Posted: 3/17/2009 3:33:08 PM EDT
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As in a really good primer and tutorial that I can use without taking a class. Simple and step by step is better.
A long time ago, I the first programming course I took used a textbook titled, "Ten Statement FORTRAN". It's a great book, because guess what, you can do about 95% of the programming you'll ever do in FORTRAN with those ten statements. I have a Unix book with a similar philosophy, except it includes a cross reference to DOS commands and the junk we used on VAX machines, back in the truly dark ages. Straight up EXCEL ain't cuttin' it any more, I've got enourmous piles of data to wade through and I'm tire of brute force. It's time to join the 21st Century. Plus I want to program those little function button thingies. |
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I'm afraid I have bad news for you. I currently work as a VB and VB.NET programmer. VB is not as simple as many of the older (ie. Fortran) programming languages. Depending on which application you're wanting to do VB programming for (I'm assuming either MS Excel or Access), you should be able to find a couple of good books out there on programming for those applications.
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This post made me look at my desk and the very dusty and not often used (anymore) Sybex VBA Developers Handbook - for Access 97 
I still play a bit, but not like before. Also, I never found VB/(A) to be difficult at all. COBOL however 
ETA: .NET sucks! Just finished another website, and I have to say that I hate .NET. ..... |
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ETA: .NET sucks! Just finished another website, and I have to say that I hate .NET. ..... Eh. .NET just makes you lazy. I've been dealing with some WF frontends in C# and Managed C++ lately. I can see somone who sticks with .NET going, "What do you mean I have to _delete_ it after I'm done?" 
I far prefer to stick with a nice solid OO design implemented in straight C++ using W32 API (and DX for fancy shit). C++0x is (going to be) fucking awesome, BTW. |
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Visual Basic 6.0 Programmer's Guide by Microsoft Corp./Microsoft Press. Not the greatest, but it will get you out the door fast enough. Buy MS Visual Studio 2005 for about $50.00 and get VB, C++, and Java (?) in one package. VS Express editions are free and entirely functional in their own right (though some features of the standard commerical versions are absent). I've heard the license changed significantly for 2008, but VS 2005 Express was/is completely free to use for any legal non-commercial or commercial application. I us VS 2005 Express (C++) at home, and full VS 2005 at work. |