You can make your development work easier and faster using tools provided with Visual Basic, tools you create yourself, and by following tips provided in the documentation.
All Editions Provides links to information on wizards.
All Editions Introduces you to using templates that make it easier to build applications and objects.
Extending the Visual Basic Environment with Add-Ins
Professional and Enterprise Editions Provides a complete guide to using the Visual Basic extensibility object model to tailor the development environment to your unique needs.
Professional and Enterprise Editions Describes controls, designers, and technologies in Visual Basic for meeting data access programming needs.
Visual Basic Enterprise Edition Features
Enterprise Edition Describes the tools included with the Enterprise edition to assist in building component-based applications, and for testing and deploying them across the network.
All Editions Introduces you to using resource files to store version-specific text and bitmaps.
Using Resource Files for Localization
All Editions Describes how to create, localize, and use a resource file for separating localizable information from your code.
Working with Command Line Switches
All Editions Explains how to use command line switches to control how Visual Basic executes.
Visual Basic Coding Conventions
All Editions Suggests guidelines for writing consistent and readable code.