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Welcome to Visual Basic .NET
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The other help commands in the Help menu (Contents, Index, and Search), function just as they would in
any other Windows application.
Summary
Hopefully, you are beginning to see that developing basic applications with Visual Basic .NET is not that
difcult. You have taken a look at the IDE and saw how it can help you put together software very
quickly. The Toolbox allows you to add controls quickly and easily to your programs. The Properties
window makes conguring those controls a snap, while the Solution Explorer gives you a birds eye view
of the les that make up your project. You even wrote a little code.
In the coming chapters you will go into even more detail and get comfortable writing code. Before you go
too far into Visual Basic .NET itself the next chapter will give you an introduction to the Microsoft .NET
Framework. This Framework is what gives all of the .NET languages their ease of use, ease of
interoperability, and simplicity in learning.
To summarize, you should now be familiar with:
The Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Adding controls to your form in the Designer
Setting the properties of your controls
Adding code to your form in the code window
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