One of the modules I tutor is called 'Programming with Visual Basic.NET' and as the name implies, it covers all of the basics regarding the VB.NET programming language using the Visual Studio IDE. It's a good course and always attracts a lot of students, mostly due I think to the freely available IDE and the monopoly than Microsoft have on the worlds software applications.
You can use VB.NET to construct windows like applications and get them to interact with MS Office software such as Word and Excel. The language is also used in a slightly different form (Visual Basic for Application) in these MS Office applications themselves, particulalry in Access.
Anyway, due to a colleague's illness I've been marking the assignments for the 'Advanced Programming with Visual Bais.NET' module over the past few weeks which deals with connecting to databases and working with larger, multiform projects. It's taught me a lot more about the language and how powerful it is.
So, if you don't know VB.NET it's an excellent, versatile language to learn that can be used with to enhance any MS Office appliaction and more. Plus, there are plenty of jobs in it!
Ian
