It has become apparent that I need to learn VB.

[Chaotic42]

Knowing VB would be amazingly useful for me at work. I am, however, a poor college student. What version of VB should I buy? Is the student version good enough to learn on at home? Is there any reason not to go with VB.net?

 

[GhettoFob]

Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition

 

[Evander]

And if you want I book, I can personally recommend the Microsoft Visual Basic Step by Step series:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/073562...5891-4555803?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Actually i haven't read that one, but it's by the same author of the one I did read (vb 5.0), linked below, so I feel I can recommend it w/o hesitation:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157231...f=sc_b_25/103-8585891-4555803?n=283155
And hey, if you wanna go the cheap route this old book only costs 34 cents!

 

[BigPete]

Originally posted by: GhettoFob
Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition

It's free and it doesnt get much better than that. Naturally, you are missing a few features but you CAN create programs and you can distribute them with that. Also, if you register, you can use it past the 1 year mark.

 

[mosco]

Does your school have any type of microsoft license? We get almost all MS software for 5 dollars on cd, or free off the network. This includes developer software.