Integrated Development Environment

 

Open Visual Basic and you will see the following screen

Select File, New Project

 

 

And the following screen will appear

We are going to start with Console Application (no GUIs) and cover Windows Application (GUIs) later

Select Console Application

 

 

And you are now in the code writing section shown below

 

 

Type the code as shown

 

 

Run the Program

 

Note: To enable the output to stay on the screen, do the following (one time only)

Select Tools, Customize, then select the Commands tab at the top.

Select Debug from the Categories Pane on the left.

 

Scroll down to the Start Without Debugging option in the Debug Menu

Drag the Start Without Debugging option over the Debug menu in the IDE (in top menu)

Start Without Debugging now appears in the menu - use this in the future to run programs

 

To run programs click Debug at top and Start Without Debugging