Programming With Visual Basic

Introduction

A lot of people if you may agree with me, don't like the word 'Programming' neither do they like the ideal to get into the practise.

Programming with Visual Basic is in its own, a practice once mastered, becomes a second nature and most especially, gives you the power that makes it possible to program just anything you can think of.

Now before we start learning, first let's get to know some few details about our language, Visual Basic.

What is Visual Basic?

Visual basic is an object oriented programming language. I mean object, in the sense that the language gives a world view representation or definition.

To further illustrate, everything in our world is called objects, be it a tree, car, bicycle or even you. Object has properties which gives them their unique characteristics for example, a leaf to a treee, windscreen to a car, spokes to a bicycle, limbs to a human e.t.c And each of these properties bears their own functions i.e the leaf of a tree jas chlorophyll that traps energy from the sun to aid in photosynthesis, windscreen that shield against the wind, limbs for walking in humans. I guess by now, you'll get a feeel of what i mean by object. As we go further with each lessons, you'll get a better view.

Visual Basic as a programming language exposes easy to use components but yet, powerful as compared to other programming language like java, c++, c# e.t.c Unlike other languages such as java, visual basic is use to develop window based application or applications that will work on the microsoft windows operating system. This i believe, will give you an edge as a programmer since microsoft windows operating system is commonly used by people around the world. I mean, if not all - just a joke.

Visual Basic comes in different versions, with the latest been Visual Basic 2008. Other notable versions are visual basic 2005, visual basic.NET(2003) e.t.c Yes, at this point, we notice a new word called ".NET". This will be explained further.

Programming with Visual Basic and .NET FrameWork
Visual basic happens to be one of the four .NET languages. Others include visual c#, visual J# and Visual C++

MIcrosoft introduced the .NET framework eith a vision for developers to create globally distributed software that include internet functionality and interoperability, multiple languages, class libraries, common execution platform, protocols that allow developers to intgrate software over the internet e.t.c

Programming Visual Basic and .NET Framework helps to force the developer from most operating system specifics, it makes programming much easier, fun and don't forget, an underlying power to the developer for developing windows application, internet application ( with ASP.NET), databasse application(with ADO.NET) etc

Visual Basic and Visual Studio
Most Programming languages uses an integrated development environment(IDE) for rapid development of application and deployment. Visual Basic is not left out.

Visual studio is microsoft multi-language integrated development environment. Any of the four .NET language can be used within the IDE. Visual Studio consists of an easy to use visual tools that sid for rapid deployment of application, debugging tools, deployment e.t.c. It is a all in one environment.

Once installed, programmers can choose a language of their choose from any of the .NET languages and start writing codes for their application. Just as simple as that of course, Visual Basic is one of the .NET languages.

Now, enough of all that. I guess uour aim to this blog and to many alike, is to know how to do programming with Visual Basic. I assure you ont thing, it eill be fun all the way. Note that this blog only provide a minimal yet comprehensive details about the implementation of the language "Visual Basic", i 've taken my time to give you all you will need to prepare your way for deeper learning. Now for our lesson one...