New To VB.Net
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Well, I would suggest buying a starter book on VB.NET (there's a Microsoft Press one called VB.NET Step by Step - I've got the C# one and it does cover the basics quite well). There might be tutorials on the net too, but I've found that to learn a new language, it's best to buy a book on the subject :-) What these starter books will show you are the "building blocks" of the language - how programs break down into expressions and statements. VB.NET is fairly straight forward in this respect - the "building blocks" are easy to remember and aren't particularly complicated. As you learn the language - try different things out. If you get really stuck, ask questions on the specific problem you have here - and if you can provide simple code that demonstrates the problem you have, and what you thought it should do, even better. Once you've gained a familiarity with some of the language, try to write your own programs from scratch. Do you have any prior programming experience? -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky
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Have you programmed with other tools before? Do you have a specific type of application in mind to develop? I think looking for tutorials and vb.net books is a good place to start - then give yourself a simple application to build and build it. Start with a Hello World example, then go from there. There are tons of documents and sites on the web that offer vb.net help. CodeProject.com is a good one - when you run into a specific problem, post the question in the vb.net forum. Here are links to the QuickStart tutorials for Windows Forms and ASP.NET -- http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/winforms/[^] http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/aspplus/[^] And here are some other links to tutorial sites: http://www.w3schools.com[^] http://www.vbdotnetheaven.com/Sections/Tutorials.asp[^] http://www.devarticles.com/cats/12/[^] You could also look at the Microsoft certified courses. Is there a training provider in your area?