Murach's Visual Basic 2008
An introduction to Visual Studio

This chapter introduces you to the basics of working with Visual Basic 2008, the .NET Framework, and Visual Studio. This is the background that you need for getting started right with VB, so be sure to read it if you haven't worked with Visual Studio or .NET before.
Chapter 1 An introduction to Visual Studio
An introduction to .NET development 4
Windows Forms and Web Forms applications 4
Visual Studio and the .NET programming languages 6
The .NET Framework 8
The Visual Studio IDE 10
How a Visual Basic application is compiled and run 12
How Visual Basic differs from the other .NET languages 12
A tour of the Visual Studio IDE 14
How to start Visual Studio 14
How to open or close an existing project 16
Some possible menu variations 16
How to use the Form Designer 18
How to use the Code Editor 20
How to use the Solution Explorer 22
How to work with Visual Studio's windows 24
How to test a project 26
How to build a project 26
How to run a project 26
How to upgrade projects and change .NET Framework versions 28
How to upgrade projects created in earlier versions of Visual Basic .NET 28
How to change the .NET Framework version used by a project 30


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