The following books are highly recommended—maybe even essential—reading for any professional Visual Basic developer.
- Hardcore Visual Basic by Bruce McKinney (Microsoft Press, 1997)
- Hitchhiker's Guide To Visual Basic and SQL Server, 6th Edition by Bill Vaughan (Microsoft Press, 1998)
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6 Programmer's Guide by Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Press, 1998)
- Dan Appleman's Developing ActiveX Components With Visual Basic 5.0 by Dan Appleman (Ziff-Davis, 1997)
- Software Project Survival Guide by Steve McConnell (Microsoft Press, 1997)
- Code Complete by Steve McConnell (Microsoft Press, 1993)