Welcome to the VB Quality Zone.
Need to improve the quality of your Visual Basic source code?
If Microsoft® Visual Basic® plays a major part in software development within your organisation, follow our tips to improve development efficiency, software quality and add value to your Visual Basic source code. Learn the development techniques that differentiate and lead to competitive advantage.

VB Quality Zone Tips ...

VB6 Coding Tips - Add Value To Your Visual Basic 6 Source Code

Learn how to write self-documenting source code. Professional VB Coding Standards document. Error handling strategy. Explanation of binary compatibility. How to avoid Error 429 - ActiveX component can't create object. Performance tuning tips.

Source Metrics - What Is Your Source Code Telling You?

Learn about source statistics and complexity metrics and how they can be used to identify complex areas of code, assess ease of understanding and modification risk. Use cyclomatic complexity metrics to size and target unit testing effort more effectively.

Process Tips - Enhance And Optimise Your Development Process

Coding represents only a small part of software development. Learn the significant facets of software development and understand the importance of achieving a sound development process. Tips include peer reviews, software build process and installation process.

Testing Tips - Find Bugs Early In The Development Process

Understand the importance and benefits of single-stepping code execution during initial development and unit testing. Learn about the important considerations concerning application performance testing and about the benefits of automated regression testing and the need to design applications with testing in mind.