Visual Basic Introduction Hello World

Introduction Hello World

• Designed for the Absolute Beginner
• Can use any version of Visual Studio
• Important to do the Homework
• Take notes, they help with memorization
• Don't take both courses at once
• BASIC is "Beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code"
• Visual Basic introduced in 1991
• Visual Basic.Net introduced in 2001, including OOP
• Rapid Application Development (RAD) language
• Imperative programs execute line-by-line
• Event-driven programs execute as user creates "events"
• Since VB is converted to a Common Intermediate Language to run, it can be converted to other .Net languages
• Console.Write() and Console.WriteLine() are used to output text to the console window
• Console.Beep() beeps the speaker
• Console.Clear() clears the console screen
• You can collapse sections of code to make navigating your program easier
• Green bar on the left-hand side of your code indicates successfully-saved code
• Yellow bar on the left-hand side of your code indicates unsaved code
• "Pinning" your panels open keeps them open
• "Unpinning" your panels allows them to auto-collapse and gives you more space on your screen
• Using Intellisense makes coding faster and less error-prone
• When writing text to the console window, be mindful of extra spaces!