Teach Yourself Visual Basic 5 in 24 Hours

Mr. Perry patiently explains the fundamental concepts of VB5 for the beginning VB5 programmer with no prior experience. Each chapter ends with a helpful quiz and hands-on exercises, some of which depend upon sample programs that are included with retail versions of VB5. One gets the impression that Mr. Perry has had experience teaching VB5 beginners, since he clarifies many points that confuse beginners, but which VB5 gurus often take for granted. The prospective reader should note that mastery of the VB5 programming language requires significant time and effort. As a beginning VB5 programmer, I have found Mr. Perry's book to be a helpful first step.

This is really the best book, if you are an absolute beginner just like me. I know nothing about Visual Basic or for that matter any other Visual Language on Windows. But I am fairly well versed with programming languages. With that information I read this book over a period of three days and am very comfortable in building my own application (a little one ofcourse). It does not have too many examples for you learn to become a master of the subject that that is not what this book is meant for.The flow of the book was very smooth. The language is excellent and Greg Perry is simply the best in teaching the beginner.

Look, bottom line here - for $19, it's a great INTRODUCTORY book, end of discussion. In this case, you get much more than you pay for, including some exercises on a CD (including a copy of the CC Edition of Visual Basic, so you don't have to go out and spend $200+ on a full version) and 24 very well thought out chapters. I had never seen visual basic before and just wanted to get an idea of what it is. I don't do any programming - I'm just learning this for "fun". If you want to learn visual basic, get this book - it's be the best $19 you can spend.

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If you're a beginning programmer, this is an excellent book. Mr. Perry breaks down the basics into easy to understand chapters. If you want a solid start in Visual Basic, this book is an excellent choice. (There are some examples missing on the CD, but for the most part the examples are very good)