1. Visual studio
Visual studio consist of tools that you use to build Visual basic
applications. The first step in Visual Basic is learning about these
tools.
The visual studio window has toolbars and menus that help users
and designers to create and develop applications.
These are:
Title bar: the title bar indicate the name of the project you are
currently working on.
The menu bar: below the title bar is the menu bar, from which
you access menus by building an application.
Visual basic is a programming language.
The standard toolbar: below the menu bar is the standard
toolbar. The standard toolbar contains buttons that execute
frequently used commands.
All commands executed by the toolbar may also executed from a
menu, but the standard toolbar gives you quicker access to them.
The standard toolbar buttons open windows with single click.
Below is a table show some examples of visual studio toolbar
buttons.
Toolbar button
Description New project Start a new project
New website
Create a new website Open file Open an existing file
Save filename
Save the file named by filename Save all Saves all of the files in
the current project
Start debugging
Start running your program Break all Pause execution of your
program
Stop debugging

2. Stop running your program
The toolbox: toolbox contains buttons and icons that let you build
rich visual interfaces in Windows desktop applications. The
toolbox is divided into sections, which are accessible by clicking
on named tabs. The most used section is Common Controls tab.
The controls in this group include buttons, labels, textboxes, and
other common controls. Not all of the toolbox items can be
displayed at ones, so scroll arrows are provided.
Activity:
Create a new project with one form
2. Drag the following controls on the form:
a. Textbox
b. Button
c. Label
The form should be as follows: