"rowe_newsgroups" wrote:

> On May 1, 8:45 pm, Peter <P***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > 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
>
>

"Peter" <Pe***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote 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?

On May 2, 9:23 am, "eBob.com" <faken***@totallybogus.com> wrote:
> 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.com> wrote in message
>
> news:D9AFB2B5-D3BE-463A-BE5D-452AE4E59F7F@microsoft.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?

"rowe_newsgroups" <rowe_em***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On May 2, 9:23 am, "eBob.com" <faken***@totallybogus.com> wrote:
>> 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.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:D9AFB2B5-D3BE-463A-BE5D-452AE4E59F7F@microsoft.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
>