"weight gain 2000" wrote:

> Hello all!
>
> I'm looking for a very good book for an absolute beginner on
> VB.net or VB 2005 with emphasis on databases. What would you
> reccommend?
>
> Thanks!
>
>

"weight gain 2000" wrote:

> Kerry Moorman wrote:
>
> > weight gain 2000,
> >
> > Are you an experienced database programmer but an absolute
> > beginner with the particular tool, VB2005?
> >
> > Or have you never written a line of code in any language?
> >
> > Kerry Moorman
>
> The person I'm willing to buy this book for has absolutely no
> programming experience (well, maybe he did a bit of fortran as
> part of his undergraduate courses but I consider this no
> experience at all, and he admits not remembering anything at
> all). He just wants to learn an easy way to program database
> stuff (hence VB 2005 + databases)...
>
> So, I'm looking for a good introductory book for him.
>
> If your experience suggests something else, feel free to correct
> me
>

> weight gain 2000,
>
> In my opinion, your friend really needs to take one or two
> introductory courses at a community/technical/undergraduate
> college.
>
> The courses should cover the fundamental concepts of program
> design and development that are common to all programming
> languages:
>
> Algorithms
> Variables
> Sequence
> Selection
> Repetition
> Code organization using procedures
> Elementary data structures, such as arrays and structures
> Code organization using classes and objects
> Collections
>
> I think an introductory course in database design is also very
> important, even for experienced programmers who need to design
> a database structure as part of their coding projects.
>
> With this fundamental background as context, it might then be
> possible to pick up specific Visual Basic skills from a book.
>
> Kerry Moorman