In this lively, eye-opening, hands-on book, all you need is a computer and the desire to learn how to program with Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition. Featuring a full edition of the software, this fun and highly visual guide walks you through a complete programming project—a desktop weather-reporting application—from start to finish. You’ll get an introduction to the Microsoft Visual Studio® development environment and learn how to put the lightweight, easy-to-use tools in Visual Basic Express Edition to work right away—creating, compiling, testing, and delivering your first ready-to-use program. You’ll get expert tips, coaching, and visual examples at each step of the way, along with pointers to additional learning resources.

Patrice Pelland is a development lead at Microsoft with more than a dozen years of experience designing software. He is an experienced mentor and instructor of programmers at all skill levels. Patrice is the author of previous editions of this popular title: Microsoft Visual C#® 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now! And Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now!