VB .NET Language in a Nutshell

Declaration

Element	Description
Const statement	Declares a constant
Class...End Class statement	Defines a class
Declare statement	Defines a prototype for a call to an external DLL library function
Dim statement	Declares a variable
Enum statement	Defines a series of constants as an enumerated type
Function statement	Defines a function
Friend keyword	Makes a procedure in a class callable from outside the class but within the project in which the class is defined
Option Explicit statement	Requires declaration of all variables
Private statement	Declares a local variable
Property statement	Defines a property
Protected statement	Declares a protected class member
Public statement	Declares a public or global variable
Static statement	Declares a static variable
Structure...End Structure statement	Declares a structure or user-defined type
Sub statement	Declares a subroutine