On Dec 22, 9:55 am, Stephen Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Davej <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok, after two semesters of VB I can handle the simple stuff, but what > > reading material is needed to learn how to approach more advanced > > stuff? Thanks. > > > Give a way your talents to any group to experience what programming is > like. You have to ask questions in requirements gathering. Present a > proposed plan to the group or user and have them agree on what you are > going to do. After the two of you find the right middle ground you > attempt to put a budget of time to do what you said you were going to > do. Next you start actually coding. As you progress you have to > update your actual time against your budget so you LEARN how fast you > actually accomplish tasks. Next you plan your tests and have your > user actually test what it is that you did. > > This could be for any company that is non profit! If you are going to > give away your services do it to an organization that might have a > problem paying for them. Could be your local religious organization > that you worship at or it could be the day care facility that your > children will attend in the future >
I can see how that might work for web design and polishing Dreamweaver skills but I don't see how that would work for VB desktop programming.
