Here is the list of programs and topics covered in this QuickStart course:

The Various Editions of Visual Studio .Net The course starts by discussing the various Editions of Visual Studio .Net.  For this QuickStart course, you can use any of the editions of Visual Studio .Net. (Also discussed is the Visual Studio .Net 60-day evaluation and how you can obtain it from the Microsoft Web site for $1.50). In short, everything you need to know to start building Windows applications using Visual Basic .Net.

Step-By-Step Tutorials. Then, through step-by-step tutorials, you will implement yourself programs. 
You will learn to use the Visual Basic .Net tools, and you will learn to write Visual Basic .Net programs. Through step-by-step tutorials, you will be instructed to implement over 20 short programs, each program illustrates a different important Visual Basic .Net programming topic. 

Installing Visual Studio .Net. You start by learning to install the Visual Studio .Net product.

Building Your .exe programs. Learn to create Windows .exe programs with the tools of Visual Basic .Net

Learn to Visually Design your Programs. Learn about the Visual Design aspect of Visual Basic .Net. Through step-by-step tutorials, you are instructed to use the Visual Studio .Net tools to implement your programs visually (drag and drop controls, Properties).

Attaching Code to Events. Learn to use the Visual Basic .Net tools to attach code to events

Variables. Learn about Variables in Visual Basic .Net.

Conditional Statements. Learn about the conditional statements in Visual Basic .Net.

Loops Statements. Learn about the Loops statements in Visual Basic .Net.

Program Syntax Language. Learn about the programming language syntax.

Scrollbars. Learn to write programs that have Scrollbars in them.

One of the programs you will write yourself is a program that lets the user use Scrollbars to set any possible color.

Text Boxes. Learn to write programs that have Text Boxes in them.

Check Boxes. Learn to write programs that have Check Boxes in them.

Radio Buttons. Learn to write programs that have Radio Buttons (and group of radio buttons) in them.

List Boxes. Learn to write programs that have List Boxes in them (single selection from List Boxes, multiple selections).

Combo Boxes. Learn to write programs that have Combo Boxes in them

Timers. Learn to write programs that have Timers in them.

Procedures. Learn to write programs that use Procedures.

Functions. Learn to write programs that use Functions.

User Input Boxes. Learn to write programs that take data from the user.

Arrays. Learn to write programs that use Arrays.

Menus. Learn to write programs that use Menus.

Random Numbers. Learn to write programs that generate random numbers.

Windows States Learn to write programs that start with different Windows States.

Mouse Learn to write programs that use the Mouse, detect Mouse events, and let the user use the Mouse for free hand drawing.

One of the programs you will write yourself is a program that reports the Mouse coordinates, and lets the user perform free-hand drawing with the mouse.

Open File Dialog Boxes Learn to write programs that let the user display standard Open File dialog boxes, enabling the the user to select files.

Error Trapping and Recovery Learn to write programs that trap and handle runtime errors.

Pictures and Images Learn to write programs that display pictures, also learn how to enable the user to scroll the picture.

One of the programs you will write yourself is a program that lets the user select picture files (using the standard Open File dialog box of Windows), and then display the selected picture in a scrollable window.

MDI (Multiple Document Interface) Learn to write MDI programs.

Learn to write MDI programs.