1.2 Visual Studio 2013 Integrated Development Environment To start learning programming in Visual Basic 2013, you need to download and install a copy of Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop in your computer. When you launch Visual Studio 2013 Express, you will be presented with the Integrated Development Environment.

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The Visual Studio 2013 Express default IDE comprises three sections, the start page, the output section and the solution explorer. In the start page, you can either start a new project, open a project or open a recent project. You can also check for the latest news in Visual Studio 2013 Express for Windows Desktop. The IDE also consists of a menu bar and a tool bar where you can perform various tasks by clicking the menu items.

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The New Project Page comprises Three Templates, Visual Basic, 

Visual Basic C# and Visual Basic C++ . Since were gointg to learn Visual Basic 2013, we shall select Visual Basic. Visual Basic offers you four types of Projects that you can create; They are  Windows Forms Applications, WPF Applications, Console Applications and Class Library.

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Since we are going learn how to create Windows Desktop Applications, we shall select Windows Forms Applications. Once Windows Forms is selected, at the bottom of the Dialog Box you can chnage the default project name WindowApplications1 to some other name you like, for example MyFirstProgram. After you have renamed the Project, click OK to continue. The Visual Basic Exprewss IDE Windows will appear, as shown in the figure below. 

Visual Basic Express 2013 IDE comprises a few windows, the Form Window, the Solution Explorer wiindow and the Properties Window. It also consists of a Tool Box which contains many useful Controls that allow the Programmer to develop his or her Visual Basic 2013 Program.

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Visual Basic 2013 Express Tool Box :

Now, we shall proceed to show you how to create your first program. First, change the Text of the Form to My First VB2013 Program in the Properties Window; it will appear on the Title of the Program, replacing the Form1 as shown in the diagram.

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Once the Form1 Dialog Box is in place, go to your Properties Window, and beside the heading Text; Form1 will be displayed. Change Form1 to a heading of your own choice. Example My Program, and it will be displayed in place of Form1 on your Virtual Basic Box.

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Secondly. Go to Tool Box, drag the Button Icon over into the Work Platform.

Then double click on the Button, and the program Execution lines should be displayed.

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Public Class Form1

     

             Private Sub Button_1(Sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handle Button1_Click

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         End Sub

 

End Class

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The Computation for the Button Programming dialog is already initiated by the Visual Basic 2013. In between Private Sub and End Sub is a so called nested Program Function. A Commond Line can be added by the Programmer to completed the Programming Task.

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