Visual Basic 2015 Unleashed

Modules Overview

Modules are a specific feature of the Visual Basic programming language. You can think of modules as classes exposing only shared members; each module is defined within a Module..End Module code block. The following code provides an example of a module:

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Module Module1    Sub Main()        'DoSomething is a method defined elsewhere        DoSomething()    End SubEnd Module

Differently from Visual C#, Visual Basic does not directly support static classes; it provides support for classes with only shared members. According to this, the preceding module is the Visual Basic representation of the following class:

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Class Program    Shared Sub Main()        'DoSomething is a ...