Visual Basic .Net IDE Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

It consist of inbuilt compiler, debugger, editors, and automation tools for easy development of code. Visual Basic.net IDE can be accessed by opening a new project. Visual Basic Integrated Development Environments (IDE) Visual Basic.net Integrated Development Environment (IDE) consists of Solution Explorer, Toolbox, Form, Properties Window, and Menu Bar .

In Visual Studio windows related to a project are combined together and placed at certain locations on the screen. This type of IDE is known as Multiple Document Interface or MDI. Menu System / Toolbars Menu bar consist of the commands that are used for constructing a software code. These commands are listed as menus and sub menus Menu bar also includes a simple Toolbar that lists the commonly used commands as buttons. This Toolbar can be customized, so that the buttons can be added as required. The new Project dialog box Creating a new Visual Basic project is a simple task. You can either click File-ÿNew->Project or File or Website command or the New Project link from the Start Page. In both cases, Visual Studio shows the New Project window. New Project windows In Visual Studio, you can choose what version of the .NET Framework your application targets, This can be useful if you plan to develop applications with a high compatibility level and without new language features. After that enter name for the new project and dick OK to create the project. Graphical designers VB.Net programmers have made extensive use of forms to build user interfaces. Each time you create a Windows application, Visual Studio will display a default blank form, onto which you can drag and drop controls from the Visual Studio Toolbox window. Code designers The code editor in Visual Studio is now based on Windows Presentation Foundation. This innovation introduces new features to the Visual Basic code editor. We can focus on the zoom functionality in the code editor, the gradient selection, and IntelliSense. IntelliSense IntelliSense is one of the most important feature in the coding experience with Visual Studio. IntelliSense is represented by a pop-up window that appears in the code editor each time you begin typing a keyword or an identifier and shows options for auto completing words. The Object Explorer/Browser The Object Browser is a special tool window that enables you to browse the .NET Framework class library You can get a hierarchical view of the Base Class Library and of all the types defined in your solution, including types defined in referenced external assemblies. The Toolbox Toolbox in Visual Basic.net consist of Controls, Containers, Menu Options, Crystal Report Controls, Data Controls, Dialogs, Components, Printing controls that are used in a form to design the interfaces of an application. The Solution Explorer Solution Explorer is a special tool window that enables managing solutions, projects, and files in the projects or solution. It provides a complete view of what files compose your projects and enables adding or removing files and organizing files into subfolders. Properties Window The Properties window allows user to view and modify the properties of the form and of the controls that it contains. You often need to set properties for your code, for .NET objects you use in your code, and for your files. To make things easier, Visual Studio provides a tool window named Properties window, which is a graphical tool for setting items’ properties The Dynamic help window Visual Studio ships with the MSDN Library, which is the place where you can find documentation for Visual Basic version and the .NET Framework versions. There are basically two ways to access the MSDN Library: offline and online. You can also quickly find information on particular objects using built-in tools, such as the Object Browser. The Server explorer Server Explorer is the server management console for Visual Studio. Use this window to open data connections and to log on to servers and explore their databases and system services. To access Server Explorer, choose Server Explorer on the View menu. The Command window The .NET Framework allow you to access tools from the command prompt, so if you wish to use these utilities from any window command window, you will need to register these paths with the operating system.