Programming in Visual

Studio.NET
By
Dr. Salamudeen Alhassan
Content Overview
 Introduction
◦ .Net Framework
◦ Object-Oriented Programming
 Visual Studio
◦ IDE
◦ New Project
◦ Solution Explorer
◦ Toolbox
◦ Editors and Designers
◦ Properties window
◦ Build and Debug Tools
Introduction
.NET Framework
 It is a software that runs primarily on
Microsoft Windows.
 It includes a large library and supports

several programming languages with

allow language interoperability.
 The .NET library is available to all the

programming languages that .NET

supports.
.NET Framework
 Programs written for the .NET Framework
execute in a software environment, known
as the Common Language Runtime (CLR),
an application virtual machine that provides
important services such as security,
memory management, and exception
handling.
 The class library and the CLR together

constitute the .NET Framework.

 The latest version is .NET Framework 4.8
Object-Oriented Programming
 It is a programming language model
organized around “objects” rather than
“actions” and data rather than logic.
 Important features with OOP are:
◦ Classes and Objects
◦ Inheritance
◦ Polymorphism
◦ Encapsulation
 Examples of OOP languages:
◦ Java, Python, C++, Visual Basic.NET, C#
Visual Studio
 Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated
development environment (IDE) from Microsoft.
 It can be used to develop console and graphical
user interface applications along with Windows
Forms applications, web sites, web applications,
and web services in both native code together
with managed code for all platforms supported
by Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone, Windows
CE, .NET Framework, .NET Compact Framework
and Microsoft Silverlight.
 Latest version is Visual studio 2019
Visual Studio
New Project
 From the start Menu
 From the File Menu
 The most common applications are:

◦ Windows Form Application

◦ Console Application
◦ WPF Application
◦ ASP.NET Web Application
◦ Silverlight Application
Solution Explorer
 Solutions and projects contain items that
represent the references, data connections,
folders, and files that you need to create
your application.
 A solution container can contain multiple

projects and a project container typically

contains multiple items.
Toolbox
 TheToolbox contains all the
necessary controls, etc. you need to
create your user interface.
Editors and Designers
 Visual Studio has different editors and design
tools.
 Graphical User Interface Designer
 Code Editor
Properties window
 Each control we have on our user interface
has lots of Properties we can set.
Build and Debug Tools
 In Visual Studio we have lots of Build and
Debugging Tools.
 Build Menu
◦ The most used tool is Build Solution
 Debug menu
◦ The most used tool is Start Debugging
Visual Basic.Net
 4th Generation Programming Environment /
Development Language
 Based on BASIC language
 Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instructional Code
 Most widely used tool for developing
Windows Applications
 Graphical User Interface (GUI)
 Menus, Buttons, Icons to help the user
 Full Object-Oriented Programming Language
How a VB Application is Compiled
and Run
Visual Studio .NET .NET Framework

Integrated Common
Visual Basic
Development Language
compiler
Environment Runtime

1 2 3

Solution Assembly
Project
Intermediate Language (IL)

Source files

Class references
Project and Solution Concepts
 User creates a new project in Visual Studio
◦ A solution and a folder are created at the same time with the same
name as the project
◦ The project belongs to the solution
◦ Multiple projects can be included in a solution
 Solution
◦ Contains several folders that define an application’s structure
◦ Solution files have a file suffix of .sln
 Project: contains files for a part of the solution
◦ Project file is used to create an executable application
◦ A project file has a suffix of .vbproj
◦ Every project has a type (Console, Windows, etc.)
◦ Every project has an entry point: A Sub procedure named Main or
a Form
Project and Solution Folders/Files
 Solution folder
◦ Solution file (.sln)
◦ Project folder
 Project file (.vbproj)
 Visual Basic source files (.vb)
 My Project folder: contains configuration information
common to all projects
 The file AssemblyInfo.vb contains assembly metadata
 The References folder contains references to other
assemblies
 The bin folder contains the executable file produced as
a result of compiling the application
Example 1
 The Wage Calculator
◦ Design a program in VB.NET to compute the Gross
Pay earned by a worker given the Hours worked and
hourly pay rate.