Appendix A: The Object-Oriented Features of VB .NET

In This Appendix

This appendix provides an overview of object-oriented programming and covers the features in VB .NET that allow developers to write object-oriented applications for the .NET Framework.

Topics discussed are:

• Overview of OOP support in Visual Basic in the past

• Object-oriented programming concepts

  • Classes and objects

  • Members, properties, and methods

  • Inheritance and polymorphism

• Development of a small object-oriented application