Question from a newbie

[Tim Wiseman]

I have been working with VB.NET on a limited basis for a
few weeks. I was wondering if someone could help me out
by suggesting what I could practice to learn how to
program better. I started learning to program about the
same time that I started working with VB.NET. I would
appreciate any help.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I have been working with VB.NET on a limited basis for a
few weeks. I was wondering if someone could help me out
by suggesting what I could practice to learn how to
program better. I started learning to program about the
same time that I started working with VB.NET.

From my FAQ:

If you want to take a quick look at Visual Basic, I currently would
install the Express beta and play around with it:

<URL:http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/vbasic/>

Alternatively, you can order the trial version of VS.NET:

<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/productinfo/trial/>

General information about VB can be found here:

<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/>

For beginners' tasks, VB at the Movies may be helpful:

<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/atthemovies/>

The Visual Basic .NET Resource Kit contains a test version of VS.NET,
some free components and a lot of training material:

<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/vbrkit/>

Quickstarts on various topics of the .NET Framework can be found here:

<URL:http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/>

For VB6 programmers, there are separate documents about the switch to
VB.NET:

VB.NET for VB Veterans
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e...tiontovisualbasic70forvisualbasicveterans.asp>