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If you know already C, C++ and BASIC then you seem to have all the right pre-reqs, except perhaps coding attitude.
The only way to become a VBasic programmer is by programming...
To help you along the way, there are some good to very good books you can consult. Given your pre-reqs, don't start with one of those "beginning" or "24-days" books.
One I found usefull is:
Mastering Visual Basic 6
Evangelos Petroutsos
SYBEX
ISBN 0782122728
to be complemented with:
Visual Basic Developer's Handbook
by the same author, also at SYBEX
ISBN 0782122833
This is not to say these are the only ones. But given the combined total of some 2500+ pages, they help you a long way along the path to VBs nirvana.
Not to forget the attitude problem, which can be corrected by:
Practical Standards for MS Visual Basic
James D. Foxall
Microsoft Programming Series
ISBN 0735607338
Personal Warning:
You're probably aware that a next revolutionary version of VB, called VB.NET, is scheduled to be released near the end of this year. Several (most?) rules and conventions that apply to VB6 are no longer valid in VB.NET.
However, I still suggest you to start with VB6, because the introduction of VB.NET into enterprises will not happen overnight. I expect a slow migration (5+ years seems a low estimate), so you have all the time to become acquainted to todays real VB-world and watch the (r)evolution to become true.
Good Luck
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. [attributed to Yogi Berra]
The only way to become a VBasic programmer is by programming...
To help you along the way, there are some good to very good books you can consult. Given your pre-reqs, don't start with one of those "beginning" or "24-days" books.
One I found usefull is:
Mastering Visual Basic 6
Evangelos Petroutsos
SYBEX
ISBN 0782122728
to be complemented with:
Visual Basic Developer's Handbook
by the same author, also at SYBEX
ISBN 0782122833
This is not to say these are the only ones. But given the combined total of some 2500+ pages, they help you a long way along the path to VBs nirvana.
Not to forget the attitude problem, which can be corrected by:
Practical Standards for MS Visual Basic
James D. Foxall
Microsoft Programming Series
ISBN 0735607338
Personal Warning:
You're probably aware that a next revolutionary version of VB, called VB.NET, is scheduled to be released near the end of this year. Several (most?) rules and conventions that apply to VB6 are no longer valid in VB.NET.
However, I still suggest you to start with VB6, because the introduction of VB.NET into enterprises will not happen overnight. I expect a slow migration (5+ years seems a low estimate), so you have all the time to become acquainted to todays real VB-world and watch the (r)evolution to become true.
Good Luck
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. [attributed to Yogi Berra]
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