Types of applications that can be developed using VB.Net:

• Console applications
• Windows forms applications
• Class library
• Windows control library
• Windows services
• Net website
• Net web services
• WCF services
• Silver light applications
• Work flow applications

Console applications:

Whenever an application accepts the input from console and projects the output on the console then such type of applications are called as console applications.

Where console is a device which has a capability to accept the information and also to display the data

Structure of VB.Net console application:

1^st method [default]:

Comments . . . . .

Imports statements . . . .

Module         Module name

Sub main ( )

Statement(s) to execute . . . .

End sub

End module

2^nd method:

Comments

Imports statements   . . . .

Class   Class name

[Public] shared sub main ( )

Statement(s)

. . . . .

End sub

End class

Note: VB.Net is not the case-sensitive language but it is line sensitive language.

System:

It is the root name space for any .Net application

Where a namespace can be considered as a collection of classes in a hierarchy such that the class definitions can be accessed easily

Console:

It is a class which provides members to project the data and to accept the data.

Write:

It is a method to project data on console.

Write Line:

It is a method used to project data by appending a new line character at the end of information.

Read:

It is used to accept single character.

Read Line:

It is used to read a single line of information i.e. accepts the characters till the users press the enter key.

Developing a console application using VS.Net (visual studio .Net):

Prg:

My first VB .Net program

Imports system

Module first program

Sub main ( )

Console.WriteLine (“Welcome to VB.Net”)

End sub

End module

 To execute console application

After selection press ctrl + F5

 To add a new program to the console application [already existing]

Imports system

Class VB Intro

Public shared sub main ( )

Console.WriteLine (“VB.Net is very easy to learn yet a powerful language”)

End sub

End class