The Microsoft Visual Basic .NET exams assume that you're familiar with the Visual Basic language and the use of Visual Studio .NET to create applications, even though no objectives pertain directly to this knowledge. I'll show you tasks that are directly related to exam objectives, but this book does not include a tutorial in Visual Basic .NET itself. If you're just getting started with the language, you should check out some of the references in Appendix G for the information that you'll need to get started. For beginners , I particularly recommend these references:
The Samples and QuickStart Tutorials, which are installed as part of the .NET Framework SDK (a component of a full Visual Studio .NET installation), are an excellent starting point for information on Windows Forms and common tasks.
Special Edition Using Microsoft Visual Basic .NET , by Brian Siler and Jeff Spotts (Que, 2002).
Visual Basic .NET: The Complete Reference , by Jeffrey R. Shapiro (McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2002).
Programming Visual Basic .NET , by Dave Grundgeiger (O'Reilly, 2002).
Mastering ASP.NET with VB .NET , by A. Russell Jones (Sybex, 2002).
VB .NET Language in a Nutshell , by Steven Roman, Ron Petrusha, and Paul Lomax (O'Reilly, 2002).