A focused, step-by-step approach to Visual Basic for new programmers

What better way to get started with Visual Basic than with this essential Wrox beginner's guide? "Beginning Microsoft Visual Basic 2010" not only shows you how to write Windows applications, Web applications with ASP.NET, and Windows mobile and embedded CE apps with Visual Basic 2010, but you'll also get a thorough grounding in the basic nuts-and-bolts of writing good code.

You'll be exposed to the very latest VB tools and techniques with coverage of both the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 releases. Plus, the book walks you step-by-step through tasks, as you gradually master this exciting new release of Microsoft's popular and important programming language. Microsoft's Visual Basic is a frequent first language for new programmers; this clear, focused book walks you through the basics and gets you quickly productive in Visual Basic Features in-depth coverage of the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 releases, so you'll be learning the very latest VB tools and techniques Discusses flow control, data structure, Windows applications, dialog boxes, menus, error handing and debugging, and objects and object oriented techniques Covers class libraries, Windows Forms, graphics programming, accessing databases, Web programming with ASP.NET and Visual Basic, data access, SQL Server, ADO.NET, and XML

Launch your Visual Basic programming career the right way with this practical, thorough guide.