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Environment Setup

This document discusses the tools needed for creating VB.Net applications. It explains that VB.Net is part of the .Net framework, which allows applications to be written in multiple languages and access common libraries and components. It then lists and describes some of the key components of the .Net framework, and finally discusses the integrated development environments that Microsoft provides for VB.Net programming, including Visual Studio 2010, Visual Basic 2010 Express, and Visual Web Developer.

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Environment Setup

This document discusses the tools needed for creating VB.Net applications. It explains that VB.Net is part of the .Net framework, which allows applications to be written in multiple languages and access common libraries and components. It then lists and describes some of the key components of the .Net framework, and finally discusses the integrated development environments that Microsoft provides for VB.Net programming, including Visual Studio 2010, Visual Basic 2010 Express, and Visual Web Developer.

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VB.

Net - Environment Setup


In this chapter, we will discuss the tools available for creating
VB.Net applications.
We have already mentioned that VB.Net is part of .Net framework
and used for writing .Net applications. Therefore before discussing
the available tools for running a VB.Net program, let us understand
how VB.Net relates to the .Net framework.
The .Net Framework
The .Net framework is a revolutionary platform that helps you to
write the following types of applications −
 Windows applications
 Web applications
 Web services
The .Net framework applications are multi-platform applications.
The framework has been designed in such a way that it can be used
from any of the following languages: Visual Basic, C#, C++, Jscript,
and COBOL, etc.
All these languages can access the framework as well as
communicate with each other.
The .Net framework consists of an enormous library of codes used
by the client languages like VB.Net. These languages use object-
oriented methodology.
Following are some of the components of the .Net framework −
 Common Language Runtime (CLR)
 The .Net Framework Class Library
 Common Language Specification
 Common Type System
 Metadata and Assemblies
 Windows Forms
 ASP.Net and ASP.Net AJAX
 ADO.Net
 Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
 Windows Presentation Foundation
 Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
 LINQ
For the jobs each of these components perform, please see ASP.Net
- Introduction, and for details of each component, please consult
Microsoft's documentation.
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) For VB.Net
Microsoft provides the following development tools for VB.Net
programming −
 Visual Studio 2010 (VS)
 Visual Basic 2010 Express (VBE)
 Visual Web Developer
The last two are free. Using these tools, you can write all kinds of
VB.Net programs from simple command-line applications to more
complex applications. Visual Basic Express and Visual Web
Developer Express edition are trimmed down versions of Visual
Studio and has the same look and feel. They retain most features of
Visual Studio. In this tutorial, we have used Visual Basic 2010
Express and Visual Web Developer (for the web programming
chapter).

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