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Visual Basic Language Features

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The following topics introduce and discuss the essential components of Visual Basic, an object-oriented programming language. After creating the user interface for your application using forms and controls, you need to write the code that defines the application's behavior. As with any modern programming language, Visual Basic supports a number of common programming constructs and language elements.

If you have programmed in other languages, much of the material covered in this section might seem familiar. While most of the constructs are similar to those in other languages, the event-driven nature of Visual Basic introduces some subtle differences.

If you are new to programming, the material in this section serves as an introduction to the basic building blocks for writing code. Once you understand the basics, you can create powerful applications using Visual Basic.

In This Section

  • Arrays
    Discusses making your code more compact and powerful by declaring and using arrays, which hold multiple related values.

  • Collection Initializers
    Describes collection initializers, which enable you to create a collection and populate it with an initial set of values.

  • Constants and Enumerations
    Discusses storing unchanging values for repeated use, including sets of related constant values.

  • Control Flow
    Shows how to regulate the flow of your program's execution.

  • Data Types
    Describes what kinds of data a programming element can hold and how that data is stored.

  • Declared Elements
    Covers programming elements you can declare, their names and characteristics, and how the compiler resolves references to them.

  • Delegates
    Provides an introduction to delegates and how they are used in Visual Basic.

  • Early and Late Binding (Visual Basic)
    Describes binding, which is performed by the compiler when an object is assigned to an object variable, and the differences between early-bound and late-bound objects.

  • Error Types (Visual Basic)
    Provides an overview of syntax errors, run-time errors, and logic errors.

  • Events
    Shows how to declare and use events.

  • Interfaces
    Describes what interfaces are and how you can use them in your applications.

  • LINQ
    Provides links to topics that introduce Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) features and programming.

  • Objects and Classes
    Provides an overview of objects and classes, how they are used, their relationships to each other, and the properties, methods, and events they expose.

  • Operators and Expressions
    Describes the code elements that manipulate value-holding elements, how to use them efficiently, and how to combine them to yield new values.

  • Procedures
    Describes Sub, Function, Property, and Operator procedures, as well as advanced topics such as recursive and overloaded procedures.

  • Statements
    Describes declaration and executable statements.

  • Strings
    Provides links to topics that describe the basic concepts about using strings in Visual Basic.

  • Variables
    Introduces variables and describes how to use them in Visual Basic.

  • XML
    Provides links to topics that describe how to use XML in Visual Basic.