Visual Basic 2015 Variables In programming, variables are objects; storage areas used to store information that can later be referenced and manipulated. You can consider a variable as a sort of a container where you store an information that can later be accessed using the variable name. The variable is determined by its: Scope - the scope level determines from where the variable can be accessed(e.g. private, public ...). Data type - can be a string, boolean, integer... Accessibility - determines which code in other modules can access the variable. Lifetime - determines how long the variable value will be valid. Rules for Naming Variables in Visual Basic 2015 The name must start with a letter or an underscore. The name can contain only letters, numbers, and the underscore character. No punctuation characters, special characters, or spaces are allowed in the name. Although the name can contain thousands of characters, 32 characters is the recommended maximum number of...
What is Visual Basic 2015? Visual Basic 2015 is an object-oriented programming language designed by Microsoft and implemented on the .NET Framework. It is a version of Visual Basic, introduced by Microsoft in 2015. It includes many new features, particularly for building mobile and web applications. Visual Basic code can be written in any text editor (such as Notepad). However, most of the time programmers use Visual Studio 2015 Integrated Development Framework, which is a software from Microsoft that enables you to write, test, run, and debug your code in a nice GUI environment. Below is the picture of the Visual Studio 2015 IDE we will be using throughout this course: What is .NET Framework? .NET Framework is a software framework developed by Microsoft that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. You can think of it as is a platform that provides tools and libraries you need to build and run networked application and web services. .NET Framework ...