How to build a console application with Visual Basic code in Visual Studio 2017?

If you want to build a console application with Visual Basic code in Visual Studio 2017, you can follow this tutorial

1. Start Visual Studio 2017 with .NET development environment.

2. Click "File > New > Project" menu. You see the new project box showing up.

3. Select "Console App (.NET Framework) as the project type under "Other Languages > Visual Basic" section,

4. Enter the following project name and location:

Name: HelloVB
Location: c:\fyicenter\vb2017\Projects
Solution name: HelloVB

5. Click "OK". You see a default console application code displayed.

6. Modify the code with the following:

Module Module1
    Sub Main()
        Console.WriteLine("Hello World!")
    End Sub
End Module

7. Click "Build > Build Solution" menu. You should see no build errors.

4. Go to a command console and run final executable code. You should see your application running.

>\fyicenter\vb2017\Projects\HelloVB\HelloVB\bin\Debug\HelloVB.exe
Hello World!

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