Learning to Program with Visual Basic

by Craig A. Piercy and Patrick G. McKeown

Visual Basic has begun to replace COBOL as an introductory programming language due to its ease of use and the near universal move to the Windows operating system. McKeown and Piercy's text addresses... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471418625
• ISBN13: 9780471418627
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.7" x 11.1"

Customer Reviews

No knowledge required; lots of understanding gained

Without any knowledge of programming whatsoever, the reader learns the main programming aims (input, storage, evaluation, repetition, comparison/selection, and output) using Visual Basic as an example paradigm.A lot of hands-on exercises are provided throughout. A complete application is gradually developed through all the chapters, together with smaller applications which illustrate specific points.While the editing of the book leaves something to be desired (e.g., incomplete sentences, punctuation errors, occasional code inaccuracies), this is a very worthwhile book indeed. I highly recommend it for the author's lack of assumptions and obvious understanding of the beginner's needs.