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1 comments about Computer Programming In BASIC For Everyone.

1. Many moons ago, back in 1978, this book started me on the road of computer programming, which has been my livelihood for many a year now.

   Although the information contained is severely dated, with many references to teletype terminals, time-sharing mainframes, acoustic couplers and paper tape readers, the concepts are sound, and anyone wishing to enter the world of computer programming will do well with a read through this book.

   The information is logically laid out and there are plenty of "real-life" analogies to aid in the comprehension of the concepts portrayed; yet the amount of information provided, and the format it is provided in, allow a more confident reader to extract the information they need without being burdened by oversimplification.

   Unless the BASIC language is completely phased out (which is highly unlikely considering it's Microsoft's "language of choice"), this book will remain a timeless classic in being the perfect foundation for any budding programmer.

4 comments about Visual Basic .NET Solutions Toolkit: 30 Practical Components for .NET.

1. The solutions are great, if only they worked in real life and not in theory!.

   The Auto Deploy just doesn't work (returns an error that there is not information for!) and the Application Settings writer is great in theory but in reality its easier to use the registry setting to achieve and easier to implement the result in a large scale development....

   Conclusion...don't waste your money...




2. When I first got this book I thought it was a pretty innovative idea for a book and skimmed through it but didn't put it to much use initially.

   A couple of projects later, I've used around ten components from the book with a couple more slated for the next project I'll be doing. In dollars, that's huge.

   All of my projects were done in C#, so I can't comment on the whether or not the source is 100%, however everything is explained well enough that even the most junior developer will be able to work around any problem, should any arise.

   All in all I would recommend this book to anyone.

   (Note to Wrox, let's get some equivalent C# books out!)




3. This book makes good on it's promise to present a compelling collection of components for us to use in development. It does so in a very logical way, explaining what each portion of the component does and how it works. The solutions presented are practical, well thought out, and generic enough to CUSTOMIZE to your need. The beauty of this book is it gives you many new tools to use in enterprise windows/web application development while at the same time leaving an extensible open architecture. Anyone who criticizes a book because it doesn't offer 100% turn-key code reuse should be slapped. All others should BUY THIS BOOK!!



4. I wish there was a return policy. The book covered a lot of material but there wasn't anything new to learn from it. You would be better off spending your money on a .NET magazine subscription. Anything that was written in this book can be found on the web and won't cost you anything.

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1 comments about Visual Basic: A Project Driven Curriculum.

1. I bought this book before I taught my first year of Visual Basic to high school students. It saved me hundreds of hours of development time for lessons. I didn't even know the programming language myself when I was assigned to teach the class and the example programs given with the book helped me learn what I needed to know before the year began.
   
   Also, when some students pulled ahead of my learning I let them work on the advanced projects while slower students and I were still working on the earlier ones.
   
   The included quizzes were useful and saved more time for me while I learned the language with the students.
   
   I highly recommend the book for teachers or anyone who needs sample programs for basic VB.

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No comments about El Libro Microsoft Visual Basic 6.

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2 comments about Visual Basic for Network Applications.

1. This book just touches a little bit on different network area. Typically, it just tells you to use 3rd party controls for TCP/IP, NetBIOS, etc. Cover some windows API on network side which you can find better material elsewhere(like on the web) I browsed it once and I don't know when I will open that book again.



2. I bought this book some time ago, along with Dan Appleman's API book for VB (the 16-bit book, I believe no longer available). This book is rather thin, but decent content.

   This book touches on the common APIs for network connections, such as WNetAddConnection. Great beginning for network apps where you want to connect network shares (\\server\service) to drive letters. (I even suggested this book on SourceVault).

   The only thing I didn't like was that most of the functions were 16-bit, not the Win32 calls. HOWEVER, not many other books cover networking APIs (aside from buying an MSDN subscription from Microsoft)!

   FYI - I know that the prior verison of Dan Appleman's VB Win32 API guide (white cover) also does not contain any "WNET" functions.