teaching people to code in vb

[rct]

What would be the program should i teach them first?

[mafia-thug]

Well i dont know. What programs do u know.

[teh silly]

BASIC is pretty much as basic as it gets. And VB provides instant gratification with a more graphiky interface than a console. Still, if you want them to get a little background, teach 'em QBASIC.

[AverageJoe]

rct, first I would teach them how to make a program, and it's components ie. Loops, statements, functions, etc.

 

 

[jjpriest25]

I'm not sure you're still looking for an answer to this since it was asked so long ago, but in case somebody needs to know, I"ll still post this. I know a couple of people that started programming in college as online courses and they all started with Visual Basic. I tried it, too, and am now able to progress to other languages fairly easily. One of the best ways to really learn a language, though, is to get active on a programming forum. Vbforums.com really helped me out a lot, and as the name says it's just a visual basic forum.

 

If someone has some programming experience, they may want to start in C because there are so many similar languages; I just find it somewhat more difficult than Visual Basic.

[Wizard]

What would be the program should i teach them first?

Why, "Hello World!", of course.

 

rct, first I would teach them how to make a program, and it's components ie. Loops, statements, functions, etc.

Joe's right, teach them the theory and logic behind what they're doing before they actually touch any code.

[archayl]

Hey! I'm anxious about this! I've just got involved in ASP VBScript programming. I heard that new ASP .net is using the real VB. I hope I can learn something here soon. Looking forward to it!

Goodluck rct!

[JcX]

Try to explain more on the philosophy behind programming.

That would attract interest of students.

 

For me, I would prefer my lecturer tells me more stories out of the book, e.g. history of programming

and also how programmers developed those built-in functions.