[RESOLVED] begining visual basic.net

[pannam]

hie..i am honestly confused where to begin if i were to learn .net...i have a basic knowledge of visual basic 6.i have visual studio 2008 installed in my computer..i did read some books on .net but still i dont know where to start!..how do i install and use visual studio.net ? does visual studio2008 has .net ? i donno..plz hlp

[Atheist]

Visual Studio 2008 is an IDE in whicn you can program in, among other languages, Visual Basic .NET.
So if you've got VS 2008 installed then you're good to go.

[pannam]

Visual Studio 2008 is an IDE in whicn you can program in, among other languages, Visual Basic .NET.
So if you've got VS 2008 installed then you're good to go.

thank you atheist.

[Shaggy Hiker]

As for where to start, that's kind of a tough one. If you are familiar with VB6, then VB.NET will be somewhat familiar. The syntax is the same, but VB.NET is Object Oriented, which means that everything is a class, which has members, properties, and methods. Also, ever since 2003, some of the details have been somewhat hidden, which can make learning what is REALLY going on a bit more difficult. For example, you have default instances of forms, which makes getting started easier, because it is more like VB6, but going from there to a fuller understanding is a bit of a pain, because default instances hide the fact that you NEED instances from you. It gets you going faster, but it teaches you a bad lesson. Another thing that's hidden is all the code for setting up the form, placing controls, adding controls, etc. Of course, that was hidden in VB6, as well, but it's better in .NET, yet it's now hidden. Not a big issue, but a bit annoying.

Probably, the key for you is to make a very simple program, just to try things out.