Most developers later find they want to supliment their knowledge with additional books that cover more specific aspects such as database integration, networking, user interfaces and more, but this book is an excellent place to start.

The author, Paul Vick, works for Microsoft, and helped design VB .Net and he makes very clever use of examples and after reading it you will have many of your questions answered.

The main focus of this book is the core language itself rather than confusing beginners with a specific development environment. It covers the basic and complex data types, operators, and exception handling.

About half the book is a clear, example-driven explanation of object-orientation under VB.NET. An appendix deals with difference between the old Component Object Model (COM) and the new Common Language Runtime (CLR).

(Paperback)
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