[Yr11 Information Technology] A useful free VB6 tutorial site

Wed Aug 8 16:34:58 EST 2007

Valid point that indenting Mark! 
Having seen some professional programs and even having been involved pre-teaching in some programming projects (did one for CSIRO many moons ago to run on a DataGeneral/VAX super-mini computer many moons ago..about 8000 lines of fortran code and NO code generator!) it would be good to see simple standards like indents, use of blank lines and regular comments on subroutines etc. 
It seems that some more recent code I've seen lacks that 'classic' almost 'step-like' look that makes debugging simple! Can't say I miss the reams of printouts that resulted!
I will say though, it looks like it could suit the U2_OC1 needs quite nicely on the topic of providing a clear 'progression' of improved and visible skill level.
Note before anyone comments..I am not 'plugging' or promoting the site for any gain on my part...I am just looking for simple, easy to follow steps to intro myself and the kids to various languages..VB6 in this case.
I will be doing the same for other languages soon too such as PEARL & PHP to name but 2. 

I am doing my part to break the mindset of the kids that computers are ONLY about games (tunnel vision) and introducing them to a variety of programming platforms for them to make an 'informed' and 'educated' decision for themselves. Computing can be fun but it also has many other uses too.
Mind you, its not everyone's cup of tea and I dont expect it to be either!
Cheers all..

Kent Beveridge,
I.T. co-ordinator
St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College
Horsham
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That site does look good.  I wish he'd indent his code, though!

Kent Beveridge wrote:
> Just trawling the net and came across this site of tutorials. Having looked through some of them and being a relative VB6 newbie, it appears pretty user friendly and straight forward to use.
> Maybe some will find it useful.
> http://www.vbtutor.net/vbtutor.htm
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> Kent Beveridge,
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> St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College
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> Thank you heaps, Steve. I have been wondering how to go about the ICT Pathways section of Outcome 1 myself. I tried to find an IT professional to come and talk to my Year 11 IT class about the pathways available but it did not work out. So, it was perfect timing.
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> I intend to give this exercise to my year 11 class to research IT careers. Feel free to use as you see fit.
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