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Good book to start learning VB.Net


Hi All,

I hail from Java Programmers tribe and would like to jumpstart in th
world of .Net or VB.Net.

Could any of you GURUs tell me where to start ? Book or Onlin
tutorial?

Appreciations in Advace.

HPurohi

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haresh7263Posted from http://www.pcreview.co.uk/ newsgroup acces

Nov 21 '05 #1
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Programming Microsoft Visual Basic.NET (ISBN: 0 - 7356 - 1375 - 3) is a good
book to start. Cost £43.99 or $59.99 (US) or $86.99 (Can)

But if you want to start the .NET experience then why not start with J#
being a Java programmer already?

Crouchie1998
BA (HONS) MCP MCSE
Nov 21 '05 #2
"haresh7263" <haresh7263.1rzdod@> schrieb:
I hail from Java Programmers tribe and would like to jumpstart in the
world of .Net or VB.Net.

Could any of you GURUs tell me where to start ? Book or Online
tutorial?


I don't know a book to recommend, but maybe you'll find the information
provided on the pages referenced below useful:

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/>

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/en-us/vbcon/html/vboriintroductiontovisualbasic70forvisualbasicvete rans.asp>

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

Nov 21 '05 #3
If you have a Java background, maybe you will find C# more suitable. VB.NET
is great for people coming from Visual Basic 6.0, and I love it, but its
verbose syntax can be annoying to Java/C# programmers.
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Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET, VB6, VB5 and VBA
You can code, design and document much faster.
Free resources for add-in developers:
http://www.mztools.com

"haresh7263" <haresh7263.1rzdod@> escribió en el mensaje
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Hi All,

I hail from Java Programmers tribe and would like to jumpstart in the
world of .Net or VB.Net.

Could any of you GURUs tell me where to start ? Book or Online
tutorial?

Appreciations in Advace.

HPurohit
--
haresh7263Posted from http://www.pcreview.co.uk/ newsgroup access

Nov 21 '05 #4
"Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]" <ca*****@NOSPAMsogecable.com> wrote in
news:uU**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:
If you have a Java background, maybe you will find C# more suitable.
VB.NET is great for people coming from Visual Basic 6.0, and I love
it, but its verbose syntax can be annoying to Java/C# programmers.


I agree - coming from Java you will feel much more at home in C#. In VB you will likely find
yourself fighting the language.
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Chad Z. Hower (a.k.a. Kudzu) - http://www.hower.org/Kudzu/
"Programming is an art form that fights back"

Get your ASP.NET in gear with IntraWeb!
http://www.atozed.com/IntraWeb/
Nov 21 '05 #5
"Crouchie1998" <cr**********@spamcop.net> wrote in
news:u9**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:
But if you want to start the .NET experience then why not start with
J# being a Java programmer already?


I would not reccommend J# for new development. J# is not nearly as supported as C# and VB.NET.
While J# is official, you dont see much activity around it and I see it as more of a migration option.
--
Chad Z. Hower (a.k.a. Kudzu) - http://www.hower.org/Kudzu/
"Programming is an art form that fights back"

Make your ASP.NET applications run faster
http://www.atozed.com/IntraWeb/
Nov 21 '05 #6

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