Getting Started with Visual Basic

This section of the documentation helps you get started developing applications with Visual Basic.

In This Section

• What's New for Visual Basic in Visual Studio 2012
  Covers new features for Visual Basic.

• Visual Basic Breaking Changes in Visual Studio 2012
  Lists changes in Visual Basic in Visual Studio 2012 that might prevent an application from compiling or change its run-time behavior.

• Additional Resources for Visual Basic Programmers
  Provides a list of Web sites and newsgroups that can help you find answers to common problems.

• Learn Visual Basic
  Provides links to resources for learning how to program in Visual Basic.

Related Sections

• Object-Oriented Programming (C# and Visual Basic)
  Provides links to pages that introduce object-oriented programming and describe how to create your own objects and how to use objects to simplify your coding.

• Visual Basic Sample Applications
  Provides links to sample code in Visual Basic.

• Visual Basic Language Walkthroughs
  Provides a list of Help pages that demonstrate aspects of the Visual Basic language.

• Customizing the Development Environment
  Covers how to set options for the integrated development environment (IDE), such as shortcut keys and debugging preferences.

• Product Support
  Covers how to receive support and give feedback.

• Visual Studio
  Provides links into the Visual Studio documentation.

• Visual C#
  Provides links into the documentation on application development with Visual C#.

• Visual C++
  Provides links into the Visual C++ documentation.

• Office Development in Visual Studio
  Provides information about using Microsoft Office and Visual Studio as part of a business application.