I need a VB book for my programming class but have no idea which one's are going to be useful, and I've thought about buying this book "The C Programming Language" but havent decided yet.

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I need a VB book for my programming class but have no idea which one's are going to be useful, and I've thought about buying this book "The C Programming Language" but havent decided yet.
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That's nice.

For a C/C++ book, "The C Programming Language" by Ritchie and "The C++ Programming Language" by Stroustrup are great, however they might not be as newbie friendly as other books.

For a VB book, depends how far you're going into VB. If all you're going to do is Label1.Caption="l33t hax0r bot" or stuff like that you probably could do without a book. If you're going into the more advanced aspects of VB then you might need one, but don't ask me which. :)

I don't plan on making any bots. Any recommendations on a VB book to buy would be nice.

Microsoft Press's Visual Basic reference library its $80 US $120 Canadian (3 Books).
they also have a programer's guide which is $40 US and $60 Canadian (1 Book).

for C++ Yoni's suggestion is best.

Get the book called "Visual Basics for Dummmies" it suits you :o

shut up

Sams released a series of intermediate and advanced Visual Basic books, I have one of the intermediate series its a pretty good tool

- 10101010101 to JoeCool for pluralizing Basic

As far as most books go, there are entire online books (PDFs) or sample chapters at sites that will give you an idea of the kind of writing and content a book has. It may be to your benefit to look into these before you make an actual purchase so that you can form your own opinion rather than having it handed to you by the people here.

I had a VB book when I was taking lessons... It was horrible, like 1/5 of the book was programming and the rest showed you how to make the background a different colour using the options panel thing on the right side. I can't remember what the book is called but before you buy a book, spend half an hour reading/fipping through it in the store, and make sure it has actual content.

As a matter of fact, I'm reading one now, called

Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming (Second Edition) In 24 hours.

It talks about vb, java, html, liberty basic, c, c++, but I'm mainly focusing on the C\C++ part..It also comes with a cd full of examples of coding. I rented it from my library, its $29.99 USD, $44.95 Canadian dollars, and *(pound sign?)21.99 Net UK (inc of VAT). HTH

You have to rent books from the library?!

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You have to rent books from the library?!
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which would you rather do, spend $30 on a book or keep it for 3 weeks for free from your city library? -.-

You said rent. That implies paying a fee for using a book from the public library. Our libraries in the United States are free to borrow books from if you have a library card.