0 IDE (INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT)

                   IDE IN VB.NET

IDE (Integrated development envronment) consists of inbuilt compiler,debugger,editors,automation tools for easy development of code.IDE is now shared by all visual studio language such as vb and c#. We have already seen the IDE at work of course ,but now its time to take a more systemmatic look.

         The IDE  windows are docking windows ,that means you can use the mouse to move windows around as you like ; when the windows are near by edge ,they will "dock" adhere to that edge ,so you reconfigure the IDE windows as you like. 

           The IDE is a very crowded place ,and in an to unclutter the cluttered IDE a little ,vb .net            ddsa new button in dockable IDE windows _a little thumbtack button  at upper right as you see in various windows ,next to thex close button..This is the "auto-hide " features ,which lets you reduce a window to a tab connected to the edge it,s dock on. 

• THE START PAGE = We have already seen the start page ,you can use the start page to select from recent projects .By defaut , the get selected item is selected in the start page at upper left .you can also create a new projects here by clicking the new projects button. 
• THE MENU SYSTEM = After you have started v.b and have seen the start page ,you often turn to the menu system to poceed ,as when you want to create a new projects and use the FILE|NEW|PROJECTS menu item to bring up the new projects dialog box. The IDE menu system is very involve ,with many items to choose from  -you do not even see it all at once .The menu system changes as you make selection in the rest of  the IDE.
• TOOLBARS = The toolbars features  in another handy aspects of the IDE near the top of the IDE.There are number of toolbars to choose from sometimes vb.net ,will choose and when you have launched a program with the start item in the debug menu.It can provide a quick way to select menu items and although ,you are usually stick to using the menu system ,there are no doubt that toolbars can be quicker .
• GRAPHICAL DESIGNERS = When you are working  on a projects that has user interface elements such as forms ,vb.net can displays what those elements will look like at runtime .There are several types of graphical designers .

1. windows forms designers 
2. web form designers 
3. component designers
4. xml designers

•  CODE DESIGNERS= You can also switch between graphical and code designers using the dsigners and code items in the view menu,or you can the top two button  at left in the solution explorer.

       Note the two drop down list boxes at the top of the code designers - the one of  the left lets you working with and the one of the right lets you select the part of the code that you want to work  on. letting  you select between the declaration area , function,sub procedures ,and method.

•  INTELLIGENCE = One useful features of vb.net code designers in microsoft intelligence.Intelligence is (http://parveenpro.blogspot.in/)  responsible for those boxes that open as you write the code ,listing all the possible option and even the typing .

       Intelligence is made up of a number of option ,including:

1. LIST MEMBERS=It can lists the members of an objects .
2. PARAMETERS= It can lists the arguments of procedurs calls.
3. QUICK INFO= It can display information in tool tips as the mouse rests on elements in your code.
4. COMPLETE WARD= It can complete typed words.
5. AUTOMATIC BRACE MATCHING= Adds parenthesis or braces as needed.

• TOOL BOX = The tool box is an data ,components, and windows .The data tab displays tool for creating datasets and making data connection , the windows forms tab displays for adding controls to windows forms , the web forms tab displays tools for adding server control to web forms and so on.There are so many controls that even when you click a tab in the toolbox ,you will still most likely gets a list that you have to scroll to everything  that available.
• SOLOTION EXPLORER= The tool display a  hierarchy with the solution at the top of the hierarchy , the projects one step down in the hierarchy ,and the items in each project as the next step down.You can set the propertiesof various item in a project by selecting them in the  solution explorer and then setting their properties in the properties windows .And you can set properties of solution and project by right clicking them and selecting the properties item in the menu that appear or can select an item and click the properties button , which is the right most button at the top of solution explorer.

The solution explorer tracks the items in your projects ,to add new item you can use the menu item in the projects menu such as ADD windows form and ADD user control .To add new empty modules and classes to a project ,you can use the project |ADD new items menu item.   

• PROPERTIES WINDOWS =It is another old favourite in vb ,although how it shares its space its space with the dynamic help windows .you can set of various objects in vb to customize them .EXAMPLE , We have set the text properties of a button in the hello projects to "click me" in order to make that text appear in the button .To set an objects properties ,when you are designing your program in vb called design time .You can select that objects , and then set the new property value and as want in the properties widows.