Introducing Visual Basic .NET

Visual Basic .NET provides a powerful, yet safe environment for creating MS-Windows applications. In earlier times, you had to be a C++ wizard to create high-performance Windows applications, and you had to know a great deal about the Win32 API (Application Programmers Interface). Previous versions of Visual Basic were easy to learn, but lacked the full power of object-oriented languages. The current version has all the power of languages like C++ and Java, and retains the drag-and-drop developers interface that has made Visual Basic so popular.

Rapid Application Development (RAD) is the technique of designing, coding, and testing applications in a constantly repeating sequence. RAD developers design and code interactively, producing results in a surprisingly short time. Visual Basic .NET is an ideal tool for RAD.
The Visual Studio .NET Environment, also known as the IDE (Integrated Developer Environment), provides all the tools you need to write and test applications. Here are some of the main tools:
• Visual controls for creating user interfaces in both Windows Desktop and ASP.NET (Web) applications. They are found in the ToolBox window.
• Database connection components, also found in the ToolBox window.
• Solution Explorer: A window that lists all files in your project.
• Server Explorer: A window that you use to create and manage database connections and database tables.
• Properties Window: Displays the properties of a form, component, or control.
• Interactive Debugger: You can single-step through your program’s code, set breakpoints, and inspect variables.

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