<DIV><p>Teach yourself the fundamentals of working with Visual Basic 2008&#8212;one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you&#8217;re a beginning programmer or new to this specific language, you&#8217;ll understand the core capabilities and fundamental techniques for Visual Basic 2008&#8212;and rapidly build robust, elegant applications. Each chapter puts you to work, showing you how, when, and why to use the latest features of Visual Basic&#8212;guiding you each step of the way as you create actual components and working applications for Windows. You&#8217;ll also explore data management and Web-based development topics. PLUS&#8212;get practice files with sample code and data sets on the companion CD.</p></div>