VB.Net Introduction

VB.Net - Visual Basic is an Object-Oriented Programming commonly known as OOP created by Microsoft which is implemented on .NET Framework. Although this language is targeted for beginners because of its simplicity, there are still powerful tools and applications that can be created using this language.

Some examples may include but not limited to Animations, Games, Graphics, Financial Calculators, Database Applications, Inventory Management Systems, Multimedia Player, Web Applications and many more. It is on your own creativity how you can implement and create such powerful tools.

For beginners VB.Net is an absolute language to start with aside from its simplicity it is also straight forward.

Applications compiled with VB.Net can not just run on Windows, it is also possible to run them on Linux and Mac Operating Systems.

Here are some reasons of why VB.Net is widely used as programming language.

1. Easy to Learn
2. Object Oriented
3. Component Oriented
4. Modern and general purpose
5. Structured language
6. Creates efficient and powerful programs
7. Can be compiled on several computer platforms
8. Belongs on .NET Framework

Since, it is implemented on .NET Framework it has access to variety of libraries which can be used when creating programs.

VB.Net Extended Features

• Automatic Garbage Collection
• Assembly Version
• Boolean Conditions
• Conditional Compilation
• Delegates and Events Management
• Indexers
• Multithreading
• Properties and Events
• Standard Library