Visual Basic Fundamentals: Development for Absolute Beginners - Channel 9 Want to learn a different language? Over the course of 25 episodes, our friend Bob Tabor from www.LearnVisualStudio.net will teach you the fundamentals of Visual Basic programming. Tune in to learn concepts applicable to video games, mobile environments, and client applications.  We'll walk you through getting the tools, writing code, debugging features, customizations and much more! Each concept is broken into its own video so you can search for and focus on the information you need. Download the entire series' source code For more Absolute Beginner series click here IMPORTANT UPDATE: Make sure to watch the Visual Basic Update video as somethings have changed since the launch of this series Microsoft http://files.channel9.msdn.com/thumbnail/e96981c0-2d58-43ad-a3cd-e3610ec220df.png Visual Basic Fundamentals: Development for Absolute Beginners - Channel 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners Want to learn a different language? Over the course of 25 episodes, our friend Bob Tabor from www.LearnVisualStudio.net will teach you the fundamentals of Visual Basic programming. Tune in to learn concepts applicable to video games, mobile environments, and client applications.  We'll walk you through getting the tools, writing code, debugging features, customizations and much more! Each concept is broken into its own video so you can search for and focus on the information you need. Download the entire series' source code For more Absolute Beginner series click here IMPORTANT UPDATE: Make sure to watch the Visual Basic Update video as somethings have changed since the launch of this series http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners en Wed, 22 May 2013 10:48:01 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 10:48:01 GMT Rev9 26 1 100 Visual Basic Fundamentals Important Update! Since the launch of this series Microsoft has released Windows 8 along with new editions of Visual Studio. In this short update video, Bob Tabor explains which versions of Visual Studio 2012 Express you should download and explains the difference between Visual Studio for Windows 8 and Visual Studio for Desktop.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Visual-Basic-Fundamentals-Important-Update Since the launch of this series Microsoft has released Windows 8 along with new editions of Visual Studio. In this short update video, Bob Tabor explains which versions of Visual Studio 2012 Express you should download and explains the difference between Visual Studio for Windows 8 and Visual Studio for Desktop. Download Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows Desktop 216 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Visual-Basic-Fundamentals-Important-Update Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:06:14 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Visual-Basic-Fundamentals-Important-Update BobTabor, Golnaz BobTabor, Golnaz 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Visual-Basic-Fundamentals-Important-Update/RSS Visual Basic Visual Studio Express Concluding Thoughts - 25 In this final video, Bob talks about approaches to solving common issues that arise for new software developers, where to turn for help, how to search for answers to technical questions, how to ask for help and become part of the .NET community, how to create a personal knowledge base of books and articles, and finally provides a long term path that you can follow to learn more about developing Windows and Web applications.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Concluding-Thoughts-25 In this final video, Bob talks about approaches to solving common issues that arise for new software developers, where to turn for help, how to search for answers to technical questions, how to ask for help and become part of the .NET community, how to create a personal knowledge base of books and articles, and finally provides a long term path that you can follow to learn more about developing Windows and Web applications. 1589 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Concluding-Thoughts-25 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:30:19 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Concluding-Thoughts-25 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 31 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Concluding-Thoughts-25/RSS Visual Basic Getting Familiar with the My Namespace - 24 This video demonstrates the use of the My Namespace in Visual Basic which provides a short-cut to often used classes in the .NET Framework Class Library.  We demonstrate how to use the My Namespace to retrieve information about the user's computer, search for files on the file system, perform file and directory manipulation, get command line arguments, work with application settings and more.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Getting-Familiar-with-the-My-Namespace-24 This video demonstrates the use of the My Namespace in Visual Basic which provides a short-cut to often used classes in the .NET Framework Class Library.  We demonstrate how to use the My Namespace to retrieve information about the user's computer, search for files on the file system, perform file and directory manipulation, get command line arguments, work with application settings and more. Download the source code for Understanding the My Namespace 860 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Getting-Familiar-with-the-My-Namespace-24 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:30:06 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Getting-Familiar-with-the-My-Namespace-24 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Getting-Familiar-with-the-My-Namespace-24/RSS Visual Basic Understanding Event Driven Programming - 23 In this lesson we demonstrate how events are utilized in the .NET Framework Class Library specific to Silverlight, WPF and ASP.NET Web Forms applications. In all three examples, we see how Visual Basic is generated by the IDE to "wire up" a user action or application event to code that handles that event. The point is that there's a pattern to how .NET works with events and how events drive most Graphical User Interface based applications.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Understanding-Event-Driven-Programming-23 In this lesson we demonstrate how events are utilized in the .NET Framework Class Library specific to Silverlight, WPF and ASP.NET Web Forms applications. In all three examples, we see how Visual Basic is generated by the IDE to "wire up" a user action or application event to code that handles that event. The point is that there's a pattern to how .NET works with events and how events drive most Graphical User Interface based applications. Download the source code for Understanding Event Driven Programming 1355 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Understanding-Event-Driven-Programming-23 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:29:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Understanding-Event-Driven-Programming-23 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Understanding-Event-Driven-Programming-23/RSS Visual Basic Filtering and Managing Data in Collections using LINQ - 22 Building on the work from the previous lesson with generic collections, in this lesson we start by talking about how Structured Query Language provides a means of working with sets (collections, groupings, etc.) of data. In a similar way, the LINQ syntax provides a simple way of working with groups of data in generic collections. We demonstrate projecting data into existing types as well as new anonymous types.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Filtering-and-Managing-Data-in-Collections-using-LINQ-22 Building on the work from the previous lesson with generic collections, in this lesson we start by talking about how Structured Query Language provides a means of working with sets (collections, groupings, etc.) of data. In a similar way, the LINQ syntax provides a simple way of working with groups of data in generic collections. We demonstrate projecting data into existing types as well as new anonymous types. Download the source code for Filtering and Managing Data... 1508 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Filtering-and-Managing-Data-in-Collections-using-LINQ-22 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:28:52 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Filtering-and-Managing-Data-in-Collections-using-LINQ-22 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Filtering-and-Managing-Data-in-Collections-using-LINQ-22/RSS Visual Basic Working with Collections - 21 Collections are a more powerful form of arrays. In this lesson we demonstrate an "old style" collection (pointing out their limitations) as well as several of the newer, strongly typed generic collections (List(Of T) and Dictionary(Of T1, T2)) utilizing the generics syntax.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Working-with-Collections-21 Collections are a more powerful form of arrays. In this lesson we demonstrate an "old style" collection (pointing out their limitations) as well as several of the newer, strongly typed generic collections (List(Of T) and Dictionary(Of T1, T2)) utilizing the generics syntax. Download the source code for Working with Collections 1515 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Working-with-Collections-21 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:28:39 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Working-with-Collections-21 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Working-with-Collections-21/RSS Visual Basic Gracefully Handling Exceptions - 20 Exceptions occur when an application experiences some unexpected problem at run time. This lesson discusses how to use the try catch finally block to anticipate potential problems and attempt to shield the end user from those problems as much as is possible. We discuss best practices when checking for exceptions and discuss the mindset of the conscientious software developer who seeks to provide the best possible experience for his users.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Gracefully-Handling-Exceptions-20 Exceptions occur when an application experiences some unexpected problem at run time. This lesson discusses how to use the try catch finally block to anticipate potential problems and attempt to shield the end user from those problems as much as is possible. We discuss best practices when checking for exceptions and discuss the mindset of the conscientious software developer who seeks to provide the best possible experience for his users. Download the source code for Gracefully Handling Exceptions 742 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Gracefully-Handling-Exceptions-20 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:28:29 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Gracefully-Handling-Exceptions-20 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Gracefully-Handling-Exceptions-20/RSS Visual Basic Enumerations and the switch Decision Statement - 19 Classes can contain many different types of information, not just Properties and Methods. We begin demonstrating the use of Enumerations because often in the .NET Framework Class Library, properties can only be set to a pre-determined subset of possible values. To illustrate this point we create our own custom enumeration, and then utilize it in a simple application that demonstrates a third Decision statement, the switch. We demonstrate some Visual Studio IDE magic that will automatically implement code blocks for all possible enumeration values.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Enumerations-and-the-switch-Decision-Statement-19 Classes can contain many different types of information, not just Properties and Methods. We begin demonstrating the use of Enumerations because often in the .NET Framework Class Library, properties can only be set to a pre-determined subset of possible values. To illustrate this point we create our own custom enumeration, and then utilize it in a simple application that demonstrates a third Decision statement, the switch. We demonstrate some Visual Studio IDE magic that will automatically implement code blocks for all possible enumeration values. Download the source code for Enumerations and the switch... 1090 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Enumerations-and-the-switch-Decision-Statement-19 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:28:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Enumerations-and-the-switch-Decision-Statement-19 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Enumerations-and-the-switch-Decision-Statement-19/RSS Visual Basic Understanding Modules, Scope and Utilizing Accessibility Modifiers - 18 This lesson begins by discussing the scope of variables within code blocks, and progresses to explain how accessibility modifiers such as Public, Private and Protected are used by the .NET Framework Class Library to expose or hide implementation of their given services to consumers of that given class. This is sometimes referred to as "encapsulation".  Finally, Bob explains what gives Modules their special powers.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Understanding-Modules-Scope-and-Utilizing-Accessibility-Modifiers-18 This lesson begins by discussing the scope of variables within code blocks, and progresses to explain how accessibility modifiers such as Public, Private and Protected are used by the .NET Framework Class Library to expose or hide implementation of their given services to consumers of that given class. This is sometimes referred to as "encapsulation".  Finally, Bob explains what gives Modules their special powers. Download the source code for Understanding Modules... 1181 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Understanding-Modules-Scope-and-Utilizing-Accessibility-Modifiers-18 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:27:46 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Understanding-Modules-Scope-and-Utilizing-Accessibility-Modifiers-18 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Understanding-Modules-Scope-and-Utilizing-Accessibility-Modifiers-18/RSS Visual Basic Understanding Namespaces and Adding References to Assemblies - 17 We've avoided any talk about Namespaces, however they serve an important role in the .NET Framework Class Library as well as in our custom class libraries we may choose to create. We explain how Namespaces allow us to disambiguate classes that may share the same name. Additionally, we explain how the .NET Framework Class Library is so large that including all it's classes in every application you write is a waste of system resources. To mitigate that need, the FCL is split into multiple assemblies (.dll files) that must be included (or rather, referenced) by your project to be utilized in your applications. We discuss how certain project templates include those references to the typical assemblies required by a given type of application (such as a web application versus a Windows form application). We demonstrate this by referencing a custom assembly I created to parse the HTML from a web page for display in a Console window.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Understanding-Namespaces-and-Adding-References-to-Assemblies-17 We've avoided any talk about Namespaces, however they serve an important role in the .NET Framework Class Library as well as in our custom class libraries we may choose to create. We explain how Namespaces allow us to disambiguate classes that may share the same name. Additionally, we explain how the .NET Framework Class Library is so large that including all it's classes in every application you write is a waste of system resources. To mitigate that need, the FCL is split into multiple assemblies (.dll files) that must be included (or rather, referenced) by your project to be utilized in your applications. We discuss how certain project templates include those references to the typical assemblies required by a given type of application (such as a web application versus a Windows form application). We demonstrate this by referencing a custom assembly I created to parse the HTML from a web page for display in a Console window. Download the source code for Understanding Namespaces... 1294 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Understanding-Namespaces-and-Adding-References-to-Assemblies-17 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:27:34 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Understanding-Namespaces-and-Adding-References-to-Assemblies-17 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Understanding-Namespaces-and-Adding-References-to-Assemblies-17/RSS Visual Basic Working with Classes and Inheritances in the .NET Framework Class Library - 16 We've been looking at working with classes in the two previous lessons. The hope is that, by better understanding how classes work, you'll gain an appreciation for how classes are utilized in the .NET Framework Class Library (FCL). Often in the FCL child classes inherit basic functionality from their parent classes. In fact, all classes ultimately inherit from a single base class, System.Object. This lesson continues to teach concepts about classes (specifically, in this case, inheritance) by showing you how to utilize inheritance in custom classes you can create. You'll learn about overriding virtual functionality, abstract base classes, sealed classes and more.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Working-with-Classes-and-Inheritances-in-the-NET-Framework-Class-Library-16 We've been looking at working with classes in the two previous lessons. The hope is that, by better understanding how classes work, you'll gain an appreciation for how classes are utilized in the .NET Framework Class Library (FCL). Often in the FCL child classes inherit basic functionality from their parent classes. In fact, all classes ultimately inherit from a single base class, System.Object. This lesson continues to teach concepts about classes (specifically, in this case, inheritance) by showing you how to utilize inheritance in custom classes you can create. You'll learn about overriding virtual functionality, abstract base classes, sealed classes and more. Download the source code for Working with Classes... 1505 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Working-with-Classes-and-Inheritances-in-the-NET-Framework-Class-Library-16 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:27:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Working-with-Classes-and-Inheritances-in-the-NET-Framework-Class-Library-16 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Working-with-Classes-and-Inheritances-in-the-NET-Framework-Class-Library-16/RSS Visual Basic More about Classes and Methods - 15 In this lesson we dig into more details about Classes -- what exactly happens when you create a new instance of a class? What exactly is a reference to an instance of a class? How is it affected when you pass the reference to a method? We also review overloaded methods, talk about static versus instance methods, constructors and more.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/More-about-Classes-and-Methods-15 In this lesson we dig into more details about Classes -- what exactly happens when you create a new instance of a class? What exactly is a reference to an instance of a class? How is it affected when you pass the reference to a method? We also review overloaded methods, talk about static versus instance methods, constructors and more. Download the source code for More about Classes and Methods 1348 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/More-about-Classes-and-Methods-15 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:27:09 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/More-about-Classes-and-Methods-15 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/More-about-Classes-and-Methods-15/RSS Visual Basic Understanding and Creating Classes - 14 Now that you have a good sampling of basic Visual Basic syntax under your belt, it's time to tackle some of the more challenging topics. Classes are integral to the .NET Framework, particularly the .NET Framework Class Library. As a means of better understanding what classes are -- particularly as utilized in the .NET Framework -- we demonstrate how to create your own custom classes. In this lesson we demonstrate how classes are defined and new instances are created. We demonstrate how to define Properties (using the prop "code snippet" to create auto implemented properties) and how to both set their values and get their values for a given instance of the class as well as creating Methods in our classes. We talk about how the classes you create are really custom dat types and can be used as such in helper method declarations and such.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Understanding-and-Creating-Classes-14 Now that you have a good sampling of basic Visual Basic syntax under your belt, it's time to tackle some of the more challenging topics. Classes are integral to the .NET Framework, particularly the .NET Framework Class Library. As a means of better understanding what classes are -- particularly as utilized in the .NET Framework -- we demonstrate how to create your own custom classes. In this lesson we demonstrate how classes are defined and new instances are created. We demonstrate how to define Properties (using the prop "code snippet" to create auto implemented properties) and how to both set their values and get their values for a given instance of the class as well as creating Methods in our classes. We talk about how the classes you create are really custom dat types and can be used as such in helper method declarations and such. Download the source code for Understanding and Creating Classes 1458 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Understanding-and-Creating-Classes-14 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:26:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Understanding-and-Creating-Classes-14 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Understanding-and-Creating-Classes-14/RSS Visual Basic Working with Dates - 13 Dates and times are represented using special types (just like strings are) and deserve some attention. In this lesson we learn how to work with Date and Time data, how to create new instances of Date, how to add time; format the data for display and more. Furthermore, we discuss the TimeSpan class as a means of representing a duration of time.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Working-with-Dates-13 Dates and times are represented using special types (just like strings are) and deserve some attention. In this lesson we learn how to work with Date and Time data, how to create new instances of Date, how to add time; format the data for display and more. Furthermore, we discuss the TimeSpan class as a means of representing a duration of time. Download the source code for Working with Dates 716 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Working-with-Dates-13 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:26:39 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Working-with-Dates-13 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Working-with-Dates-13/RSS Visual Basic Working with Strings - 12 Since often times in our applications we'll want to work with string data, this lesson will approach a number of different string manipulations, whether changing the manner in which it is displayed to the end user through String.Format() and the formatting syntax like {0:C} or through using escape sequences to include characters otherwise reserved by Visual Basic for other purposes. We'll look at built-in String methods to manipulate the content inside of a literal string, and will look at the StringBuilder class for concatenating many strings together in a memory and resource friendly manner.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Working-with-Strings-12 Since often times in our applications we'll want to work with string data, this lesson will approach a number of different string manipulations, whether changing the manner in which it is displayed to the end user through String.Format() and the formatting syntax like {0:C} or through using escape sequences to include characters otherwise reserved by Visual Basic for other purposes. We'll look at built-in String methods to manipulate the content inside of a literal string, and will look at the StringBuilder class for concatenating many strings together in a memory and resource friendly manner. Download the source code for Working with Strings 1465 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Working-with-Strings-12 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:26:31 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Working-with-Strings-12 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Working-with-Strings-12/RSS Visual Basic While Iterations and Reading Data from a Text File - 11 In this lesson we'll both learn a new type of iteration statement (While) and will learn how to utilize the StreamReader class to stream data from a file to the Console window. Additionally, we'll learn how to add new files to our project, how to set properties of our file using the Properties window, how to add a using statement as a means of resolving a class name referenced in our code to the namespace in which it is defined, and more.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/While-Iterations-and-Reading-Data-from-a-Text-File-11 In this lesson we'll both learn a new type of iteration statement (While) and will learn how to utilize the StreamReader class to stream data from a file to the Console window. Additionally, we'll learn how to add new files to our project, how to set properties of our file using the Properties window, how to add a using statement as a means of resolving a class name referenced in our code to the namespace in which it is defined, and more. Download the source code for While Iterations and Reading.... 914 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/While-Iterations-and-Reading-Data-from-a-Text-File-11 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:26:12 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/While-Iterations-and-Reading-Data-from-a-Text-File-11 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 11 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/While-Iterations-and-Reading-Data-from-a-Text-File-11/RSS Visual Basic Creating and Calling Simple Overloaded Helper Methods - 10 In this video we begin wading into the topic of methods by creating a helper method to break out code we may need to use in multiple places within our code. We'll create and call our methods to retrieve a value, create and use input parameters, learn about string formatting, and create overloaded versions of our method.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Creating-and-Calling-Simple-Overloaded-Helper-Methods-10 In this video we begin wading into the topic of methods by creating a helper method to break out code we may need to use in multiple places within our code. We'll create and call our methods to retrieve a value, create and use input parameters, learn about string formatting, and create overloaded versions of our method. Download the source code for Creating and Calling Simple... 826 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Creating-and-Calling-Simple-Overloaded-Helper-Methods-10 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:26:01 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Creating-and-Calling-Simple-Overloaded-Helper-Methods-10 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Creating-and-Calling-Simple-Overloaded-Helper-Methods-10/RSS Visual Basic Creating Arrays of Values - 09 In this lesson we talk about arrays, which are multi-part variables … a "bucket" containing other "buckets", if you will. We'll demonstrate how to declare and utilize arrays, setting and retrieving their values, initializing their values, attempting to access values outside of the boundaries of the array, and iterating through arrays using a different iteration statement, the for each statement. Finally, we'll demonstrate a couple of the powerful built-in methods that give arrays added features.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Creating-Arrays-of-Values-09 In this lesson we talk about arrays, which are multi-part variables … a "bucket" containing other "buckets", if you will. We'll demonstrate how to declare and utilize arrays, setting and retrieving their values, initializing their values, attempting to access values outside of the boundaries of the array, and iterating through arrays using a different iteration statement, the for each statement. Finally, we'll demonstrate a couple of the powerful built-in methods that give arrays added features. Download the source code for Creating Arrays of Values 911 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Creating-Arrays-of-Values-09 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:25:45 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Creating-Arrays-of-Values-09 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Creating-Arrays-of-Values-09/RSS Visual Basic For . . . Next Iterations - 08 Iterations allow our applications to loop through a block of code until a condition is satisfied. We'll cover several different types of iteration statements throughout this series, but we'll start with the for iteration statement. I'll demonstrate how to utilize "code snippets" to help remind you of the syntax for this complex statement, and will demonstrate debugging in action as we watch the values of our loops displayed in the Visual Studio IDE in several ways.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/For----Next-Iterations-08 Iterations allow our applications to loop through a block of code until a condition is satisfied. We'll cover several different types of iteration statements throughout this series, but we'll start with the for iteration statement. I'll demonstrate how to utilize "code snippets" to help remind you of the syntax for this complex statement, and will demonstrate debugging in action as we watch the values of our loops displayed in the Visual Studio IDE in several ways. Download the source code For...Next Iterations 559 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/For----Next-Iterations-08 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:25:38 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/For----Next-Iterations-08 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/For----Next-Iterations-08/RSS Visual Basic Operators, Expressions and Statements - 07 In this lesson we discuss how to create a properly formed statement in Visual Basic. As you'll learn, just as there are "parts of speech" in a properly formed sentence in the English language, there's a "right way" and a "wrong way" to write "complete thoughts" in Visual Basic. We discuss how statements are made up of expressions, and expressions are made up of operators (think: verbs) and operands (think: nouns). Finally, we talk about compilation errors that occur because we ignore the syntax rules of Visual Basic.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Operators-Expressions-and-Statements-07 In this lesson we discuss how to create a properly formed statement in Visual Basic. As you'll learn, just as there are "parts of speech" in a properly formed sentence in the English language, there's a "right way" and a "wrong way" to write "complete thoughts" in Visual Basic. We discuss how statements are made up of expressions, and expressions are made up of operators (think: verbs) and operands (think: nouns). Finally, we talk about compilation errors that occur because we ignore the syntax rules of Visual Basic. Download the source code for Operators, Expressions and Statements 698 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Operators-Expressions-and-Statements-07 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:25:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Operators-Expressions-and-Statements-07 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Operators-Expressions-and-Statements-07/RSS Visual Basic Branching with the If . . . Then . . . Else Decision Statement - 06 Branching allows us to add logic to our applications. In this lesson you're introduced to the If Decision statement (in its various forms) as well as the IIf conditional function. We also discuss how to refactor our code to make it more compact and less likely to produce errors by eliminating duplicate code.

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Branching-with-the-If----Then----Else-Decision-Statement-06 Branching allows us to add logic to our applications. In this lesson you're introduced to the If Decision statement (in its various forms) as well as the IIf conditional function. We also discuss how to refactor our code to make it more compact and less likely to produce errors by eliminating duplicate code.   Download the source code for Branching with the If... 962 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Branching-with-the-If----Then----Else-Decision-Statement-06 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:25:19 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Branching-with-the-If----Then----Else-Decision-Statement-06 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 23 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Branching-with-the-If----Then----Else-Decision-Statement-06/RSS Visual Basic Declaring Variables and Assigning Values - 05 In this lesson we start adding Visual Basic syntax to your vocabulary by talking about one of the fundamental building blocks: data types and variables. Beyond the basics topics such as naming conventions and explicit versus implicit data type conversions are discussed.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Declaring-Variables-and-Assigning-Values-05 In this lesson we start adding Visual Basic syntax to your vocabulary by talking about one of the fundamental building blocks: data types and variables. Beyond the basics topics such as naming conventions and explicit versus implicit data type conversions are discussed. Download the source code for Declaring Variables and Assigning Values 1267 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Declaring-Variables-and-Assigning-Values-05 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:24:52 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Declaring-Variables-and-Assigning-Values-05 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Declaring-Variables-and-Assigning-Values-05/RSS Visual Basic Quick Overview of the Visual Basic Express Edition IDE - 04 This lesson demonstrates some of the common features -- the various windows, debugging features, code window features, customizations, etc. -- of the Visual Studio IDE found in Visual Basic Express Edition. A more complete discussion of features is found in the Visual Basic Express Edition Fundamentals and the Visual Studio Fundamentals series, also available on Channel9.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Quick-Overview-of-the-Visual-Basic-Express-Edition-IDE-04 This lesson demonstrates some of the common features -- the various windows, debugging features, code window features, customizations, etc. -- of the Visual Studio IDE found in Visual Basic Express Edition. A more complete discussion of features is found in the Visual Basic Express Edition Fundamentals and the Visual Studio Fundamentals series, also available on Channel9. Download the source code for Quick Overview of the Visual Basic...   1231 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Quick-Overview-of-the-Visual-Basic-Express-Edition-IDE-04 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:24:43 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Quick-Overview-of-the-Visual-Basic-Express-Edition-IDE-04 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Quick-Overview-of-the-Visual-Basic-Express-Edition-IDE-04/RSS Visual Basic Dissecting the First Visual Basic Program You Created - 03 This lesson picks up from the previous one by discussing at length each action and line of code you wrote. It discusses the relationship between the Visual Basic code you write, the Visual Basic compiler, the .NET Framework and more. The lesson discusses the concept of code blocks at a high level explaining how methods, classes and namespaces are related. Finally, the lesson shows you where your project files are stored and the location of your code after it is compiled by the Visual Studio IDE and the different types of compilation (i.e., debug versus release).

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Dissecting-the-First-Visual-Basic-Program-You-Created-03 This lesson picks up from the previous one by discussing at length each action and line of code you wrote. It discusses the relationship between the Visual Basic code you write, the Visual Basic compiler, the .NET Framework and more. The lesson discusses the concept of code blocks at a high level explaining how methods, classes and namespaces are related. Finally, the lesson shows you where your project files are stored and the location of your code after it is compiled by the Visual Studio IDE and the different types of compilation (i.e., debug versus release). Download the source code for Dissecting the First Visual Basic...   1340 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Dissecting-the-First-Visual-Basic-Program-You-Created-03 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:24:32 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Dissecting-the-First-Visual-Basic-Program-You-Created-03 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Dissecting-the-First-Visual-Basic-Program-You-Created-03/RSS Visual Basic Creating Your First Visual Basic Program - 02 In this lesson you'll create a simple application twice -- the first time using Windows Notepad and the Visual Basic Command Line Compiler, then then second time using Visual Studio or Visual Basic Express Edition. The point of this video is to demonstrate how much easier your work becomes by utilizing an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) than simply attempting to work in a loose collection of windows and tools. The video concludes by explaining common solutions to the many different problems you might encounter as you first beginning writing and compiling code.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Creating-Your-First-Visual-Basic-Program-02 In this lesson you'll create a simple application twice -- the first time using Windows Notepad and the Visual Basic Command Line Compiler, then then second time using Visual Studio or Visual Basic Express Edition. The point of this video is to demonstrate how much easier your work becomes by utilizing an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) than simply attempting to work in a loose collection of windows and tools. The video concludes by explaining common solutions to the many different problems you might encounter as you first beginning writing and compiling code.  Download the source code for Creating Your First Visual Basic Program.  IMPORTANT UPDATE:  Before you watch this lesson, please make sure you have watched this video to learn about changes to Visual Studio since this series was originally recorded. 1115 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Creating-Your-First-Visual-Basic-Program-02 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:24:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Creating-Your-First-Visual-Basic-Program-02 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 50 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Creating-Your-First-Visual-Basic-Program-02/RSS Visual Basic Series Introduction - 01 Welcome to this series of lessons about the Visual Basic programming language. Bob Tabor from LearnVisualStudio.NET introduces the topic, sets expectations and tips on how to get the most out of this series, instructs you on where you can download the software you'll need to get started and offers some encouragement as you begin your journey.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Series-Introduction-01 Welcome to this series of lessons about the Visual Basic programming language. Bob Tabor from LearnVisualStudio.NET introduces the topic, sets expectations and tips on how to get the most out of this series, instructs you on where you can download the software you'll need to get started and offers some encouragement as you begin your journey. Download the entire series' source code IMPORTANT UPDATE:  Once you've finished watching this "Series Introduction", watch this video next to learn about changes to Visual Studio since this series was originally recorded. 211 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Series-Introduction-01 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:24:10 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Series-Introduction-01 Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor, Golnaz 62 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners/Series-Introduction-01/RSS Visual Basic