Chapter 3 Basic Programming in Visual Basic .NET Declaring and …

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NET code and only Visual Basic .NET code. Chapter 3 provides you with an opportunity to experiment and explore the basic programming concepts that …

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Chapter 3: Basic Programming in Visual Basic .NET
In This Chapter
? Declaring and Initializing Variables
? Working with Block-Level Scope
? Static Variables
? Using Static Variables
? Using Arrays
? Working with New Abstract Data Types
? Shadow Variables
? Functions and Subroutines
? Defining Structures
? Using Objects
? Exception Handling
? Summary
In this chapter, you’ll get your first chance to write Visual Basic .NET code unencumbered with the coding
practices and idioms of yesterday. We will use Visual Basic .NET code and only Visual Basic .NET code.
Chapter 3 provides you with an opportunity to experiment and explore the basic programming concepts that
are the molecules of every program.
This chapter looks at variable declaration and initialization, block scope, static variables, and more on arrays
and abstract data types. I will also introduce you to the concept of shadow variables, and provide you with
some more examples on defining procedures and structures. Near the end of this chapter, we will look at the
new…