Now that you have gotten Visual Basic .NET up and running and even written a simple but working program, you’re going to look at the fundamentals behind the process of writing software and start putting together some exciting programs of your own.

In this chapter, you will:

• Learn about algorithms

• Learn to use variables

• Explore different data types including integers, floating-point numbers, strings, and dates Study scope

• Learn about debugging applications

• Learn more about how computers store data in memory

Chapter 3.1: Information and Data

Chapter 3.2: Algorithms

Chapter 3.3: What Is a Programming Language?

Chapter 3.4: Variables

Chapter 3.5: Comments and Whitespace

Chapter 3.6: Data Types

Chapter 3.7: Storing Variables

Chapter 3.8: Methods

Chapter 3.9: Summary