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Welcome to Visual Basic .NET
Figure 1-5
that you want and then click the Projects tab to be taken to that view. There you can create new projects
and open existing projects.
The Projects Tab
By now, you may be a bit anxious to start writing some code. But rst, take a look at the Projects tab on
the Start Page and see what is there. Assuming that you have been following along while setting up
Visual Studio .NET, your screen should now look something like Figure 1-6. Of course, since you have not
created any projects yet, your project list will be empty. As you start creating projects, this list will grow
and as you can see, the list contains the project name and the modied date. The project names are
hyperlinks and clicking on a hyperlink for that project will open it up in the IDE.
Begin your exploration of the Visual Basic .NET IDE by looking at the toolbar and menu, which as you
will learn are not really that different from toolbars and menus you have seen in other Microsoft software
such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
The Menu
Visual Studio .NETs menu is dynamic, meaning that items will be added or removed depending on what
you are trying to do. While you are still looking at the Projects page, the menu bar will only consist of the
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