What Sort Of Things Did You Make When You Started VB?

[WoW Sucks]

Well im trying to learn VB for my College course as some of you may know....but i don't have a very good imagination so therefore i find it hard to think of things to make... So this is where i ask for your help

Please will you:

1. Give me ideas (Not too hard, im still a beginner)

2. Look and see if you have any of the old things you made and upload the source here (So i can look at it if im stuck)

3. Be Nice

Thanks all!

 

1. Make a simple word processor, should get you familiar with saving text and oepnning it, so basically teaches you more about text handling. For images, try making a paint program, simple of course...If you're okay with making a couple RS applications, try basic ones like autotypers and autoclickers (etc.). Once you've done that, you could most likely look into making a RS client.
2. We aren't allowed to post sources
3. I'm nice :3

 

[Jazz00006]

Best things to do

Calculator, like the windows one.
Teaches:
If statements / Select Case
Using operations (+,-,*, / etc)


Dice Roller
Teaches:
Random number generating
Int() command
More If statements


Also, I managed to find my 'old' programming tasks from a while ago.

Here are two zips, they ONLY contain .doc files, so it's not against the rules. Try to follow some of these, only look at the 'answers' if you really get stuck.

Hope this helps some what.

 

[Nullware]

I started out making simple games. It kept things fun and interesting while still allowing me to learn loads of different aspects of VB6 programming.

 

[UmagChris]

Calculators
Word Processor
Games
Internet Browser
Screensaver
Picture Viewer
Small Runescape Client

All helps

Good luck!

 

[WoW Sucks]

Thanks for the help guys

Ill try and make some of those things.

 

[ColZy]

calculator
small games ( like the 3 in a row one )
Math programs
Web browser

Those are the once i started with..

 

[bojanglesman]

Im making simple games now you should start out doing those they really help. as coLzy said im making a runescape client right now its in my sig.

 

[Swan]

Can't remember what I did when I used VB6. When I started Java I made a Steam Account Manager, and when I started C# I jumped in to XNA Games.

Vb though ...

I hear MSDN is a great place to learn. Not sure that it has the VB6 libs in the online version those.

 

[suicide]

My friends started off with, in order:
Word Processor
Small Paint Program
Auto-Clickers, Auto-typers (and other macro-like apps)
Small RS Client
AIM/MSN Client
AIM Chatroom tools

 

[Atomic]

We made a rock-paper-scissors game for school.

 

[halojunkie]

Rock, paper, scissors ehh? Sounds fun. Was it over the internet or network or AI?

 

[xenonium]

1.Server
Calc
Game
WebBrowser
Button (A form with a button on it that does stuff)
2. Try going to http://www.vb6.us/
3.I am really nice lols

 

[skate4lifee]

Hello World!

 

[kmalik]

rs client
calculator
password manager
google searchers