Your VB Career
If you want to remodel yourself as a VB Pro, here are a number of recommended publications:
Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 - ISBN 0-7356-0558-0 - from Microsoft Press - This book is great for OOP and all the advanced stuff.
Developing User Interfaces for Microsoft Windows - ISBN 0-7356-0586-6 - from Microsoft Press -This book provides an excellent overview on creating sensible UIs for Windows.
Advanced VB 6 - ISBN 1-57231-893-7 - from Microsoft Press - This book is great for learning the advanced features packed in VB 6.
Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures: MCSD Training Kit for Exam 70-100 - ISBN 0-7356-0854-7 - from Microsoft Press (Ed: are you on commission here, Dax?) - If you wanna be an MCSD, this one is tops
Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 MCSD Training Kit - ISBN 0-7356-0620-X - from Microsoft Press - again, a great MCSD book
Distributed Applications for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 MCSD Training Kit - ISBN 0-7356-0833-4 - from Microsoft Press If you're ready for some heavy duty VB, you'll feel at home with this publication!
Programming Distributed Applications with COM and MS Visual Basic 6.0 - ISBN 1-57231-961-5 - from Microsoft Press (Ed: Dax too many Microsoft Press plugs. You're fired) - The title of this book should be "advanced death" it's a toughie topic, not for beginners or intermediate dweebs! But great if you're gonna go into COM
VB World Articles - ISBN: <D'OH!> - The best place for everything VB! ;)
And here is a list of recommended business tools and titles:
Microsoft Small Business Tools (provided in MS Office 2000 Premium)
Bernard B. Kamoroff's "Small Time Operator: How to Start Your Own Small Business, Keep Your Books, Pay Your Taxes, and Stay Out of Trouble!" 22nd Ed. Bell Springs Publishing, 1997 - ISBN 0-91751-014-3 - The ultimate in learning the ropes of small business.
Paul Hawken's "Growing A Business". Fireside, 1988 - ISBN 0-67167-164-2 - The very best in business philosophy. Highly recommended.
The E-Commerce Tool Shed - A free downloadable e-book for e-commerce. Nice to read and learn.
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This article was originally published on November 22, 2002