An Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic/Book and Disk

by David I. Schneider

Offering an introduction to programming in Microsoft and Visual Basic on the IBM PC and IBM PC compatibles, this book contains programming projects that reflect the variety of ways that computers are used in business and engineering, and presents games and general interest topics. It uses case studies that focus on important programming applications.

678 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1995

About the author

David I. Schneider holds an A.B. degree from Oberline College and a Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from MIT. He has taught for 34 years, primarily at the University of Maryland. Dr. Schneider has authored 28 books, with one-half of them computer programming books. He has developed three customized software packages that are supplied as supplements to over 55 mathematics textbooks. His involvement with computers dates back to 1962, when he programmed a special purpose computer at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory to correct errors in a communications system.