I purchased this book because I wanted a quick and easy way of getting an introduction to the new VB.NET IDE.
The book works through the language and development environment step by step. The student is given a very good grounding of the IDE, basic language constructs and data access tools.
For the more experienced programmer there are upgrade notes at the beginning of each chapter for those who want to skip parts that appear to basic.
In summary the package of software and training book is very good value.