Hour 20. Programming with Visual Basic 2012

Unlike many programming languages, much of the work of a Visual Basic programmer doesn’t lie in code but in the design of the application’s visual elements, such as the controls that the programmer places on forms at design time. These controls allow interaction to and from the user. The code that the programmer places behind the controls handles the events as well as data calculations and manipulations that produce the information required by the program.

This chapter is intended to introduce you to Visual Basic and Microsoft’s Visual Studio Environment. Like other chapters in this section, you will only be getting a taste of the language, but if you like it, you can dive deeper into Visual Basic 2012 ...

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