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Hey

What good ebooks/sites would you guys recommend for one to learn the basics to visual basic 6?

What I'm preferrably looking for is something with example tutorials/ questions that would test one's skills via small application building exercises.

Much appreciated :D
 
why VB6?

If you're learning anything new I'd go with VB.NET

IMO, anyone that can read and have basic comprehension skills (including the ability to use Google effectively) can be a programmer.... :D


.NET will also help you to grasp the OO concept pretty quickly rather than starting from an outdated method
 
I too would not recommend VB 6.0 anyone wanting to learn VB (or programming).

Get VB 2005 .NET Express Edition, it's free from M$. As was said earlier once you're going with .NET GIYF, there's a ton of info...

I'm busy with some VB 6.0 ports to .NET and it's horrible...eerrgg!
 
Yup, yup, yup. When I saw this pop up in my RSS feed, I had to come and read the replies. :)

Question: Why does she have to use VB at all? There are plenty of tutorials out there, for everything from VB to Python (insert your choice of language between the two). What is the desired end result here? Different languages will teach better (and different concepts) than others, IMO.
 
Ok, I'll concede and admit stupidity. I can find tons of VB6 tuts as well as sample codes that one can download, but there is nothing for VB.net. Only thing I can find are small examples of code embedded on webpages themselves.

She needs to learn arithmetic operations and loop structures for her geo-informatics course for varsity.
 
Arithmetic Operations, like +-*/ type stuff, or harder?

Loop structures can be taught in any language. I would say either VB.Net or Java (C# not the best language for arithmetic work, from what I've read) for this assignment. Try something like the Eclipse IDE to simplify the task of getting up and running without having to learn Java-specific stuff like static void main(), for example. Alternatively, as above, download VB.Net Developer Express.

http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/NET/vbNET.html
http://www.startvbdotnet.com/
http://www.devarticles.com/c/b/VB.Net/

http://www.google.co.za/search?q=vb.net+tutorials

...and for Java...

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/
http://www.freewarejava.com/tutorials/index.shtml
http://www.freejavaguide.com/

http://www.google.co.za/search?q=Java+tutorials
 
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Why VB?

VB.NET is easier to understand for a newb that C#. I'm still getting used to the -> and various other c++ related things.

If then else

Simple.

Once she gets used to how programming works and what it consists of and get into the right mindset, she can start with the heavier stuff.

FYI, there are TONS of samples online to read from. Hell, MS even comes out with a whole ASP.NET based online lookup thing when you install VS.NET

First thing she needs to think of is "What do I want to program?" and then start from there. I tell all m juniors that start out not knowing **** to write me a lottery program. It gets them used to calling the database, showing data (and manupilating the data) so that I can have 6 numbers display that's more likely to fall. From there they can start playing around with how to import data from an excel spreadsheet or upload a file, putting in pictures etc etc etc

Just start from somewhere. Especially if you're not going to buy a book for this and follow that. (Torrent sites has a ****load of PDF books on the subject)
 
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