Start Here! Learn Microsoft Visual Basic 2012

by Michael Halvorson

Ready to learn Microsoft® Visual Basic®? Start Here! Learn the fundamentals of modern programming with Visual Basic 2012—and begin building your first Windows 8 apps for the desktop. If you have absolutely no previous experience with Visual Basic, no problem—simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and techniques through easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and exercises. Here’s where you start learning Visual Basic

336 pages, Paperback

First published December 5, 2012

About the author

Michael Halvorson has written more than 35 books, including the popular Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Step by Step, Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Step by Step, Microsoft Office XP Inside Out, and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Step by Step. A former Visual Basic localization manager at Microsoft, Michael is an associate professor at Pacific Lutheran University. His current work is in Visual Studio; he is also writing a book on the history of innovation in Western societies. [Source: O'Reilly Media author site]

Reviews

[Rock · Rating 4 out of 5]

I took an online Intro to Programming class shortly before reading this book, and I wish I had just read this book instead. The book does a much better job than the class did in connecting the aspects of programming for Visual Studio to larger concepts in programming. The example projects in the book are absolutely terrible, though -- don't read this thinking you'll have some good starter projects when you're done.