Teach Yourself Visual Basic: version 4 [Paperback]

Bob Albrecht (Author), Karl Albrecht (Author)

Book Description

Series: Teach Yourself | Publication Date: December 1995

Visual Basic is the version of BASIC used for Windows programming. It is utilized as a user interface builder for many applications. This book employs a teach-yourself approach to mastering programming in Visual Basic, and is designed for both new and experienced programmers. It is divided into 15-minutes-a-day exercises to aid learning; furthermore, each chapter begins with a review skills check and ends with a mastery skills check. The "Teach Yourself" series uses the following formula to ensure a reader's comprehension: chapter objectives which highlight topics to be covered in each chapter; concrete examples of concepts; exercises based on real-life programming situations; keyword lists in every chapter; and mastery-skills check to ensure a reader's comprehension before moving on.

Product Details

• Paperback: 494 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media (December 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0078820782
• ISBN-13: 978-0078820786
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,639,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For absolute beginners, this is the best book I've read, July 5, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Teach Yourself Visual Basic: version 4 (Paperback)

I teach Visual Basic at several colleges, universities, and computer tech schools. For absolute beginners, this book is the best I've seen so far.

My 9 year old son is producing legitimate Visual Basic applications based on a reading of this book. The end of chapter exercises are superb mechanisms for reinforcing the objectives of the chapter.

In short, this is the first book a beginner should read when attempting to teach themselves Visual Basic.

Of course, no one or one thing is perfect. What my students clamor for more than anything else in an introductory text is at least at cursory look at the data control. Asking the students to spend 30 to 40 class hours without accessing a piece of data external to the program is a little much. This needs to be handled in any introductory text.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GGRREEEAATT BOOK(for beginers), January 22, 1999

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This review is from: Teach Yourself Visual Basic: version 4 (Paperback)

This book is tremendous for beginners.I still have 2 more chapers left to go and I've already created many proggrams. This is a great start. The author makes it very simple and easy to understand so it's actually fun to learn and to exparament with all of the exercises at the end of each lesson. I deffinitly recommend this book!