Practical Standards for Microsoft Visual Basic tries to remedy this situation with a compilation of dozens of helpful hints to write more clearly, faster, and more code to maintain. Presented in a simple and easy to understand book style, this is a VB programmer can benefit all, regardless of skill level. The most important advice in this book have to do with the naming and coding style. (This edition makes good use of two-color presentation and the highlighted text to illustrate key concepts effectively.) The final part looks at the importance of source version control with Microsoft Visual SourceSafe. Meanwhile, more expert programmers can quibble with some of the ideas presented, there is a lot to mine in Practical Standards for Microsoft Visual Basic Dragan. - Richard Topics covered: Problems with Visual Basic code today, the benefits of coding standards, using custom object and project templates, design effective module (cohesion, fan-in, and fan-out), naming conventions and notation Hungary, creating a descriptive name, constants vs magic number, orderlies, tips and techniques of handling errors, indenting code, using white space, a guide to writing an effective comment. end-line comments, control flow statements, user interface design guidelines, forms and menu design, consistency, using a color system, the user input, mouse and keyboard interaction, version control, use the readme file, and installing and using Visual SourceSafe.