Wrox's Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Starter Kit

The practical, task-oriented approach, along with numerous tips, tricks, and additional techniques, all help to get you up to speed on the most important Visual Basic 2005 concepts and information. In no time, you'll be able to take control of your programming, apply what you've learned in real world scenarios, and get quick results.

What you will learn from this book

• How to install Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition and then navigate around the environment
• Various details about the user interface, event programming, and accessing data
• Ways to write proper programming code by creating additional features for your applications
• How Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition makes XML processing, data encryption, and notification dialogs smoother processes

Who this book is for

This book is for first-time programmers who are are ready to begin creating their own customized applications with Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. No prior programming experience is necessary.

Wrox's Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Starter Kit gives you the software tools you need to get started. It also provides structured tutorials that walk you through all the techniques you need to begin programming right away. The accompanying CD-ROM includes:

• Microsoft(r) Visual Basic 2005(r)Express Edition
• Microsoft(r) MSDN(r)2005 Express Edition
• Microsoft(r) SQL ServerTM 2005 Express Edition

Andrew Parsons has been programming with the Basic language for more than 20 years and with Visual Basic for the last eight years. He has experience with more than a dozen programming languages but keeps coming back to the Basic language because of its easy-to-understand syntax and the powerful features found in the modern versions, and he believes that Visual Basic is the best language to program in no matter what your level of experience.
Andrew has written several books and technical articles about Visual Basic for magazines in Australia and New Zealand and is constantly improving his own skills in Visual Basic with ongoing programming work with companies such as Quicken Software (associated with Intuit Inc.) and APS. When he’s not writing code for other people, or books to help people learn how to program effectively, he serves as editor of MSDN Magazine, Australia and New Zealand, and still finds time to write add-ins for Microsoft Office at GrayMatter Software (www.graymatter.com.au).
You can contact Andrew at andrewp@parsonsdesigns.com.