well VB is by far the easy language to learn, unless you consider python or perl or some other scripting language, plus you get to make things from the start. VB let's you see your results very early in the learning stage and ASP is tightly mixed with VB. you can use any language you want with ASP (js, java, c++, etc.) but most likely you will use VB.
and "mastering ASP" is a must, unless you want to search the web for tuts :thumbsup: