1. Programming in Visual Basic
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Programming in Visual Basic

2. What is Visual Basic?
An entirely professional language: see or or
Visual Basic is demanded in 11.4% of IT Jobs. .Net skills are needed in 13% of IT Jobs.
VB.NET is easier and faster than most programming languages.
Based on BASIC, from 1960s, which evolved to produce VB and VB.Net.

3. What is .Net
. The .NET Framework is an environment for building, deploying, and running Web Services and other applications. It consists of three main parts: the Common Language Runtime, the Framework classes, and ASP.NET. GotDotNet
The .NET framework created by Microsoft is a software development platform focused on rapid application development, platform independence and network transparency. .NET is Microsoft's strategic initiative for server and desktop development for the next decade. According to Microsoft, .NET includes many technologies that are designed to facilitate rapid development of Internet and intranet applications. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework

4. Visual Studio .Net
Start / Programs / Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003 / Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003
Your work will be saved, by default in My Documents / Visual Studio Projects
It will disappear at the end of the day!
You will want to save your work to your own disk. I have spares.

5. 3 main types of programs Windows Applications Web Applications
Console Applications

6. Visual Basic IDE IDE – Integrated Development Environment Form
Design Window
Menus and Toolbars
Toolbox
Solution Explorer
Class View Window
Properties Window

7. Start Page
Projects
Online Resources
My Profile

8. Intellisense
VB.NET will offer alternatives to help you program!

9. Output
Task List
Output Window