The VB Accelerator website is actually pretty well named. For anyone who likes to push VB to its limits and step a bit outside the box - this website is like a big playground. In addition to the huge source code section, there's also the download section that features full application source code under some pretty cool categories like Bluetooth, E-Books and Visual Basic Games.

The main page of the site does at first come across as very busy, but that's only because the website is chock-full of valuable resources. However, what I'd like to focus on in this article are resources tailored specifically for Visual Basic programmers and for the sort of programming that they do. David also wrote a great article on Google Code University, where you can learn to write in different coding languages. Many of those are invaluable resources for the VB programmer, such as Planet-Source-Code and DevX. A while back I wrote an article on the top professional sample code websites for programmers. Whenever you need to create a particular function or add a feature to your application, don't start from scratch - just sift through the visual basic examples at these websites, download the ones you want and then customize them to suit your needs.

Today I'd like to offer up some of those resource websites to MUO readers who are also VB developers.įinding the Best Websites for Visual Basic Examples

In the course of my work - these selfless developers were saints. I really started to appreciate those folks who spend time writing up a VB component that performs a specific function, and then offer that code for absolutely free to other developers. In time, I learned to significantly speed up my own Visual Basic programming by working in a more modular format - utilizing components that I either wrote myself or downloaded off of reliable source code websites.

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