Visual Basic Basics

Many of the things that you can do with Visual Basic really aren’t very basic at all. The Visual Basic language is quite powerful — if you can imagine a programming task, it can probably be accomplished using Visual Basic. As you might guess, there’s a lot to be learned before you can consider yourself a guru; but once you understand the basics of Visual Basic you’ll find that you are productive in no time at all.

The first five chapters of the Visual Basic Programmer’s Guide cover the basics, providing the foundation that you will need for anything you want to do in Visual Basic.

Chapters

	Introducing Visual Basic Explains how to install Visual Basic and get assistance while you work.
	Developing an Application in Visual Basic An introduction to the integrated development environment and the process of creating your first application.
	Forms, Controls, and Menus An introduction to the objects that you can put together to create an application.
	Managing Projects An introduction to the tools used to organize your work in Visual Basic.
	Programming Fundamentals An introduction to the nuts and bolts of the Visual Basic language.