Need some Advice please!!

[struntz]

Hello,

I have read 2 books on Visual Basic 6.0,the books weren't bad they were pretty big around 600 on the first one and 900 on the second book and i have been reading and trying to learn visual basic by myself for about a year now i am 14 years old so thats why i am not in collage yet hah, but i was wondering what i should do to make it easier for me to get a grip on Visual Basic when i open the IDE and i want to make a program my mind just goes blank and all the information i have just doesn't work out to make a program that really does anything, . . .is there any kinds of Demo projects or anything that can help me make sense of it all? if so please tell me! thanks for your time.


Struntz

Start with answering the questions:
What do I want my program to do?
How do I want users to use my program?
How can I do that in VB (or another language)?

You don't have to "launch" the IDE until you have an idea why you launched it.

Check out http://home.about.com/compute/programming/index.htm?PM=62_806_T
and http://visualbasic.about.com/compute/programming/visualbasic/mbody.htm?PM=62_910_T
and http://visualbasic.about.com/compute/programming/visualbasic/msubtutorialbeg.htm

I'll leave with the MS question:
What do you want to program today? -- Or something like that.

[struntz]

Thanks for your time!
i'll check it out

[Lyla]

One more thing:

Remember The old saying:

IF YOU DON'T USE IT YOU LOSE IT.

Personally, I found that to be 100% True with programing. So, reading only wouldn't help.

Good Luck.



[This message has been edited by Lyla (edited 11-15-1999).]

[Bob Baddeley]

there are books? =) I'm just learning by doing (and screwing up). Books are great, but unless you just jump in and do it, reading manuals is a waste of time.

[struntz]

If anyone has any GOOD Sample Code or Sample Project WEB sites please e-mail me them thanks for everything!

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Cory Sanchez
Young Student
ICQ#: 18640149

[jritchie]

Try www.planet-scource.com (http://www.planet-scource.com)

The site has good demo projects/code snippets on almost any vb requirement

[jritchie]

Ok the address is really
www.planet-source-code.com (http://www.planet-source-code.com)

[jritchie]

Things are just falling apart today
www.planetsourcecode.com (http://www.planetsourcecode.com)

[lumin]

isnt both of the url's working ? im always using www.planet-source-code.com (http://www.planet-source-code.com)


-Lumin

[struntz]

Thanks everyone i checked the site out it has alot of good Demo's for me to learn off of . . .

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Cory Sanchez
Young Student
ICQ#: 18640149

[SteveCRM]

Hi, I'm fourteen also,(well...I will be in February.) I found that a class is the best way. I know it is very hard to find a class on VB but I HIGHLY recommend taking one. If you have a question, someone is there to answer it. Teachers can also explain what things mean. In a book you really need to tear at the code to try and understand what each line of code really means. I've only taken one class, then just fidle with it, ask some questions here, and use the help files every once and a while. That's all I did.


Steve

[Gimpster]

Ya know, Struntz, it's good that you have read all those books and everything, but it seems to me that even after spending all that time reading and learning a great deal of information, you only want to steal code--cut and paste your application together. If that's all you're doing, then it was a total waste of time for you to read those books. Try writing a program on your own. Don't ask any questions, and don't copy any code. Even if it's just a simple program that performs some basic math calculations, who cares. At least it'll be an application that you made entirely from the knowledge you have in your head. It's like that old saying "You have to learn to walk before you can run." Well, it's the same thing here, don't try to do anything too big, just start small and as your confidence in your abilities increases, you'll find that your apps become more and more complex, and also more professional looking. Good luck to you, it sounds like you've got a lot of good potential.

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Ryan
corneslen@hotmail.com
ICQ# 47799046

[struntz]

Steve i can't find any class that will teach me that . . . if i could i would . . . the only place i know where to get any programming teachings is like totally stupid becuase its not what i am interested in . .its like keeping keep of data and there is this one that is totaly lame . . it just teaches u all the office applications like Word 2000,PowerPoint,Excel but what use would that do u if u have nothing to put it to work with like excel . . . u don't know any vb to make a database just make one and leave it like that . . .i think its a waste of 4 years and it will be harder to get into collage becuase its a Jeff Tech School for people taht do stuff with machines and sthings like that . . .
gimpster:
How can i not use code the books tell me . ..if some book tells me a way to open a .txt files and paste them to a textBox what am i suppose to do modifiy it? if u odn't ask questions u can't i understand what u are saying though . . . i try and make programs myself but when i get stuck i look at the book once more and find the answer and use it or i ask on here. I wouldn't call "stealing" its not like i am calling it my own. the book gives samples to use and iuse them and then i add them to other applicaitons to make them work as i want them.

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Cory Sanchez
Young Student
ICQ#: 18640149