Sam,
Im teaching myself vb.net,
I purchased 3 books in the begining,
learn vb in 24 hours
learn vb in 21 days
and a book that the local college uses to teach its students.
I use google and this newsgroup more than any of them.
The books only go so far in their examples. ( basic ones ).
The only thing the books are for are the basic descriptions of Classes and
Objects and stuff.
( That was helpful for me cause i used a language that had neither ). But
other than that,
if i want to try something in vb.net the first thing i do is go to google
and type in
"how do i xxxxxxxx in vb.net "
and i get the answers i need within the first 3 clicks or in its newsgroup
searches it did.
The biggest problem I have is trying to figure out what the commands are in
vb.net and what
to know to put in as a reference ( when to know ) and what and when to know
to use an "imports" .
Me, knowing basic Javascript, and taking C and C++ and C# and a bunch of
other progs in school way back
in the late 90's, the books are really for basic reference.
I wouldnt go looking to purchase a book until the net or this newsgroup cant
help out. They are handy to have
but there is no need to get even 3 like i did. 1 would have been
sufficient.
Another thing i do is - If i do ask something on teh newsgroup here, I have
already searched for it on google,
( checked my books where i dont expect an answer ) ...and i dont always
expect an answer here.
Just an html link of where to go look and read up on what i need to learn.
I did keep a list of all my links i use for vb.net references...here they
are...but google search always #1
====== my links i have stored for references and examples ========
http://www.devcity.net/
http://www.vbdotnetforums.com/
http://www.freevbcode.com/
http://www.vbdotnetheaven.com/
http://www.vb-helper.com/
http://msconline.maconstate.edu/Tutorials/VBNET/
http://www.vbforums.com/
http://www.vb-tips.com/ <- a good one Cor and Ken do a lot of postings
here too
http://www.zarr.net/vb/
======
Welcome to the newbie club.
Miro