Kniga Stiva Brauna - izvestnogo spetsialista v oblasti programmirovaniya na yazyke Visual Basic - nedarom stala bestsellerom i zavoevala zasluzhennuyu populyarnost" u nachinayuschikh programmistov. Sistematicheskoe izlozhenie materiala - ot razrabotki interfejsa i prostejshikh sistem upravleniya bazami dannykh do integratsii s ActiveX i Windows API - delaet etot kurs nezamenimym posobiem dlya izucheniya Visual Basic 6. Kazhdyj urok dopolnen primerami iskhodnogo koda, kotorye mozhno ispol"zovat" kak gotovye rabotayuschie programmy. Osvoiv material dannogo kursa, dazhe nachinayuschij programmist smozhet sozdavat" i moschnye avtonomnye prilozheniya, i sluzhebnye utility, i igry, i spravochnye fajly.