Targeted to new and aspiring Visual Basic developers, developers who are familiar with other languages but who are new to Visual Basic, and Windows power users, with this book you can learn at your own pace, find exactly what you're looking for and practice with real-world examples.
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If you've never programmed before but are aching to get started, all you'll need is Microsoft's Visual Basic and a book like Michael Halvorson's Step by Step Microsoft Visual Basic 5, a detailed and painless introduction to Microsoft's easy-to-learn yet remarkably sophisticated VB programming environment. Halvorson doesn't presume his readers have any prior programming knowledge, so he walks through the programming process in extensive detail and introduces concepts at a reasonable pace. The first few chapters show how to use Visual Basic to write and run simple programs; they're followed up with coverage of fundamental programming concepts such as variables, loops, and IF-THEN statements. By the end of the book, you'll be writing programs that can display multiple dialog boxes, manipulate arrays of data, and access text files or databases. Lesson summaries at the end of each chapter provide a quick reference that you can use to help recall what you've learned. While Step by Step Microsoft Visual Basic 5 won't offer much of interest to readers who have done even rudimentary programming, it's an excellent starting point for the truly uninitiated.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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By Hobarthicus (1824 S. Girton Denver Co.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Microsoft Visual Basic 5 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) (Paperback)
I had never done anything even remotely related to programming before I read this book, and yet I was able to use it as a springboard to Visual C++ and J++. By the fourth chapter I was able to create marketable applications using purely original code. Covers everything and if you don't want Everything it gives you that option too. I recommend this book to anyone who has No experience but is interested (even a little, it grabs those who aren't sometimes) in learning. Have fun, I did.
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At last I've found a beginner's book written for beginners!,
This review is from: Microsoft Visual Basic 5 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) (Paperback)
I've already purchased and gotten totally frustrated with Cue's Visual Basic 5 Night School, as well as Wrox Press's Beginning Visual Basic 5 by Peter Wright. Due in part to the poor editing of the former, and the annoying British-isms of the latter, I began to wonder if the material was simply beyond my grasp. Little did I realize that books are generally one of the least efficient ways for adults to learn technical material and that very few technical authors have the gift to communicate their subject in a supportive manner. If you don't have the time or the money to immerse yourself in a fast-paced interactive environment, such as an Approved Technical Education Center course, then thank your lucky stars for Michael Halvorson, who seems to be the only guy in the bunch that understands not only his subject, but who has the rare gift to communicate it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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The Book That Gets Used,
By Neil W.Fisk (nfisk@compusmart.ab.ca) (Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Microsoft Visual Basic 5 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) (Paperback)
In a nutshell, the book lives up to it's name. Far from the content,the binding is coming apart for every page read. The author goes into structure and the basics for a good foundation to raise above and move to the next stage.I found no errors in the practice files, this says alot about how it was developed. Even though he doesn't talk about advanced programming techniques, this should come at no surprise since the book is designed for the newcomer in Visual Basic. Worth every penny. I will probably read another one of Michael books on the subject in the future.
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common dialog object, graphical command buttons, image box object, programming environment returns, following program statements, command event procedure, command button object, list box object, text box object, timer object, using program code, sizing pointer, menu list box, second command button, list box arrow, first command button, common dialog box, directory list box, adding artwork, drive list box, practice files, caption property, fundamental data types, burn barrel, standard module Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Menu Editor, Lucky Seven, Select Case, End Sub, Open Project, Private Sub, Object Browser, Click the Label, Insert Object, Hello World, One Step Further, Online Shopper, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows, View Code, Add Form, Option Base, Exit Sub, Form Layout, Forml Caption, Line Input, Microsoft Office, Quick Watch, Font Times New Roman New!
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common dialog object, graphical command buttons, image box object, programming environment returns, following program statements, command event procedure, command button object, list box object, text box object, timer object, using program code, sizing pointer, menu list box, second command button, list box arrow, first command button, common dialog box, directory list box, adding artwork, drive list box, practice files, caption property, fundamental data types, burn barrel, standard module Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Menu Editor, Lucky Seven, Select Case, End Sub, Open Project, Private Sub, Object Browser, Click the Label, Insert Object, Hello World, One Step Further, Online Shopper, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows, View Code, Add Form, Option Base, Exit Sub, Form Layout, Forml Caption, Line Input, Microsoft Office, Quick Watch, Font Times New Roman New!
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