Visual Basic Beginner

DMX

Hey all u Pro-Programmers,
i got my hands on Visual basic 6.0
and i'm wondering if anybody can gimme some tips or starting points about it,

Any replies would be most appreciated.

aNY FURTHER COMMENTS OR hINTS/TIPS/IDEAS please e-mail me at : aythechosen1@hotmail.com


>DMX<:)

Wolf

Not sure how much this is worth but if ya want to get good at VB get good at C++ first the VB is realy just a cake walk. Also try to get a good VB book somin nice and simple like VB for Dummies was actually well woth will I found hope this help.

Snaga

Wolf - gah - hes got Visual Basic why is he going to go off and learn C++ just to make vb slightly easier?

neway,

VB is quite a good language but as with any language you learn by doing. Think up of some small programs that might be usefull and try and code them, if your really new, try something basic like a currency convertor and work your way up.

There are tons of resources on the web for VB but theres always the temptation just to take other peoples code without understanding it, try not to fall into that trap.

www.freevbcode.com is a good site that gives lots of code snippets but why not try "Visual Basic Free Tutorial" in Google and see what comes up, you should find plenty of developer sites with good lessons to get you started.

Hope that helps.

Wolf

True snaga but its just that i found VB easy cuz of C++ that all soz perhaps your right

phaxx

I learned VB first, and I regret it. I can do far more in VB than I can in C++, and since it would take me a very long time to get up to my current level of experience with VB in C++, I have no desire to spend the time tearing hair out again over the same problems. I don't like aspects of VB, such as requiring the runtime dll, but it's a decent language and is p|ss easy to learn. Lots of decent code sites out there too.

decob

code.box.sk have some links to decent tutorials and books, well worth a look.

Evil Phil

Vb-world are a good resource, it would seem. But why learn VB when you can learn Java just as easily. It's free, and Java skills cover a broader spectrum then vb. Sun's Java is a good place to start.

Either way, things like currency converters as suggested above are a great idea. If you play on-line games like planetarion you could develop calculators for the game. And ask your mates if there's any utilities the need that you could develop for them. And come back here if you get stuck

But

You should have a look for Visual Basic 6 Complete. A big orange book which only costs about a tenner, and Easons or PC World should have it.

phobos

Yeah the "Complete" books on Sybex publishing are not bad for the price you pay. You get a book with over 1000 pages for def under £20. I have the VB one myself, because I thought it was a bargain. It's a good book all round, but doesn't go in to too much detail, but enough to tackle most problems. Let's take for example it covers the Win32API fairly well. Well that's about the only thing I used it for in the past. But it's intoductory chapters are a little longwinded.

If I was learning VB now, I would just go out and bug a TY VB in 10mins book (Sams) and then use the many good VB web sites to learn after that.

Depending on what you want to do with VB, go out and get a specialised book. I only like using VB for the API stuff coz API calls in VB are a breeze. You can Fuk up an M$ OS rightly (only joking!!).

;-phobos-)