Learning programming using VB.NET
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I am an experienced VB.NET programmer who has a 13 year old son who wants to learn to program during the summer. Having been homeschooled for several years he is good at independent learning. Does anyone have any good recommendations for books, web-based classes, video tutorials, etc. that do a good job of teaching beginning programming using VB.NET? He could study it during the day, and then I could tutor him after I get home from work. FYI, he is an A student and learns quickly. Mark Kettlewell
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I am an experienced VB.NET programmer who has a 13 year old son who wants to learn to program during the summer. Having been homeschooled for several years he is good at independent learning. Does anyone have any good recommendations for books, web-based classes, video tutorials, etc. that do a good job of teaching beginning programming using VB.NET? He could study it during the day, and then I could tutor him after I get home from work. FYI, he is an A student and learns quickly. Mark Kettlewell
Hi Mark, I just purchased and finished reading this book Mastering Visual Basic.NET[^] from Sybex. The coding starts out very basic and moves through VS.NET and the VB.NET classes. The coding may be just barely over his head at 13, but if he's making A's in school I'm sure the reading context is right at his level. Otherwise, I have read several of the "Dummy" series of books relating to VB.NET, ASP.NET and Database technology, all of which where great reads because the content is almost humorous but can teach even the most veteran of us a few things here and there. Hope this helps! Scott Page
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I am an experienced VB.NET programmer who has a 13 year old son who wants to learn to program during the summer. Having been homeschooled for several years he is good at independent learning. Does anyone have any good recommendations for books, web-based classes, video tutorials, etc. that do a good job of teaching beginning programming using VB.NET? He could study it during the day, and then I could tutor him after I get home from work. FYI, he is an A student and learns quickly. Mark Kettlewell
*sigh* I was hoping to recommend you learn C#.... The best thing to give him is the URL to this site, and a decent book. If he can ask you questions, and ask them here, then he should be right. Video tutorials/web based classes are a waste of time for anyone with more than 3 brain cells IMO. MSDN samples are another good place to start. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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Hi Mark, I just purchased and finished reading this book Mastering Visual Basic.NET[^] from Sybex. The coding starts out very basic and moves through VS.NET and the VB.NET classes. The coding may be just barely over his head at 13, but if he's making A's in school I'm sure the reading context is right at his level. Otherwise, I have read several of the "Dummy" series of books relating to VB.NET, ASP.NET and Database technology, all of which where great reads because the content is almost humorous but can teach even the most veteran of us a few things here and there. Hope this helps! Scott Page
Thank you very much! Mark Mark Kettlewell
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*sigh* I was hoping to recommend you learn C#.... The best thing to give him is the URL to this site, and a decent book. If he can ask you questions, and ask them here, then he should be right. Video tutorials/web based classes are a waste of time for anyone with more than 3 brain cells IMO. MSDN samples are another good place to start. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
Thanks. As a matter of fact, I do know C# and can develop with it. Before .NET I have about 10 years experience teaching and developing in C++. However, for various reasons, I simply prefer VB.NET - just as some prefer Mac's or Windows environments. I have never used a video tutorial, so I appreciate your warning. Mark Mark Kettlewell
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Hi Mark, I just purchased and finished reading this book Mastering Visual Basic.NET[^] from Sybex. The coding starts out very basic and moves through VS.NET and the VB.NET classes. The coding may be just barely over his head at 13, but if he's making A's in school I'm sure the reading context is right at his level. Otherwise, I have read several of the "Dummy" series of books relating to VB.NET, ASP.NET and Database technology, all of which where great reads because the content is almost humorous but can teach even the most veteran of us a few things here and there. Hope this helps! Scott Page
I recomand you to begin learning C# because it is more strong,security and logical language then VB.NET.... I was been programmiming in vb.net but i paste in C#. here is one link http://www.projectw.org here u have to register and search for books, applications, and much things. I hope this helps to you.
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Thanks. As a matter of fact, I do know C# and can develop with it. Before .NET I have about 10 years experience teaching and developing in C++. However, for various reasons, I simply prefer VB.NET - just as some prefer Mac's or Windows environments. I have never used a video tutorial, so I appreciate your warning. Mark Mark Kettlewell
Kettlewell wrote: I have never used a video tutorial, so I appreciate your warning. A video tutorial is like a teacher you can't ask questions :-) And online classes aren't going to offer any more than posting questions here will, IMO. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++