And now, back to the code!

Gee, learning this Sourceforge can zap a lot of energy in itself. I don't want to get too distracted by it though, just learn the bare minimum for now, and return focus on how to use the repo to push in new changes.

So time for me to move my focus back onto the code itself. Will aim to learn what it takes to get mouse-selection of text working as a starting effort and will commit/push my changes once I get it working ;)

Ah, firstly, I need to install VB.Net 2010 Express (the freebie version)

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-basic-express

The setup process suggests also installing Silverlight and SQL Server 2008 Express, I've unchecked box those options, I don't think they're needed for this project.

Alrighty, the web-based install is underway, let's see how it goes...

Aah, when I open up the project, it says that I need to install .Net 3.5 (VB.Net Express only comes with .Net 4). Ok then, that's available for download here:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=22

Ok, I'm now in a position to read and edit code. Aah, I notice the default tab setting in this fresh install of VB2010 Express aren't matching the existing code, so have done the following:

• In VB2010 Express, go to "Tools >> Options..."
• In the left pane, go to "Text Editor Basic >> Editor"
• In the right pane, update the following settings:
  
  Tab size: 3
  
  Indent size: 3
  

It matches existing code tab-spacing now.