SUMMARY

This chapter has covered a lot of ground for an introductory chapter. You learned about what Visual Basic 2005 Express is and what it is not. You learned about the history behind Visual Basic and how Visual Basic fits into Microsoft Visual Studio. On top of all this, you also learned the five basic steps involved in developing a Visual Basic application. You then put this information together and developed your first Visual Basic application, the Joke Machine.

Before you move on to the next chapter, take a few more minutes and see if you can improve on the Joke Machine game by implementing the following list of challenges.