This book uses a hands on approach where you can learn how various capabilities and features of the product can be used to solve real world problems. Not only will you be able to develop sophisticated Visual Basic applications but you will also be able to leverage your VB skills for developing Active Server Pages using VBScript. Since Active Server Pages is the glue that binds together Microsoft's server-side Web development architecture/ framework the knowledge obtained from this book is a great benefit to you!
Peter Aitken is an associate professor at Duke University Medical Center. He is an experienced author on microcomputer subjects, with over 70 magazine articles and 25 books to his credit. Aitken's writing covers both applications and programming topics. His books include the best-selling Teach Yourself C in 21 Days. He is also a Contributing Editor at Visual Developer magazine, where he writes the popular Basically Visual column.