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I would like to learn how to write programmes in VB5, Does anyone know of any GOOD free tutorials, and any books that assume absolutely NO experience in programming at all. The few books that I have seen have assumed prior knowledge.
I am experienced in the use of windows 98.
I am experienced in the use of windows 98.
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"Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 In 21 Days" is the best book for beginners
and as for free tutorials there are masses at www.vb-world.net and www.planet-source-code.com(/vb)
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"Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 In 21 Days" is the best book for beginners
and as for free tutorials there are masses at www.vb-world.net and www.planet-source-code.com(/vb)
OK!
I have to agree with Mark. Visual Basic is a great language and it is expected be a great language in the future (assuming Micro$oft is not broken up into pieces because of a Monopoly). However, it would be best to learn a linear programming language like Cobol or RPG first. (Even QBasic)
Event driven programming (Visual Basic) is nothing like linear programming (Cobol), and most companies want experience with more than one language.
Again Mark is right in that you need to make sure your code is heavily commented. It is such an easy habit to code and not comment. Then later you are stuck trying to figure out what you were thinking. In the program I am currently working on I have approx. 3,200 lines of code and well over 4,000 lines of comment. (And it is still not commented as well as I would like it to be!)
As for finding books or learning material, I assure you will have no trouble. Go to any search engine and do a search on Visual Basic. You will get so many matches you will not know where to start. Visual Basic is great in that there is so many resources on the web that provide free samples and source code.
http://matthart.com/vbhelp/
http://www.thescarms.com
Event driven programming (Visual Basic) is nothing like linear programming (Cobol), and most companies want experience with more than one language.
Again Mark is right in that you need to make sure your code is heavily commented. It is such an easy habit to code and not comment. Then later you are stuck trying to figure out what you were thinking. In the program I am currently working on I have approx. 3,200 lines of code and well over 4,000 lines of comment. (And it is still not commented as well as I would like it to be!)
As for finding books or learning material, I assure you will have no trouble. Go to any search engine and do a search on Visual Basic. You will get so many matches you will not know where to start. Visual Basic is great in that there is so many resources on the web that provide free samples and source code.
http://matthart.com/vbhelp/
http://www.thescarms.com
Wrote a compiler once. Had a pair of counters in it. One for source lines and one for comment lines. If the number of source lines exceeded the number of comment lines on a successful compile it'ld give out a warning IC01 - Insufficient Commenting. :-)
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BTW: I have a "white paper" on VB Style you might want to get a copy of. It's on my web page: www.cyberchute.com/rvbus/madmark
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Thanks for the advice Mark 2150. I did pay your visit your web
site a visit as well, great
Once again THANKS
Mark
site a visit as well, great
Once again THANKS
Mark
No prob. You can write me direct at the address on my page or in my profile if you need any help.
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With just a LITTLE bit of experience, I think that 'Using Visual Basic 5' by McKelvy is as good a tutorial book as there is.
However, I think the best advice is always to go to the bookstore in your area with the best selection of computer books, and browse thru them to see which one you feel most comfortable with.
www.barnesandnoble.com will have better prices on these books than the actual retail stores do, and they are generally cheaper on computer books than Amazon is.