Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) allows Visual Basic developers to work in the robust development environment, Visual Studio .NET. Visual Studio .NET is an integrated development environment (IDE) with a wysiwyg (What you see is what you get) development platform, a code editor with advanced features, such as Intellisense, that mak... More..

Before you begin to write your first program in Visual Basic 2005, it is important that you understand some of the basic terminology you will encounter. Solutions vs. Projects A project is a set of one or more files that contain the code and resources that define an application's executable (.exe) or a dynamic link libra... More..

Children are often given a godmother at birth. The godmother is supposed to help teach and nurture the child. Godmothers can be gentle, stern, or a combination of both. Appropriately named, the Godmother cocktail is a sweet drink that'll kick your ass and give you a headache if you overindulge. Ingredients: 1 oz vodka... More..

There's nothing like a good dry martini after a long day. Apparently one of the great leaders of the World War II era, Sir Winston Churchill, felt the same way. Winston Churchill said, "All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." He believed martinis ... More..

A software vulnerability is a programming error that allows an attacker to gain unauthorized access. The way an attacker uses a software vulnerability is known as an exploit. Some vulnerabilities are easy to exploit. Others require knowledge about how computers process instructions. Sometimes an attacker will create a script ... More..

Visual Basic 2005 is an excellent platform for writing a client or Web application that accesses a database. It includes controls that support data binding, as well as a full-featured data access object library. It also allows you to create stored procedures for use with SQL Server 2005. The simplest way to create a data ... More..

Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) is an object-oriented, event-driven programming language. If you already program in Java or C#, you know what this means and you can skip this article. If you don't, keep reading. An object-oriented programming language is one that is based on reusable objects. Object-oriented programming allows ... More..