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/