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Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 6

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A popular professor I know chose this book for his Visual Basic class after reviewing several possible texts. Both I and my son have used this book -- he to learn his first programming language, and I to learn a modern programming language after having studied and largely forgotten regular BASIC and Pascal twenty years ago.

We also have Visual Basic for Dummies, but both of us greatly prefer the Bronson text. Yes the "for Dummies" series books have some juicy phrases here and there, but after awhile that becomes an irritating distraction. Much better to go with a book like Bronson's, which though it has no 'tude, is a paragon of clarity and stepwise organization.

The book also avoids the the other extreme -- the bog of geekspeak in which many programming books mire themselves. In its structure, examples, text, and exercises, Bronson is straightforward, simple, and effective. I highly recommend this text.