System Requirements
Although you can profitably read this book without working the examples, truly learning to program—like learning to swim—requires physical practice. This, of course, means you’ll need a copy of Visual Basic .NET. This comes with all versions of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, and also with the stand-alone package sold as Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Standard. The Standard product usually costs less than $U.S.100 and is sufficient for all the examples in this book.
All .NET programming languages require the presence of the Microsoft .NET Framework and SDK (System Development Kit). The Visual Studio .NET or Visual Basic .NET setup program will install this for you, or you can download it free from Microsoft’s Web site. (Chapter 2 ...
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