overloading the Assignment Operator
Lesson 26        Using Stream I/O
Lesson 27        Handling Errors – Exceptions
Lesson 28        Inheriting Multiple Inheritance

Advanced Information
Lesson 29        Ten Ways to Avoid Adding Bugs to your Program
Lesson 30        The Ten Most Important Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler Settings