VB6 Tutorial?

[Piptol]

I'm looking for a downloadable VB6 tutorial, and preferably one that doesn't spend 10 pages explaining what an integer is

It seems if I want to get a decent job, VB is a very useful string to add to the bow, and should be pretty straight -forward after QB.

Awaiting your URLs, please

[toonski84]

if, and as you know qb well enough, it's really self explanitory. you have your form, you can place stuff on it, you have a main subroutine and subroutines that are automatically execute when events happen, like button1_mouseover and stuff. any basic stuff i left out such as individual properties, events and standard stuff can be resolved by vb's excellent help file, and the rest you wouldnt find in a specific tutorial.

so tell me, what kind of software are you supposed to make (or are you looking to make)?

[Piptol]

Hmm, I dunno but there's *loads* of jobs for VB coders (esp with SQL/ASP) and it's gotta be quicker to learn than C++ was/is Seems to be used a lot in banking/financial circles. One random job site, por ejemplo: http://www.it.jobserve.com/jobserve/sear...l+basic%22

How does it compare to QB speed wise? I've heard it's slower but surely the code has to be faster than that of a mid-80's 16-bit BASIC compiler??
[edit] Tsk, what am I talking about? This is Windows here, using a very high level OO language with many levels of abstraction. Silly me :roll: [/edit]

I've had a play with it, and it all seems a bit mickey mouse. If Disney designed a programming language, this would be it. But easy is never a bad thing...

On a completely different note: when are you going to show me the thing you said you would show me in the other thread?

[LooseCaboose]

What languages, tools and methodologies you should learn are based on what sort of job you want. If you want to be a software-engineer and work in large teams to develop large unstable software then learn C++, Java, UML and XML.

If on the other hand you want to working in small teams doing rapid development for web services and databases, learn VB, ASP, SQL, .NET, C#, XML and PHP.

If you want to do open source development start learning UNIX, bash, cvs, shell tools and LaTeX.

The best way to get a job doing any form of programming seems to be to have some solid examples of your abilities (any old QB stuff isnt a bad start as it shows you can develop a complete product), but put together a website showcasing some of what you can do with the technologies you learn.

I've had a play with it (VB6), and it all seems a bit mickey mouse. If Disney designed a programming language, this would be it.

Haha, that one is definitely going into my .sig collection.

On a completely different note: when are you going to show me the thing you said you would show me in the other thread?

And that is just way to dodgy, who is moderating this forum? :rotfl:

[relsoft]

Pip, VB ain't that hard. I've spent 5 dollars on a book(teach yourself vb4 in 21 days) and in 3 days,I've successfully recoded my address book. :*)

So if ya know QB, VB is a cinch.

[Piptol]

Caoobse: Well, I've already been working in telecoms software development for 18 month writing.. um, well large unstable software I guess Unfortunately we used a proprietory (sp?) language called BT Coral (a bit like C but clumsier) so when I lost my job, I didn't have a huge amount of re-employment potential on my CV ("BT Coral? QBasic? Get outta here!") I also know C++ and have dabbled with Java, but without solid commercial experience I'm finding it tough to land a decent job. Hope the situation is better in NZ, cos here the market is pretty flooded right now.

As for the 'show me..' thing - no comment!

Rel: I guessed it was easy, I just don't want to fork out £20+ on a book that assumed I didn't know how to turn the computer on I've found some online lecture notes which should be useful. As I'm in town today I might try find a 'Learn VB in 47 seconds' ..