Visual Basic in easy steps: Covers Visual Basic 2015

I have mixed feelings about this book. It's great for beginners, with step-by-step instructions. It doesn't confuse the beginner by covering advanced topics. However, it would be helpful to cover more on the topic of strings.After you read this book you'll probably want to get a book that goes into more detail on the material covered here.The greatest help for me was the chapter on databases. Most books on VB.NET tell you about the structure of databases, etc., but none that I have read so far tell you how to actually create one in your application. This book shows you step-by-step, in plain English.In summary, the book is great for those just getting into VB.NET and for those who want to know how to create and incorporate a database into their application.

I like it but I feel like need to show more example .

Way too general, not enough detail

Great introduction and a nice section on data bases.

Very easy to follow.

Just starting out with programing - there is a lot to these simple, easy to read books. Liked it so much , I checked out PYTHON. Well organized.

Simple and easy to learn VB

Great refresher!

Visual Basic is a complex language with many different ways of achieving the same goal. This book is probably okay for the absolute beginner to the language or to programming in general - and in that respect I would recommend it, otherwise I would probably have rated it with less than 5 stars. I'm not a newcomer to programming and read this book from cover to cover in a couple of hours without really learning anything new - just slightly different. Not really a book you can dip into at leisure but for the novice using it as a workbook it is a great introduction.

Great book; well written, excellent stage by stage descriptions to get you to the result without excessive in-depth technical detail - I can look that up later- and getting programs/apps up and running quickly to give you the buzz of achievement encourages further reading. Plus a first in that this has been the only book that has enabled me to get a database and SQL running on my PC. Highly recommended for beginners and intermediate developers. Many thanks to Mike McGrath.

Big fan of this series. Mike McGrath always delivers a no-nonsense beginners guide and this is no exception. It won't turn you into a VB expert, but it'll get you started and not confuse you - unlike some other books! The layout is clear and easy to follow and the examples are useful. You could probably work you way through it in a weekend fairly easily, although I did a little every evening spread out over two weeks.

This book is very easy to follow, "in easy steps "layout is much better than the for dummies series it is printed in color and printed on better quality paper well wort the money will buy more in the series

I bought this to replace an earlier version I had and had recently replaced my computer and was having trouble finding Visual Basic Express to download.This book did all this and brought me up to date with VBE.Make sure you buy 4th Edition or maybe soon 5th edition to be really up to date!