Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET)

Intro

Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) is the latest implementation of Visual Basic from Microsoft, on the .NET framework.

Sample Program

Console

Public Class HelloWorld

    Public Shared Sub Main()
            System.Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!") 'Print "Hello, World!" to the Console
    End Sub

End Class

Windows forms

Public Class HelloWorld

    Public Sub New()

    End Sub

    Sub Button1Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        MsgBox("Hello, World!") 'Display a MessageBox with the text "Hello, World!"
    End Sub

End Class

ASP.NET (Active Server Pages .NET)

ASP.NET is a technology for the development of web pages / applications in any .NET language.

The Mono Project

The Mono project provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET applications on the Mac and Linux platforms. Sponsored by Novell, Mono is fully Open-Source and also supports ASP.NET.

You can check out Mono here.

Useful Links

IDEs (Integrated Development Environments)

Free IDEs include SharpDevelop and Microsoft's Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition.

Forums

vbdotnetforums.com - http://vbdotnetforums.com/

Other

vbdotnetheaven.com - http://vbdotnetheaven.com/
vb-helper.com - http://www.vb-helper.com/

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