The “Hello World” Operation
Before you get the idea that “Hello World” is just a silly little example, consider that “Hello World” can do a great job diagnosing some basic problems. If a machine has an endpoint that returns a simple string when called correctly, programs using that code can perform simple tests to see if they can connect to the server.
The good news for us is that the wizards inside Visual Basic .NET will write this operation for us. To get there, we need to go through the Visual Studio IDE and create a new project. To do so, perform the following steps:
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Open up Visual Studio .NET.
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Select File, New Project.
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Select the following items in the New Project dialog ( (as shown in Figure 1.1):
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