This text will be useful for students on a wide range of courses such as ''''A'''' Level Computing. It assumes no knowledge of programming and covers everything needed to write a large program. Part One goes through all the main programming concepts carefully. Part Two covers a variety of topics which students will find useful in their project work. Part Three goes through the design and coding of a sample project. All the material covered in Part One and the project in Part Three can be done using Version 4 or higher of Visual Basic. Some topics in Part Two need Version 5 or higher.