>I'd like to recommend Visual Basic 2005 In a Nutshell for those who like learning a language by perusing an old style Language Reference manual. I find that is an efficient way to get a bird's eye view of the resources available. A surprising amount of info remains in your head that is tickled when the need arises.
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>So far there is no Visual Basic 2008 In a Nutshell at Amazon, but I plan to buy a couple when it comes out.
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>Alex
Just to throw out another recommendation : I find the Murach books, especially VB 2005 really well designed and easy to follow. They also have books for asp .net, SQL Server and ADO .net. Worth a look.
Charles Hankey
Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.
- Thomas Hardy
Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm-- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.
-- T. S. Eliot
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
- Ben Franklin
Pardon him, Theodotus. He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.
