Visual Basic is a Microsoft product, so the Web site at msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic is a good place to get technical information. According to many VB programmers, the most useful site is Carl & Gary's Visual Basic Home Page (www.cgvb.com). Carl & Gary's site includes links, articles, and downloads. Another Web page specially targeted at beginning VB programmers is Gary Beene's Visual Basic Information Center at www.vbinformation.com.

You can learn to program by downloading a Visual Basic Self-Study Tutorial from TegoSoft, Inc., at www.tego.com/Items/LearnVisualBasicFast/LearnVBFast.htm. You'll find another tutorial at the Visual Basic Palace (home.computer.net/~mheller/hints.html). For news about the latest VB components and programming techniques, programmers like the DevX site (www.vb-zone.com) and the Visual Basic Online Magazine site (www.vbonline.com/vb-mag). The Visual Basic Programmer's Journal is the standard paper-based reference resource for Visual Basic programmers, and you can link to its subscription site at the DevX site.