This section serves as a general introduction to Visual Basic for the .NET platform. Taken together, the chapters in this section form an extremely fast-paced introduction to the most critical VB and .NET programming topics. If you're an experienced programmer who is learning VB as a second (or additional) programming language, the material should familiarize you with VB in as short an amount of time as possible.
In addition to its role as a tutorial, Chapter 4 is an essential reference to the data types supported by VB. Chapter 5 also plays the part of a half-tutorial, half-reference chapter.
Part I consists of the following chapters:
Chapter 1, Introduction
Chapter 2, The .NET Framework: General Concepts
Chapter 3, Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
