Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Programming for the Absolute Beginner (For the Absolute Beginner)

Written for the beginning programmer with little to no prior programming experience, Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Programming for the Absolute Beginner teaches programming skills using Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition as a foundation language. Written in a straight-forward style, using a games-based approach that makes learning beginning-level programming fun and easy, Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Programming for the Absolute Beginner is the perfect introductory programming book.

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good begining book

this is my second book on visual basic . the first was microsoft's build a program now . This book though is very thorough explaining away my questions as they built up in my mind . I would recommend this for anyone who is interested if programming is right for them either as a hobby or a career . It has a lot of easy to follow programs . I chose to type them myself and found errors that were actually very challenging to fix but was able to find them . There were a few code errors in the later chapters of the 2005 version book. But over all a very fun and challenging book.

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Not so Basic
Very good introduction to Visual Basic. However, this book might be overwhelming for the `Absolute Beginner.` If the user of the book has an aptitude for programming they will enjoy it; if they bought this because they are truly an absolute beginner and need to learn a little programming it might not work for them.

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A Unique Approach To Learning Visual Basic
This has got to be one of the best out there to get you going with Visual Basic. A unique approach that spoon feeds a beginner the process of developing and building a visual basic program. Jerry Lee Ford teaches you from the ground up and in a very simple way. You will be proficient following his lessons and examples. Wow. very impressive!

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Review
This is at the crux of what I need to do. Whilst it is an excellent beginners guide, it would benefit from a glossary of commands and another chapter stepping through linking to and populating other office applications.

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VB Express
I found that the express verion of Visual Studio 2005 the to be a really nice product at a great value (free!). Because the `Express` version does not include all of the functionality the full version has, I found non-express books and online tutorials and other information frustrating. `Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Programming for the Absolute Beginner (For the Absolute Beginner)` fills the void quite nicely. The examples are interesting and easy to understand. I look forward to an intermediate version that goes to the next level of what the `Express` version can do.