Question

Whats the difference between these two initialization methods for obj? I’ve seen both of these, but know know if there is an appropriate time to use one vs the other. I found this post which covers C#, but not sure if the same applies to VB.Net.

Public Class Class1
   Sub New()
   End Sub

   Dim obj As New Object
End Class

vs

Public Class Class1
   Sub New()
      obj=New Object
   End Sub

   Dim obj As Object
End Class

My apologies ahead of time if this a duplicate.

Answer 1

In this case, there is no difference. The main difference would be if your constructor does other operations –

In that case, the inline initialization (Dim obj As New Object) will occur prior to any code inside the constructor. Putting the initialization in the constructor lets you choose the order of initialization.