VB.NET equivalent of C# property shorthand?

Question

Is there a VB.NET equivalent to the C#:

public string FirstName { get; set; }

I know you can do

Public Property name() As          


        

Answer 1

Unfortunately, Visual Basic 9 (which ships with .NET 3.5/Visual Studio 2008) does not have automatic properties.

Answer 2

There is no shorthand for Visual Studio 2008 or prior for VB.NET.

In Visual Studio 2010 and beyond, you can use the following shorthand:

public property FirstName as String

This will be handled as your short version in C# is - I think they call it "Auto Property"

See also: Auto-Implemented Properties (Visual Basic)

Answer 3

In Visual Studio 2008, after typing just the keyword Property, press the Tab key. It'll paste a template snippet for you which you can fill very quickly.

But yeah, there is not a replacement of a Visual Basic 10-type shortcut in Visual Basic 9.