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4.4. Getting Started with Visual Studio

This chapter focuses on the use of Microsoft Visual Studio IDE (integrated
development environment), it is used to develop computer programs, as well as

websites, web apps, web services and mobile apps. Developing Applications

Writing Your First Program in VS

Let’s start by creating windows form program using visual studio IDE:

1. Open visual studio and click New Project, select Windows Form Application and

type the name of the program.

2. On the lower right of the screen, you can see the Properties panel which allows
you to define various properties of the currently selected element on the design

view. Some commonly used properties are: the Text Property which defines the title
of the selected element, the Name Property which defines a name with which we

can refer to the selected element in our program’s code and the Enabled Property
which defines if the selected element will be usable or disbaled.

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