Writing Windows applications has become an enormously complicated task, but Visual Basic manages to hide much of that complexity. While it remains hidden, it doesn抰 go away. Writing good applications in Visual Basic doesn抰 come as easily as an afternoon of reading. Writing them takes hard-won skills. This article can抰 take you from here to there, but it can get you started, and it does give you a roadmap for the hardest part of the journey: the beginning.