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IT Specialist Resources: Visual Basic

The resources in this guide are available through the library.

Visual Basic

Visual Basic (VB.Net) is an easier to learn programming language developed by Microsoft. It is based off of the BASIC programming language.

Visual Basic is a common first language for those learning programming. It is even incorporated into Microsoft Office in the form of Visual Basic for Applications, or VBA.

Here is a list of library resources to help you learn VB. There is also a section for Python (another popular and easy programming language).

VB Books

These items on VB are available to be checked out from the NSCC Library.

VB Videos

There are a lot of video tutorials for VB on the web. Here are a few of them (including one for VBA).

Visual Basic Tutorial 2017 by Derek Banas. First in series

Visual Basic Fundamentals for Absolute Beginners by Learn4Startup. 9 hrs long.

Excel Visual Basic (VBA) for Beginners by Tiger Spreadsheet Solutions. Part 1 of 4 on Visual Basic for Applications.

VB Cheat Sheets

Here are a couple of VB Cheat Sheets to help you with VB syntax and structure.

Coding Guys - this one is multiple pages

Dream in Code - one page quick reference sheet

OverAPI - 4 pages, over 2 pages are controls with their properties/events/methods listed

Python

Python

Python is a very popular and easy to learn computer programming language. Here are a resources if you are interested in learning more about Python.

Book

eBook

 

Cheat Sheet

Beginners Python Cheat Sheet from Python Crash Course (another eBook available here)

VB Tutorials

The following online tutorials have a number of lessons that you can work through to help you understand your course work.

Tutorial Point VB.Net tutorial

VB Tutor

Coding Guys VB.Net tutorial

Home and Learn VB.Net tutorial

VB eBooks

The library has a subscription to the eBook platform Safari books. Safari has many Visual Basic related eBooks. 

You can access the entire Safari books catalog by going to this link. You will need to sign in with your school email address.

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