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VB.NET Introduction (Udemy.com)

Learn the basic syntax and structure of the VBnet language and much more

Created by: Intellezy Trainers

Last updated August 2018

Our take

Based on the ratings of 465 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in August 2018. No course pays to be reviewed.

A lecture-only tour of VB.NET syntax from Intellezy, presented by Tim Miles, about nine hours long across 36 lectures. It was published in 2013 and last updated in 2018, and the syllabus reads like a certification prep track: variables, flow control, classes and objects, arrays, LINQ, exceptions, file reading and writing, and a section on the garbage collector. Interface design and event-driven Windows Forms work are left out. That makes the course a fit for people who want to understand how the language and the .NET Framework fit together before building forms, and a poor fit for anyone hoping to ship a desktop app by the end.

Reviewers are consistent about the teaching. Tim Miles gets called clear, composed and easy to listen to, and one reviewer says the .NET Framework material is useful well beyond Visual Basic. The complaints are just as consistent. There are no exercises, quizzes or downloadable code, so students who want to build along have to pause and copy from the screen, and one reviewer says the instructor moves too fast for that. Some viewers only get audio in the left channel, and a two-star review says the video is often out of focus. A 2024 reviewer notes that Visual Basic 2010 Express is still what is needed for the command-line side.

With 465 reviews and a 4.3 rating, most students leave satisfied, but most of the three-star reviews say the same thing: good content, nothing to practice on. Next to the project-based VB.Net for Beginners course on the same page, this is the theory option. Recommended for anyone who learns well from clear explanation and is willing to invent their own small project. Anyone who needs built-in hands-on work should pick a neighbor instead.

Best forPeople who want to understand how VB.NET and the .NET Framework fit together before they touch Windows Forms or event-driven code.
Skip it ifYou learn by building along and need downloadable code, exercises, or a finished desktop app at the end.

Pros

  • Presenter Tim Miles is repeatedly praised as clear, composed and easy to follow
  • Goes past syntax into LINQ, exceptions, file I/O and the garbage collector
  • One reviewer says much of the .NET Framework material applies beyond Visual Basic
  • Recent reviewers still find the core concepts applicable despite the course's age

Cons

  • No exercises, quizzes or downloadable code; several reviewers wanted something to build along with
  • Audio plays in one channel for some viewers, and one review says the video is often out of focus
  • Last updated in 2018; a 2024 reviewer says Visual Basic 2010 Express is still needed for the command-line work
This course will not teach you how to code but how VB.NET works. The instructor teaches with passion and communicates clearly throughout the course.
Tomislav Peran, a student

Genuinely beginner-friendly if you can find your way around Windows; no programming background needed, though it helps with the pace.

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What you will learn

  • Understand the VB.net framework
  • Work with variables, including numeric, string, variable and more
  • Work with flow expressions, including decision statements, iteration statements and more
  • Use and understand classes and objects
  • Work with single dimensional arrays, multi-dimensional arrays, array lists and type safe lists
  • Understand LINQ and how to filter, sort and join
  • Handle syntax and logic errors
  • Create error exceptions
  • Read and write files
  • Handle common errors

Course content

13 sections · 36 lectures · 9.1 hours of video

  1. 1Introduction 1 free preview1 lecture · 4 min
  2. 2VB.net and Framework 1 free preview1 lecture · 19 min
  3. 3First Project1 lecture · 42 min
  4. 4Declare Variables5 lectures · 1.1 hours
  5. 5Flow Expressions4 lectures · 56 min
  6. 6Classes and Objects5 lectures · 1.1 hours
  7. 7Arrays4 lectures · 1.4 hours
  8. 8LINQ3 lectures · 41 min
  9. 9Errors3 lectures · 50 min
  10. 10Reading and Writing Files3 lectures · 36 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Students who wish to learn how to program in VB.net

What you need before you start

  • Basic Microsoft Windows training or equivalent experience. Prior programming knowledge is useful, but not required.

How it compares

Against the other 20 rated Udemy courses in Visual Basic .NET on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 55% of them
  • Reviews465#4 of 21 by number of reviews
  • Length9.1 hourslonger than 70% of them
  • Last updatedAugust 2018earlier than 80% of them

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Overall Score : 86 / 100

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Course Description

This course is the beginning track for certification. It's designed for the beginning VBNET programmer although there are topics of an advanced nature. The topics discussed within this curriculum focus primarily on VBNET code and not interface design or true event-based programming. At the end of this course students will be able to understand the VBNET framework; work with variables, including numeric, string, variable and more; work with flow expressions, including decision statements, iteration statements and more; use and understand classes and objects; work with single dimensional arrays, multi-dimensional arrays, array lists and type safe lists; understand LINQ and how to filter, sort and join; handle syntax and logic errors; create error exceptions; read and write files; and handle common errors.

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Instructor Details

Intellezy Trainers

Intellezy collaborates with organizations to help implement and adopt technology to its full potential. Our online videos include 250+ courses designed to educate and empower individuals

Our library, recognized by top influencers such as The Craig Weiss Group, Training Industry and eLearning Journal, provides dynamic and task-focused videos, quick reference guides, and assessments right at your fingertips, right when you need them.

In today’s rapidly evolving workplace, it is imperative to make sure your team members have the skills and expertise required to succeed. Intellezy offers custom content development to ensure learning materials, and the delivery approach is aligned to meet intended outcomes and address your specific training needs without covering topics that may be unnecessary or irrelevant.

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Reviews

4.3

465 ratings on Udemy

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By Brian Leonard on 2/2/2024

The course presenter, Tim Miles, is excellent! He knows his material. He is easy to listen to. He consistently discussed topic material at an appropriate and very understandable level. I highly recommend him and the VB.NET Introduction course.

By Andrea Ferrazzi on 2/17/2022

I think the course overall good, with clear content and explanations. There is an annoying issue with the audio which is unbalanced between left and right audio channels. It would also be good to have access to some material, like code example to download or exercises.

By Bianca Pakkiri on 2/19/2021

This course is really great. Tim goes through in step-by-step detail. I've struggled to get to grips with programming languages and this really helped. I really felly more quipped. I know I still have loads too learn but I really feel more confident. I have the basic tools now. It's about applying it.

By Amber Wolf on 10/19/2020

It was a solid course with a lot of good information. It was well structured and the instructor explained things in a clear and concise manner. I would have preferred though, if the projects in the course weren't pre written and instead were written during the course to give more hands on experience.

By Michal Hoc on 7/15/2020

Very good explanation in audible English language. On my PC it seems that only a single audio track for one ear has been recorded, but after switching Windows into (MONO) mode, the problem has been resolved. Needed to grasp the VB syntax very fast, found this course and it hit the nail right on the head. Love the words Tim uses, it enriched my vocab (e.g.: take the course and find it out yourself ;-)). All in all, this course I recommend to anyone who has got prior experience with Java or C# and needs to switch to VB in few days.

By Kien Huynh on 4/10/2020

This is excellent introductory course which summarises all important aspect of the VB.Net language and the .NET Framework environment in general. It's meets perfectly my need where I need to grasp the overall VB.Net language attributes for robotics in the shortest time possible. Highly recommended!

By Michael Cetera on 4/5/2020

I have been writing code in VB for about 20 years (VB3 thru VB6). I had been reluctant to move to VB.Net. This introductory course is both familiar and revealing. Some things are simplified and almost trivial but the differences between the VB I am familiar with and VB.Net have been subtle, surprising and enlightening. I am sometimes frustrated with what the instructor doesn't say in areas that are familiar to me but then extremely grateful when he points out how VB coding differs from VB.Net coding. I think the instructor has done a great job.

By Nana Yeboah on 1/27/2020

This was a great match for me. I polished up my knowledge on VB.Net, and learnt a few new concepts. I only wish there was a transcript of the topics being discussed, and that the instructor pointed the user to the exact course titles that could help the user advance. The conclusion was too vague.

By Nathan Morgan on 11/12/2019

I learned very little from this. Instead of going through the code and writing out each line to learn it, the instructor just shows completed lines, there was no follow along.

By Navi on 10/13/2019

It is a great course . The instructor is very knowledgeable and makes the programming concepts which I have always found so complicated to understand , very very easy to understand . I highly recommend this course ! It is a great choice for people who are beginning to learn programming.

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