Wiley Beginning Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 978-0-470-19134-7 User Manual
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Welcome to
V isual Basic 2008
This is an exciting time to enter the world of programming with Visual Basic 2008 and Windows
Vista. Windows Vista represents the first Windows operating system upgrade since Windows XP
was first released in 2002. A lot has changed in the Windows user interface and Visual Basic 2008
makes it easy to write professional - looking Windows applications as well as web applications and
web services. Haven ’ t upgraded to Windows Vista yet? No worries, Visual Basic 2008 also allows
you to write professional - looking applications for Windows XP as well.
Vista. Windows Vista represents the first Windows operating system upgrade since Windows XP
was first released in 2002. A lot has changed in the Windows user interface and Visual Basic 2008
makes it easy to write professional - looking Windows applications as well as web applications and
web services. Haven ’ t upgraded to Windows Vista yet? No worries, Visual Basic 2008 also allows
you to write professional - looking applications for Windows XP as well.
The goal of this book is to help you use the Visual Basic 2008 programming language, even if you
have never programmed before. You will start slowly and build on what you have learned in
subsequent chapters. So take a deep breath, let it out slowly, and tell yourself you can do this.
No sweat! No kidding!
have never programmed before. You will start slowly and build on what you have learned in
subsequent chapters. So take a deep breath, let it out slowly, and tell yourself you can do this.
No sweat! No kidding!
Programming a computer is a lot like teaching a child to tie his shoes. Until you find the correct
way of giving the instructions, not much is accomplished. Visual Basic 2008 is a language you can
use to tell your computer how to do things. But, like a child, the computer will understand only if
you explain things very clearly. If you have never programmed before, this sounds like an arduous
task, and sometimes it can be. However, Visual Basic 2008 gives you an easy - to - use language to
explain some complex tasks. Although it never hurts to have an understanding of what is
happening at the lowest levels, Visual Basic 2008 frees the programmer from having to deal with
the mundane complexities of writing Windows applications. You are free to concentrate on solving
real problems.
way of giving the instructions, not much is accomplished. Visual Basic 2008 is a language you can
use to tell your computer how to do things. But, like a child, the computer will understand only if
you explain things very clearly. If you have never programmed before, this sounds like an arduous
task, and sometimes it can be. However, Visual Basic 2008 gives you an easy - to - use language to
explain some complex tasks. Although it never hurts to have an understanding of what is
happening at the lowest levels, Visual Basic 2008 frees the programmer from having to deal with
the mundane complexities of writing Windows applications. You are free to concentrate on solving
real problems.
Visual Basic 2008 helps you create solutions that run on the Microsoft Windows operating systems,
such as Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Mobile 6. If you are looking at this
book, you might have already felt the need or desire to create such programs. Even if you have
never written a computer program before, as you progress through the Try It Out exercises in this
book, you will become familiar with the various aspects of the Visual Basic 2008 language, as well
as its foundations in the Microsoft .NET Framework. You will find that it is not nearly as difficult
as you had imagined. Before you know it, you will feel quite comfortable creating a variety of
different types of programs with Visual Basic 2008.
such as Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Mobile 6. If you are looking at this
book, you might have already felt the need or desire to create such programs. Even if you have
never written a computer program before, as you progress through the Try It Out exercises in this
book, you will become familiar with the various aspects of the Visual Basic 2008 language, as well
as its foundations in the Microsoft .NET Framework. You will find that it is not nearly as difficult
as you had imagined. Before you know it, you will feel quite comfortable creating a variety of
different types of programs with Visual Basic 2008.
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