How to Say 'Hello' to a Custom Name in a Console Application in VB.Net

Coding The Application

1. Open up VB.Net and you should arrive on the home page. Click on "New Project" or if you're homepage is not being displayed for some reason, click on the file tab at the top and then click on New Project.

2. Make sure that Console Application is highlighted and then give a name for your project. The name part is only important in case you want to look for this project again. Then you have something to stand out in the file explorer.

3. Now that you are in the code, select the line just under Sub Main() and write dim' . You are now declaring something and this plays a key role in getting the user's name and using it in a sentence.

4. After the dim write name and As String. The "name" part can be anything you would like but it would just be a bit clearer. However, the "As String" part MUST be there as you need to make sure that the computer reads words, not numbers or other things.

5. Now, you are going to write two lines of code. The first one, Console.Writeline("What is your name?") asks for your name. The Console part is telling the computer to do something whilst the Writeline is an extension telling it to write something onto the application. The text inside the speech marks inside the brackets is what's going to appear on the screen.

6. The second line of code will say name = console.readline() . Again, the console part is telling it's for the computer, the readline tells the computer to store the answer from the first line of text into the name that we declared earlier.

7. Then you will put another Console.Writeline but this time you will add Console.Writeline("Hi {0}", name). The {0} represents the first variable being used because in this type of situation, you will ALWAYS start with a 0. The ,name part brings out the custom name that is stored out through the {0} part.

8. Finally, add a console.readkey under the last line of code you entered because this makes the application available to read without immediately exiting.

9. Run the application and then you should be asked for your name and then the application should say hi to you! If that happens then you have coded the application correctly.