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Recommend me a VB book...

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imported_vr6

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I have a little experience working with VB6.0 and is looking for a book that covers EVERYTHING you need to know about VB. Any suggestions?

I am familiar with the general concepts, since i know c/c++ pretty well, just trying to widen the horizon and see how powerful VB is.
 
Just so you know, VB.NET is the exact same thing as C#, with bastardized syntax. I'd reccomend learning C# instead, but a note - the hardest part of learning windows programming isn't the language, it is the platform. Check out Petzold's C# book for a good intro.

-Chu
 
Well i am learning VB because i got an internship this summer that use alot of VB. I know VB is pretty easy therefore i accepted the internship eventhough i am not that fluent on VB.

So any other suggestions?
 
Not specifically, but I always like Wrox books.

Corporate,
VB is not powerful?
How?
 
Originally posted by: Chu
Just so you know, VB.NET is the exact same thing as C#, with bastardized syntax. I'd reccomend learning C# instead, but a note - the hardest part of learning windows programming isn't the language, it is the platform. Check out Petzold's C# book for a good intro.

-Chu
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bastardized syntax???
WTF?
It's BASIC style syntax instead of C style syntax.
Why would you call it bastardized?
 
Can't reco a book, since I can't remember which one I used, but you'll always find VB haters, even though VB.NET is a superb language for business applications. RAD AND it's powerful.
 
VB6 is a good language too, even though there are "haters". If you have any particular area a large bookstore will have a ton of books on it. Otherwise for a general one I'd find some on amazon.com and just see the reviewer notes!
 
I taught myself VB6, with a little help from a vb5 book I located for $5 which was extreamly good. I also picked up 2 more, whcih were also extreamly good, but oon slightly different things. (one on DB's others on Dist, etc) I have them at work, I will get the names 4 u.
 
Thanks Evade for getting me the titles.

I have taken an introductory course on VB, but it doesn't go very in-depth. I will give amazon and buy.com a look and see what the viewers recommend.
 
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