Dr.A.Bharathi Lakshmi, Head and Assistant Professor of IT, V.V.Vanniaperumal College for Women, Virudhunagar.
.NET IDE  Common interface for developing windows and web-based applications  Centralized location for designing a user interface, writing code, compiling and debugging the application.
.NET IDE Components • Start Page • Windows Forms Designer • Solution Explore • Properties Window • Toolbox • Server Explorer • Output Window • Task List Window • ClassView Window • Code and Text Editor Window
.NET IDE Components Start Page
.NET IDE Components Windows Form Designer
.NET IDE Components Solution Explorer
.NET IDE Components Properties Window
.NET IDE Components Tool Box
.NET IDE Components Server Explorer
.NET IDE Components Output Window
.NET IDE Components Task List Window
.NET IDE Components Class View Window
.NET IDE Components Code and Text Editor Window
VB.net Applications  Windows Application  Class Library  Windows Control Library  ASP.NET Web Applications  ASP.NET Web Services  Web Control Library  Console Application  Windows Service
Create a Console Application • In the Visual Studio.NET environment, select File | New | Project from the menu. • Select Visual Basic on the left and then Console Application on the right.
Create a Console Application • Specify the name of your project and enter the location in which to create the project. • The project directory will be created automatically by Visual Studio.
Source Code Hello, World! • Double-click the file 'module1.vb' in the Solution Explorer. ' Import namespaces Imports System Module Module1 Sub Main() Console.WriteLine ("Hello World") End Sub End Module • When you type, Visual Studio will pop up with the names of classes and functions.
Compiling Your Application • You can compile the Visual Basic project by selecting Build  Build. • Errors and messages from the VB compiler will be displayed in the Output window. • If there were no errors, you can run the Hello World application by clicking Debug  Start without Debugging.
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Create a Windows Application • In the Visual Studio.NET environment, select File | New | Project from the menu. • Select Visual Basic on the left and then Windows Application on the right.
Create a Windows Application • Specify the name of your project and enter the location in which to create the project. • The project directory will be created automatically by Visual Studio. • Click Ok. Window Form Designer window is displayed.
Window Form Designer • Double Click Windows Form. The Code Window is displayed.
Code Window • Type the following code in the Form_Load() method. MessageBox.Show(“Welcome to VB.NET “,Message) • Save the solution
• You can compile the Visual Basic project by selecting Build in the Build menu. • Errors and messages from the VB compiler will be displayed in the Output window. • If there were no errors, you can run the application by clicking Debug  Start to run the application Compiling Your Application
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.Net IDE Components and Applications