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02-04-2004, 04:05 AM

Bill Smith

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Does anyone have Book recommendations for learning VB6 or .NET I have a

general knowledge of VBScript and ASP but I really want to break into the

Visual Basic world. Should I skip VB6 and directly learn .NET

Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks

02-04-2004, 04:20 AM

Jonathan Wood

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The are a gazillion books and I don't have any special to recommend. The

main point that I would make is that the first thing you need to do is to

decide if you're learning VB6 or .NET. That will *definitely* affect which

book you should choose!

In general, VB6 is obsolete. Yes, it is still being used to great effect but

Microsoft will eventually drop support altogether for it in favor of pushing

..NET. That will probably happen before you master VB6, at which point you'll

need to start learning .NET. So my recommendation is to look into .NET.

It's a bit of a pity because I consider VB quite a bit easier to learn than

VB .NET. Good luck!

Jonathan Wood

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http://www.softcircuits.com

Available for consulting: http://www.softcircuits.com/jwood/resume.htm

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02-04-2004, 04:21 AM

Bill Smith

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Thanks For the Great Advice,

Sounds Like I will be going with .NET then

Now to track down the books..

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02-04-2004, 04:53 PM

Howard Kaikow

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For VB 6, I'd suggest starting with Gary Cornell's Visual Basic 6 From the

Ground Up.

Very good for both learning and as a reference.

Also, for VB 6, you might want to start with the MSFT Press Step by Step

book for VB 6.

For VB .NET, I'd suggest starting with the MSFT Press "Microsoft Visual

Basic .NET Step by Step", ISBN 073******* and the MSFT Press "Programming

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Core Reference)" by Francesco Balena.

http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site.

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02-14-2004, 05:40 PM

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Dot Net is a package consisting of:

the .Net Framework Class Library (CL)

and whatever .Net language you want to use.

A .Net Language (VB.Net, C#.Net et al) is on a tier above the .Net Framework

Class Library which is above the Common Language Runtime (CLR) which

translates to the Operating System which drives the hardware. It is very

similar to JAVA which uses the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Basically the

same thing is happening in both environments. You might feel comfortable

with VB.Net, J#, or C#. Your choice.

Essentially, the two (the language and the framework) are inseparable except

that you may use whatever .NET language you want.

You can get more out of the MSDN site than anywhere else, especially the

library.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/

VB in this URL.

The only reason you might want a book at all is for portability. You can

carry it around.

Everything you need to begin (short of purchasing one of the languages) is

on the site.

After you take a good look at the languages, then you may want to choose

one.

If you like webcasts here is a good series of 15 that is presently ongoing.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/com...bcasts/modern/

Learn on your own or learn with a group.

I use MSPress for MS products. The sets are progressive and inclusive (good

depth of field).

There is an extensive set of literature for whatever you may want to study.

Each language has a series. Visual Studio has a series, and Framework has a

series.

Start it up, and get to browsing for what is most comfortable for you.

IAM

http://www.dennisys.com/

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02-15-2004, 05:51 AM

Howard Kaikow

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A book has more than the advantage of portability.

A reasonable book is "organized" so that one can more quickly find things

and get an overall view.

The online info for MSFT, in particular for VS .NET, may, or may not have

all the info you need, but IMHO, it is a poorly organized mess, making it

difficult to find most anything. It is hard enough to find info if one is an

experienced VB programmer. I dare not imagine the difficulty for one not

having programming experience before or one not having previously used VB.

Best place to start is one of the MSFT Press Step By Step books, followed by

a more general book on the language of interest.

http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site.

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