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Where Do I Practice
Miguel Rodas 
    
9 months ago
I have been taking VB, now up to VB 202.
It is interesting, but where do I get to practice?
Please provide guidance.
Thanks
Richard Rost  @Reply  
          
9 months ago
Unfortunately, Visual Basic 6 hasn't been offered for sale from Microsoft for many years now. I just leave that course up there because some people still have it. You can try to find a used copy on someplace like eBay, but don't pay too much for it. I do plan on eventually updating this course for the newest version of VB.Net. Alex has already put some videos online for VB.Net, so you can check those out. The interface is a little bit different, and I think they needlessly complicated it, but basically, it's the same.
Alex Hedley  @Reply  
           
9 months ago
Alex Hedley  @Reply  
           
9 months ago
What's your end goal? Is there a particular thing you are wanting to build?
Kevin Yip  @Reply  
     
9 months ago
Unless you have legacy VB6 apps you need to maintain (which is probably why Richard still has students for it), it's better to learn the newer VB.Net, which can be used to create both desktop apps and web apps.  In the VB6 era, you needed to learn two languages: VB for desktop apps, and ASP/VBScript for web apps.  But now, VB.Net takes care of both.

If you need to practice just Basic coding (text only, no visual elements), you can use the web-based Microsoft Small Basic.  This is an offspring of QBasic, which used to be bundled with Windows.
Alex Hedley  @Reply  
           
9 months ago
Could always use just Basic https://github.com/microsoft/BASIC-M6502
Richard Rost  @Reply  
          
9 months ago
Richard Rost  @Reply  
          
9 months ago
Kevin that Small Basic is pretty cool. I've thought about doing some free programming lessons for kids and schools. When they add that 25th hour to the day... LOL

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