Day 8. Core Language Concepts in Visual Basic .NET and C#

Last week, you learned about the user interface elements in Windows Forms and ASP.NET applications. You wrote a lot of code, and you might or might not have had a full understanding of what it was doing. Today, you're going to learn about the fundamentals of the Visual Basic .NET and C# languages. By the end of the day, you should see that the difference between the two languages is very minor, and you shouldn't be afraid to use one or the other when you start developing .NET applications. Today, you learn

• What the different .NET languages offer

• Different data types in .NET

• How to declare and use variables

• Different scope options for variables

• How to implement operators

• How to implement looping structures

• How to implement decision structures