Where can I get a GOOD VB Tutorial ?

[bluwulf]

Does any one have GOOD links to GOOD VB Tutorial ?
I wpuld shore appreciate it.The ones that I have come across on the net are usually not worth it !

[Xenocrates]

If you are using Visual Basic .NET, it comes with a very comprehensive tutorial on how to implement all of its inherent functions. If you are totally new to Visual Basic, I strongly recommend you buy one of the Sams Teach Yourself Visal Basic .NET texts. They're actually quite good.

[bluwulf]

Does any one have GOOD links to GOOD VB Tutorial ?


I wish I wuz more specific in my question......What I really should have asked wuz......Does anyone have a GOOD and FREE online link to a GOOD and FREE VB .NET Tutorial

Thanx anyway Xenocrates !

[bluwulf]

Well in my never ending quest to find a GOOD,FREE online VB .NET Tutorial I came across this LINK (http://www.programmingtutorials.com/vb6.aspx)



Not the best but I guess it's better than nothing ! MayB others will find the link helpfull too !

[RaVeN]

If you are using Visual Basic .NET, it comes with a very comprehensive tutorial on how to implement all of its inherent functions. If you are totally new to Visual Basic, I strongly recommend you buy one of the Sams Teach Yourself Visal Basic .NET texts. They're actually quite good.


Where can these books be had locally?

[Xenocrates]

Innovative Systems Superstore in Sovereign Centre.

You need to haul @ss if you want 'em. They are often out of stock because the books are on demand. People are sucking up .NET all over the place like crazy.

[RaVeN]

Got the last one they had yesterday, thanks

[Xenocrates]

Well I'm happy for you man ;) Cuz God knows I was on a waiting list for what seemed like forever. The books just couldn't stay on their shelves. What's worse is that I had to have a brejin a mine who works there to secure a set for me. Count yourself extremely lucky. Those books retail for the equivalent of over JA $7000 online - of all the insanity :o :o

[ramesh]

If you are a beginner and using VB6.0, I recommend these books by John Smiley (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/sim-explorer/explore-items/-/1902745000/0/101/1/book/purchase/ref=pd_sexpl_x_b/104-9705220-9802341) (I learned quite a bit using some of those listed)

[nder]

I'm a final year UTech student, doing an Enterprise Computing course using VB6 and accompanying technologies. I have a big problem doing programs that I can say I am proud of in VB. I find VB code gets very messy, very quickly. However, I first blame this on my VB programming skills. In my opinion VB doesnt force you to abide by stuctured progrmming. So my question is, where can I find good tutorials, online and free, that will help me to learn to create good, well structured programmes in VB?

I am a much better Java programmer, so if anyone knows of any tutorials that address VB programming from a Java programmer perspective, that would be very welcome.

[CKnight]

...anyone knows of any tutorials that address VB programming from a Java programmer perspective, that would be very welcome.


More specifically, from an OOP perspective. Java shines when it comes to well structured programming because it is full Object Oriented Programming. You can't write a "Hello World" program without making full object references.

To answer your question however, no, I don't know of any. I'm sure they're out there though.

[Xenocrates]

Final year @ Utech huh?

Have you ever heard of Visual Studio .NET? Visual Basic .NET is a part of this new package. It literally forces you to use the same structured programming paradigm as does Java and C++ before it.

Visual Basic .NET uses the following concepts:

- Packaging (Automatically handled by the .NET framework)
- Classes (New to Visual Basic, but constructed in exactly the same way as in Java, with almost the exact same syntax)
- Inheritance & Polymorphism (same as above)
- Structured OOP paradigms using widgets to define Object Handlers
- A whole ton more I can't list here...

If you're interested, you need to private message me. We probably see each other everyday. The Visual Studio .NET comes with excellent tutorials and a conversion mechanism to change your Visual Basic 6 app to VS.NET.

The beauty with .NET is that your final app will be exported to a set of setup files from which you can easily create an AUTORUN.INF file and burn the lot to CD. It's excellent for putting your projects on CD.

When Mr. Campbell was marking a few Analysis of Algorithms projects we did last year, he practically didn't need us there to demo it. All he did was pop in a CD, and the application auto-loaded, installed just like a typical Windows app, and he was read to view it himself.

If you're worried about making a structured programming faux pas in VB.NET, fret not. The real-time interpreter is brilliant an communicating to you where you are making such probable flaws. I love this feature about .NET where while you are typing code, even though the code is syntatically correct, a yellow box will pop up telling you that you are creating potentially flawed code (almost like a grammar check in Ms Word). That's why VB.NET always produces ROCK SOLID programs for me.

However, nothing can beat a Well Thought Out project plan my friend.

Until you finally decide to move to .NET, here's an excellent site you can go to for VB 6 resources:

http://www.visualbasicforum.com/index.php

It's setup just like TechJamaica.com but dedicated to Visual Basic Programming. If you have any programming specific questions, or are looking for tutorials, this website ROCKS. You probably won't need another resource aside from this one.

Go nuts! ;)

[kknight]

I've got two files.One's "Teach Yourself VB 5 in 24 hours" the other is "Using VB 6". Both are under 1 meg.

;D Stop laughing guys... ;D

[sespool]

try

http://vbnet.mvps.org/