To get started with Visual Basic 2005, I recommend that you jump right inand write software! And to help you with such an assertive approach, this chapter gives you just what you need to test the waters of the Visual Basic pooland get comfortable with its place in the larger Visual Studio environment. Then, you can really get your feet wet as you build Hello World — your firstVB 2005 Windows Forms application — right here in the first few pages! Youfind out how to launch Visual Studio 2005 (the development tool for your VBapplications), how to start a new project, and how to build a form visuallyand make it work with code. Also in this chapter, I give you a glimpse into the deeper power of Visual Basic.Specifically, I introduce how VB 2005 integrates with the Microsoft .NETFramework and offer insight into what that means to you as a programmer.