This is the first chapter of the tutorial series “Visual
Basic .net for beginners” . This series is for absolute beginners in
programming . So no previous experience is required. At the end of this series you will be able to
build your own windows, web application in with professional quality standards.
This is the introduction part of the series. In this tutorial we will take look
at the features of visual basic , .net frame work, visual basic IDE (Integrated
Development Environment) and many other things that a visual basic beginner
should know.
What is visual basic?
No need to explain what is programming and what is the significance
of programming. Some of my friends approached
me to know how to develop simple programs or software. I recommended to choose
visual basic because of its ease of study
and simplicity of language. In my opinion, visual basic is one of the
most user friendly programming language in the world . You can use visual basic
for developing applications rapidly. There were many versions for visual
basic 3,4,5,6 etc. Visual basic 6 was
the last known version. After that Microsoft corporation introduced a framework
called .NET. Then they incorporated
visual basic with the .net frame work. There are also different versions for visual
basic .NET. 2003,2008,2010,2012 and now 2013. If you are a learn then you can
choose Visual Basic Express Editions because its free of cost. The entire series
will be based on Visual Basic 2010.
What is .NET framework?
.NET framework is
nothing but a set of pre-coded stuffs. We
can use those codes in our programs. I’m not going to explain what is
its architecture, how does it works and things like that because nobody likes
to learn a lot of theories.
Where to start?
This is also a question for me. When I started this tutorial,
I don’t know where to start. Let’s start with the variables like any programming
language tutorial starts.
The environment
When you open Visual Studio IDE, you will get the following
window.
This is the screenshot of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.It
shows the start page of the visual studio IDE. We will be working in this for
developing windows based visual basic applications.
Understanding the environment
We can start a new project by clinking the new project link
in the start page or by clicking the menu File->New Project. If you are
connected to the internet you can see the latest news in the start page. There
windows called Solution Explorer, Tool Box, Property window. These three
windows are important to us. We will use it very frequently. Solution explorer
will help us to view the files in our project, add new files to the project, add
references , change project settings and so on. Tool Box contains controls that
we use in the upcoming tutorials. Similarly the use of property window can be explained
only after starting the project. Tool bar is also very important because the
program control buttons are there. “Run, Pause Stop”
We will star programming from the next tutorial onwards.
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