Hour 3. Understanding Objects and Collections

What You’ll Learn in This Hour

• Understanding objects

• Getting and setting properties

• Triggering methods

• Understanding method dynamism

• Writing object-based code

• Understanding collections

• Using the Object Browser

In Hour 1, “Jumping in with Both Feet: A Visual Basic 2012 Programming Tour,” you were introduced to programming in Visual Basic by building a Picture Viewer project. You then spent Hour 2, “Navigating Visual Basic 2012,” digging into the integrated development environment (IDE) and learning skills critical to your success with Visual Basic. In this hour, you begin learning about an important programming concept: objects.

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