Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Deluxe Learning Edition (Pro-Developer)

This is a great book easy to follow. Comes with everything you need to get started learning to program in VB.

I purchased the Deluxe Learning Edition and am very pleased with what I got. I was a little nervous ordering it at first because of the previous reviews stating that the bundle did not include all of the disks. My package did contain ALL the necessary disks. My box contained 6 disks: 1) Visual Basic.Net Standard Disk 2) Visual Studio.Net Development Environment Disk 3) Complete MSDN Library 3-Disk Set 4) Visual Basic.Net... Read Full Review

Microsoft was able to supply the MSDN disks quickly. This package is worth the price because I couldn't find the software alone for less than $150 CDN. A little work to get the whole thing, but still a bargain.

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Deluxe Learning Edition provides everything you need to start developing powerful applications for the new .NET platform.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 software/compiler. With both the book and Visual Basic .NET software you can quickly... Read Full Review

A lot of VB.NET books on the market jump straight into the deep end and assume you have a VB6 programming background. This one does not - it covers stuff that is essential to do most things as well as some other cool features.