Chapter 2. Developing with Visual Basic .NET

In chapter 1, you saw how the pieces of the .NET Framework fit together. Now it's time to take your knowledge of this architecture and apply it in a practical manner. This chapter will give you a head start in developing applications and component libraries using Visual Basic .NET. Your goal is to become comfortable with writing, compiling, testing and debugging managed code.

To develop software using the Visual Basic .NET language, you must learn how to use the Visual Basic .NET compiler and Visual Studio .NET. In addition, several important development tools are available. This chapter discusses how to manage projects and how to compile code into an assembly. You will also learn how to inspect, ...

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