Where do I start?

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Where do I start the jurney to web development and VB.NET?

I have Visual Studio .Net 2003 Professional (Will Install it Tonight).

What is the best book to introduce a beginner to modern programming (objects, classes, web, etc). Is there a "From the scratch aproach" or something of the like?

Thank you again.

Luis Hernandez
Bronx, NY.First get "The Idoits Guide to Programming" (or something similar) which isn't language specific, it's just a general overview on programming techniques.

Then get one of those "Teach Yourself C# (or VB.NET or ASP.NET) in 24hours" as these only deal with the very basics of the language and it shouldn't go over your head. This will get you started doing things in .NET - though will be quite basic.

Then get a big technical reference manual style book so you can look up the harder things - if you're wanting to do ASP.NET I suggest ASP.NET Unleashed.

Hope this helps. Start small, take small steps and you'll be right :)

Andrew
Will do.

Thank you very much.
Just a quick word of warning about getting a book such as "The Idoits Guide to Programming".

There are two main types of programming in the web-world. Procedural (Perl, PHP, ASP) and Object-Oriented (ASP.NET and J2EE). Getting a book about procedural programming will be of little benefit in learning ASP.NET. So, be sure to find one that talks about objects, classes, inheritance, encapsulation, polymorphism......

In fact, if you even know to ask about classes and objects, then you could perhaps go straight to something likeTeach yourself ASP.NET in 24 hours. (Here is asample chapter, to see if you like the writing style.) You might learn object-oriented programming better through "doing" than "reading".

I second the recommendation forASP.NET Unleashed.
Oh, you are right about that, I have a very limited understanding of procedural programming (cobol, turbo pascal), but never done any serious development. It's been long before I use any programming language that I feel left out on the ice age.

Will take a look at the sample chapter, I just want to make sure to grasp most of the basic stuff about object oriented programming before moving on to .Net

I again thank you for your time and support.

Luis.