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I need to learn vb.net but I have no VB experience. I believe I understand
OOP. Which books/webcats/virtual labs/websites should I check out?
May 2 '07 #1
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On May 1, 8:45 pm, Peter <P...@discussions.microsoft.comwrote:
I need to learn vb.net but I have no VB experience. I believe I understand
OOP. Which books/webcats/virtual labs/websites should I check out?
Do you have any programming experience? If so which languages?

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

May 2 '07 #2
The book I turn to most often is the one by Francesco Balena. For the
framework stuff I also have the Jeffrey Richter book - but the stuff I do
isn't very sophisticated so I seldom need an understanding of the framework.
(Not that I wouldn't like to understand the framework, it just seems that I
usually can get the job done without it.) I also have the Petzold book but
I use it much less often than the Balena.

Good Luck, Bob

"Peter" <Pe***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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>I need to learn vb.net but I have no VB experience. I believe I understand
OOP. Which books/webcats/virtual labs/websites should I check out?

May 2 '07 #3
On May 2, 9:23 am, "eBob.com" <faken...@totallybogus.comwrote:
The book I turn to most often is the one by Francesco Balena. For the
framework stuff I also have the Jeffrey Richter book - but the stuff I do
isn't very sophisticated so I seldom need an understanding of the framework.
(Not that I wouldn't like to understand the framework, it just seems that I
usually can get the job done without it.) I also have the Petzold book but
I use it much less often than the Balena.

Good Luck, Bob

"Peter" <P...@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message

news:D9**********************************@microsof t.com...
I need to learn vb.net but I have no VB experience. I believe I understand
OOP. Which books/webcats/virtual labs/websites should I check out?
Which Balena book? His "Programming Visual Basic .Net" is written for
"Classic" vb programmers, which the OP said he had no experience in. I
haven't read his others however, so they could be different.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

May 2 '07 #4
Hi Seth,

I know Visual Foxpro and T-SQL. I spend most of my time dealing with MS SQL
Server area.

Peter

"rowe_newsgroups" wrote:
On May 1, 8:45 pm, Peter <P...@discussions.microsoft.comwrote:
I need to learn vb.net but I have no VB experience. I believe I understand
OOP. Which books/webcats/virtual labs/websites should I check out?

Do you have any programming experience? If so which languages?

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

May 2 '07 #5
Yes, that one ("Programming Visual Basic .Net"). I have no experience with
classic vb either. It just means that sometimes I don't bother to read a
paragraph in which he compares and constrasts some .Net feature to some
classic vb feature. Maybe the book is even better if you are a classic vb
programmer. But I have found that it's a great book for me and I have no
classic vb background.

Bob

"rowe_newsgroups" <ro********@yahoo.comwrote in message
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On May 2, 9:23 am, "eBob.com" <faken...@totallybogus.comwrote:
>The book I turn to most often is the one by Francesco Balena. For the
framework stuff I also have the Jeffrey Richter book - but the stuff I do
isn't very sophisticated so I seldom need an understanding of the
framework.
(Not that I wouldn't like to understand the framework, it just seems that
I
usually can get the job done without it.) I also have the Petzold book
but
I use it much less often than the Balena.

Good Luck, Bob

"Peter" <P...@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message

news:D9**********************************@microso ft.com...
>I need to learn vb.net but I have no VB experience. I believe I
understand
OOP. Which books/webcats/virtual labs/websites should I check out?

Which Balena book? His "Programming Visual Basic .Net" is written for
"Classic" vb programmers, which the OP said he had no experience in. I
haven't read his others however, so they could be different.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

May 4 '07 #6

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