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Visual Basic 2012 Tutorial Available Soon

Visual Basic 2012 has been made available by Microsoft since last year. However, it is no more a stand alone program, instead, it has been integrated into Visual Studio 2012 together with Visual C++ and Visual C#. Therefore, you can now create windows applications using either Visual Basic, Visual C# or Visual C++. Since we are dealing with Visual Basic, we shall focus only on Visual Basic 2012.

You can download free version of Visual Studio 2012 from Microsoft website:

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads#d-2012-express

There are five editions of Visual Studio Express 2012 available for download:

  • Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web
  • Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8
  • Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop
  • Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone
  • Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Express 2012

Since most of you are still using the old version of windows, we shall download Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop.

We are in the process of writing the tutorial  lessons for Visual Basic 2012 which is expected to take one month to complete. Please check back  often for the tutorial updates.

Building a Console Application in Visual Basic 2008

Someone emailed me this question:

“I need to create a visual basic console application that the user enters two number, then the program will display the numbers between the two number entered”

I came out with the following code:

Sub Main()
Dim x, y, p, m, n As Integer
x = 56
y = 35
m = x – y
For n = 1 To m
p = x – n
Console.WriteLine(p)
Next
End Sub

Running the code will generate all the integers between the two numbers.

Creating Business Application

The use of ICT applications is ubiquitous in the increasingly competitive and interconnected business world. Most companies use computers to support their business activities like marketing, accounting, financial planning, preparing payroll, procurement, order processing and more. Though commercial applications are available in the market, most business organizations need tailored made applications to suit their specific needs. As a matter of fact, many companies employ programmers to create the applications for them.

Indeed, the demand for computer programmers is on the the rise as more companies are adopting ICT applications especially in the area of e-commerce. Therefore, If you like programming, the chance to get a programmer job is very high.You don’t have to be a computer science graduate to be a business applications programmer, what you need is having interest and willingness to learn programming is enough.

VB is one of the most popular computer languages that can be used to create business applications. Using VB, you can create any customized business programs such as payroll, order processing system, accounting software, financial calculator and more. You have already learned some of those applications in our free tutorials. However, we will dwell deeper into creating more complicated business applications in our coming new lessons. Please check back often for updates.