No comments about Bases De Datos Con Visual Basic .net (Programacion).

5 comments about Visual Basic 6 Interactive Course.

1. This is a good reference, even for those with moderate VB experience. I bought it for the Ezone access/online classes, and was pleased at how the online coursework fit with the book.

   HOWEVER..... Aparently, MacMillan/SAMs apparently bought the Waite books, or have phased them out, and without any regard for the people who paid 50 bucks for the book and were registered in the Ezone, the entire Ezone was pulled.

   Good Job SAM's - you solved my choice of publisher for any future book purchases!




2. I gave this book three stars for two reasons:

   1) The book does an excellent job of building the knowledge of a beginning user of VB from nothing to something without making too many "leaps".

   2) This book, unfortunatly, has many errors that, if the student does not have any prior programing experience or someone with VB background handy, will cause you to beat your head against the wall!

   I also was very disappointed to see that the website has been pulled by the new publisher. So much for getting certified!

   I would strongly recommend that a new programer have a direct reference book like those from MS press handy to circumvent the errors. If you do this, you will find the book handy as an intro to VB, not to mention learning what NOT to do in your programing.




3. Undoubltly, this book has relatively more errors than other books that i have read. But i still think this is good for a beginner and reference. the best parts are this book mention a lot more in the topic of printer object than other VB books, good example and full coverage in string manipulation and some of its advanced topic. this book covers more topics and skills than other VB beginning book. I find many stuffs in this book that i don't find in other books



4. I'm just a beginner in every sense and even I found mistakes with this book. I also bought the Sams VB6 in 21Days, which I can actually understand. I thought this book would be more in depth than "21 Days" but was I wrong.

   I didn't even bother with the online stuff since the book was such a mess. Where is the pride in the author or the editors?

   Don't buy this book if you are a beginner you'll just get lost.




5. I think this book was an excellent idea, and could have been a complete success were it not for so many errors. A beginner is going to have a dickens of a time figuring out why the programs don't compile. He/She will become frustrated. I feel fortunate to have many years experience writing C, C++, Assembly Language programs etc, and troubleshooting and designing complex electronic systems as an engineer and technincian. It can be a great excercise to figure out all the problems. Not so for the beginner. The beginner needs to have accurate material. He/She is depending on the authors and editors to provide a course that is reliable, tried, tested, debugged and verified as to it's accuracy. After all, the prospective programming student when learning from the book, does not have an instructor to call upon for help when problems arise. This opinion stems from the many frustrations I've had while using self study courses that have been written poorly, while leaving much quality to be desired. Vincent T. Marshall - Systems Analyst/Software Developer

No comments about Manual de Visual Basic 5.

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5 comments about Visual Basic 5 Unleashed: Professional Reference Edition (Unleashed).

1. Finally, a book on VB5 that is geared towards people who already know what they are doing. After going through so many books that are cryptic and vague, Thayer has put out a gem. Everything I wanted to know, and more, is in this 1100+ page reference. This one was worth the wait.



2. Some of the examples in the book are useful but for a book in the Unleashed series it's just not up there with the quality I have come to expect. For example the first two chapters working with arrays and controlling program flow I would expect to find in a beginners book If..Then..Else just isn't material for an advanced level book. The chapters on OOP left me cold in fact possibly more confused than when I started reading them. However the stuff on Programming with controls wasnt too bad. I haven't braved the last couple of sections yet. I do like the reference section in that I find it easier to scan for function names than the online help provided with VB5. However even this is flawed in that the entire list of properties is provided even though you can just right click the control to get them.



3. Thayer has nicely covered the complexities of OOP in VB5. Ironically, despite getting the complex issues across, he fails miserably in those Little Things Which Really Count. The book is littered with source code errors and conflict, particularly in the sections which Thayer admits are solid review points. [An array declared as Private strMyArray(25) As String does NOT contain 25 elements in Base 0 as Thayer proclaims....] If you're going to do a "review", ensure the information is correct, and have a technical editor conduct an exhaustive review. Run the source code listings to ensure they really do return what is in the book. This said, the seasoned VB Professional will easily identify the errors and can proceed without major difficulty aside from the annoyances of error in a "professional reference edition".

   This is not the best starting point for the typical VB3/VB4 programmer who has never been exposed to OOP methods. However, if you desire to take VB5 beyond "intermediate" capability, Thayer provides a good launching point to becoming the VB Guru in your shop....




4. I actually got this book from my younger brother, and I'm glad because I would have been disapointed at paying the $100 (Aus) it was at the time. It does go into detail concerning a lot of controls which I found most useful as a VB begginer , however the book does tend to jump all over the place and cover issues which I would have preffered in a specialist book dedicated to them such as VBA . The chapters on object programming are near usless if you are trying to begin this method of programming for the fist time. I do hope that the high price of the books dont include a charge for Microsoft Control Creation VB cause now I have 3 copies of the programme , all still in the back page unopened as I have the professional edition! I dont see what the title UNLEASHED has to do with the content.



5. A lot of topics are coevered, some are even quite interesting. The code is buggy and some of the explainations don't match the code. Unless you're experienced enough and missing some basic knowledge on some specific issues, don't bother with this one.

1 comments about Jump Start Guide for Microsoft Visual Basic 2005.

1. Table of Contents is:
   1. Enhancements to Visual Studio 2005
   2. Visual Basic 2005 Language Enhancements
   3. Enhancements to Windows Forms Applications
   4. Enhancements to Web Forms Applications
   5. Introduction to Mobile Applications Development
   6. Enhancements to ADO.NET
   Appendix A: ClickOnce Application Deployment
   
   The author covers the new things in VB.Net 2005 in a 190 page book. If you are familiar with VB.Net 2003, this book is a good way of coming up to speed on the new features. I found it to be well written and easy to understand, with useful examples to illustrate the new features. It is not an in-depth treatment, nor a "How to Program" book. The low price makes it attractive for people already familiar with VB.Net 2003 who want a useful guide but don't want to spend twice that amount. This book could be used as a supplement for educators who are using a VB.Net 2003 textbook for which the 2005 edition is not yet available.