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Visual Basic Language Specification 11.0 Released
The Visual Basic Language Specification provides a complete description of the Visual Basic language 11.0

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	Developing Applications with Visual Basic Read the essential documentation on the Visual Basic language, including features and programming topics.
	Visual Basic Fundamentals: Development for Absolute Beginners Check out this 25-episode video series for learning the fundamentals of Visual Basic programming.
	Build Your First Visual Basic Application, a Picture Viewer Learn how to build a program that loads a picture from a file and displays it in a window.
	Programming Concepts Explore programming concepts that can be used in both Visual Basic and C#, including object-oriented programming, LINQ, async, and more.
	What's New for Visual Basic in Visual Studio 2012 Get an introduction to the new and enhanced features available in Visual Basic in Visual Studio 2012, including async, caller information, and more.

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