Some disadvantages of VB.NET is that it is mainly only used for software development. As an electrical engineer me and my teem often use VB.NET to make a business applications. If you want to develop games you should not spend your time learning VB.NET, instead you should spend your time learning C++ or C#.

Sizing handles appear around the control that is currently selected?

yes

No, they are not the same thing.

.NET (dot net) refers to the .NET Framework that can be utilised by any programming language that conforms to the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI). The .NET Framework is primarily composed of the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and the Framework Class Library (FCL).

Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) is just one of many CLI-compliant languages available. VB.NET is dependent upon .NET.

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To draw a relationship diagram, start by placing relationship at the center of the paper. Connect entities to the relationship, and branch out with the different attributes.

Check boxes and option buttons give users the opportunity to choose among a list of options. The option button differs from a check box in that one can only select one option while in the latter one can select multiple options.

.exe means: self-execution program , however the extension uses only the 'exe' of executable.

"Memory locations that hold data that can be changed during project execution are called variables; locations that hold data that cannot change during execution are called constants"

If you save your VB.NET project, it will be a .vb file.

You can also build your program, then it becomes an executable (.exe)