Customer Reviews
Great program 
2008-02-02
Visual Basic is very easy to learn and use.
It's one of the most popular programming language.
I learned it from zero using a second hand book from a local store and I manage to program a simple paycheck calculator for my friend's small business.
Not Fully Functional 
2005-12-28
We were unable to locate or open the example programs.
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Standard 2003 
2005-10-23
The product installs and runs easily. When attempting to register the product, the page was not found. Presumably they are readying for the 2005 verson. The MSDN Library "help" files are exhaustive, but that makes it difficult to find information specific to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Standard 2003. At times it is quicker to use an on-line search.
If - then - else 2005-10-23
Good book. Good software that came with the book.
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Write your own small programs 2005-10-21
This program installed easily and works good. Saved me from setting in a computer lab at school for hours at a time.
To all those who give this product 1 star 2005-10-12
Visual Basic .NET Standard 2003 is the complete application tool for the .NET platform!
Probably great for a programmer 2005-08-30
I talked to a Microsoft Rep on the phone and explained my background and that I had no programming experience and he said I should have no problem with this program. Guess what - this program is not for anyone who doesn't have a programming background. If you've never taken a programming course - DO NOT BUY THIS SOFTWARE. The Microsoft Rep. also told me when I have questions to go to forums and ask questions - I tried that and was told several times to leave the programming to programmers and "that's why they pay us money, because programming takes many years to learn" and I've found they are probably right. So don't listen to Microsoft - they are just looking to make another sale. This is probably a 5 star item if you are a programmer. If you are not - it makes a decent coaster to set your drink on.
Great Deal for the money - Just know what you need. 2005-03-12
If you want to learn VB, you cant beat getting the standard edition. If you want to write stand alone desktop apps that dont need to connect to remote database servers, your gold.
If you dont need to be able to use your work commercially and are a student, pass this up in favor of the academic version of Visual studio and learn away.
But DO NOT buy the standard edition if you think you are going to use it to make a living with it. I got it because I need to write an app that reads a binary file and then outputs a certain type of script. Then Im pretty much done with it. I know Im not going to try to pay my rent next month with my copy of the standard edition. To make a living nowadays you need the features that the standard edition does not support.
If you know your just learning now, are NOT a student, and cant afford the Visual Studio, you still cant go wrong getting standard now.
You might not be able to connect to a remote SQL server, but you can still do a lot of database programming till you can afford to upgrade, and see your app work locally in the meantime.
So it dosnt compile class libraries in the interface, but the command line program (vbc.exe)that comes with it does. Its not as slick but it works.
You can still write all kinds of very serious applications, after all code is code, but the standard edition is not indended for a real production pipeline that will be profitable in today's world.
I paid $89 for VB Standard 2003 off of Amazon just to write one specific app and I got my money's worth.
Microsoft Visual 2004-05-06
This was great, I got it for a really good deal from one of the Amazon Sellers and I learned alot from it
Great marketing - short on delivery 
2004-03-24
Microsoft has once again succeeded in making a fairly uncomplicated programming enviroment, COMPLICATED. That is not, however, my problem with VB .NET, because after all, if you read up, you will quickly adjust to the platform. My problem is that if you don't buy Visual Studio, you will simply not have the tools to build advanced applications. As usual, if you want a robust MS product, get ready to shell out a weeks worth of pay.
