Visual Basic Starter Kits

An application that uses Amazon.com’s Web services to dynamically search for movie titles, this Starter Kit demonstrates technologies such as: calling XML Web services, databinding, application settings, local data storage using SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, and more.

This Starter Kit is a complete Black Jack card game and contains an extensible framework for building card games. The project comes ready to compile and run, but it's easy to customize with only a little extra programming.

A sample application that implements the common features in shareware applications including integrated e-commerce using PayPal, secure product activation, product registration, error reporting, and more using Web services.

The Teacher Starter Kit is a rich client application for keeping track of students, course rosters, and assessments or grades. With this starter kit, you can create courses, create and track assessments, and use reports to see course and student progress.

   Note: This starter kit requires Visual Basic Express.

A Windows Forms application demonstrating the ReportViewer control. Analyze log files created by Web servers and display information like the most popular page on a Web site, when the Web server is busiest, or who is referring visitors to the Web site.

A starting point for creating a web site for your club or organization. Includes a news posting, calendaring, member directory, and photo album systems.

The eBay Selling Starter Kit for Visual Basic provides a full-featured ASP.NET eBay auction management application. You can customize the application to add new features, and you can integrate it with your existing inventory management system.

The PayPal-enabled E-Commerce Starter Kit is an extensible open source web application that makes it easy for you to setup and manage your own e-commerce website.

A typical personal site that includes a photo album system. Also included are static pages for a resume and links. Comes in your choice of white or black; just change the theme.

A business web application for keeping track of hours spent on a project with the ability to handle multiple resources as well as multiple projects.

The Skype Wrapper for .NET Starter Kit includes a managed code wrapper and three samples for the Skype API that enables developers to connect and consume Skype services inside .NET applications.

The Microsoft .NET Interface for Lego Mindstorms makes it easy to programmatically control Lego Mindstorms robots. Easily control how single or multiple motors work and dynamically turn them on, off, or have them move forwards or backwards, or program multiple sensor types. Built-in samples help you get started quickly.

The RSS Screen Saver Starter Kit is a fully customizable Windows screen saver that pulls dynamic Web content with any RSS 2.0 feed. The RSS screen saver has cutting edge graphics, is fully customizable, and is easy to share.