Review

Although finding and reading a good Visual Basic book is an excellent start to ones Visual Basic career, I cannot over emphasize how important it is to get ones hands on a copy of the Visual Basic compiler. With both the book and the compiler you can quickly become comfortable with the Visual Basic Development Environment by typing in some of the source code in the book and test running it for yourself. Eventually, when you feel comfortable with your knowledge of Visual Basic you can begin writing and running your own programs. Visual Basic Deluxe Learning Edition will allow you to do just that. This book/software package comes with two excellent books from Microsoft Press. One of the books is, "Microsoft Visual Basic 6 Step by Step". This is an excellent VB beginner book which I have reviewed on this web site. The second book is "Microsoft Visual Basic 6 Programmer's Guide". A comprehensive reference book which you can use to look up just about anything about Visual Basic. For those of you who enjoy learning interactively, an interactive multimedia training course on CD-ROM is included. I went through it myself and found it very informative. Taking this course allows you to learn at your own pace. Finally, and most importantly, a copy of the Visual Basic 6.0 Learning Edition compiler on CD-ROM is included. As I mentioned above, a copy of the compiler is essential to mastering any programming language. The only way to truly master Visual Basic is by eventually writing your own applications.