5 comments about Advanced .NET Remoting, Second Edition.

1. I hate it when I pay good money for a poorly written book. So when I buy a book like this and it turns out so well, I am thrilled!
   
   I have been in ".NET land" since 2001 when .NET beta 2 came out. I have written ASP.NET and Winform applications. During that time I just have not had the need to use .NET remoting, until now. The first 2 or 3 chapters are a great introduction for experienced .NET developers. I like the fact that I did not have to wade through a lot of stuff for beginners. From there the topics get advanced, with plenty of good example code to highlight the topics. Even though I had never really touched .NET remoting (except SOAP Web Services), the explanations and examples work well for me. The author keeps the examples simple, and on-topic. In my opinion, this helps to highlight the topics at hand. The content is geared towards real programmers who will be using the technology.
   
   I also have really enjoyed the authors' candor concerning the weaknesses of .NET remoting. They have already highlighted a bad approach that I was considering.
   
   I am more than happy to give this book a 5 star review!



2. This book almost contain every detail of .NET Remoting.I am sure you can well understanding the .NET Remoting with the help of this book.It gives many good tips and useful cases ,also have some additional experiences of the author.However, I am sory that this book don't have any real and integrated distributed business solutions based on .NET Remoting(I think so ,at least ), although it contains many good cases. but I still strongly recommend you to buy this book, if you want to know .NET Remoting deeply.



3. This is actually a good book, however, it approaches the subject with an extremely hypothetical view. Lack of real world examples has made reading this book a real bore.
   
   The book on the other hand offers in-depth information regarding the "behind the scenes" work of .NET remoting.
   
   Final verdict: Good value for money, but do not expect any code to work.



4. I'm never one to buy books one technology, mainly because they change frequently and you can always find tutorials online. This book however, is well written, descriptive and a must for anyone working with .NET remoting. Excellent!



5. Excellent book. Exactly what I was looking for. With it you can gain a very well understanding of the subject. simple examples that you can easyly adapt to your specific needs.

5 comments about Pro VB 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform, Second Edition (Pro).

1. This book covers what programmers need to know. The pillars of OOP are presented and clear examples are shown.
   
   I refer to this book often because it gets to the "meat" of things rather quickly and is not for beginners.
   
   My only criticism is that this book's examples are 90% console applications. Nobody uses this in the real world. But I understand the focus is on the code, but I still like the Deitel approach better. Use Windows applications NOT console, take the time to get the screen shots. (Just my opinion).
   
   Don't get me wrong, I can easily translate over what he is trying to convey, but still I see great authors such as Francesco Balena showing most examples with the console window. I don't like this trend. But hey that's me.
   
   Very good book though..



2. This is best VB.NET I ever had. This book explains OO concept very clearly with easy to understand examples. I am still in middle of the book. So eager to finish till end. Waiting to read more books from this writer. Thanks for Excellant Work.



3. If you are looking for a Visual Basic book that covers a lot more than books like Wei-Meng Lee's Visual Basic 2005 Jumpstart than this book should be at the top of your list. As well as the basics this book is very good at explaining advanced concepts like Interfaces, IEnumerable Types, Generics, Asynchronous Delegates, and Multithreaded Applications. The author has an excellent writing style. He stays on track, does an excellent job at expaining complex concepts, and provides a lot of hints about how the topic he is writing about now is related to the big picture. Apress should also be commended for the graphical layout of the book. It is very easy to find information on a particular topic in this book as all of the book is divided into clearly labeled short sections.



4. This book covers just about everything: The .NET platform; VB language fundamentals; OOP; Assemblies and classes. In each chapter the author gives a simplified example and then progresses thru to a complete module. He explains each step in detail and give many of the most-likely errors.
   
   This is not novices. The author expects some level of programming experience with VB, C, C++ being the best. It is also best for a Visual Studio 2005 environment, though it is not required. If this is you and you are looking to move to VB.NET, this book is absolutely for you.



5. I have read several books on this topic, but this book was very structured wich made it easy to follow. It gave a very clear explaination on both base- and advanced OOP programming concepts. Many things I'v not read anywhere else and many times I yelled 'AHA!' and 'WOW!'. Yes, it was great fun to work trough all the 'Fun with...' examples.
   I really can recommend this book, however NOT if you are a beginner!
   I also learned that I'm a Generic Type, because I drink a lot Of T. :)

No comments about Mastering VBA for Microsoft Office 2007 (Mastering).

5 comments about Practical Guidelines and Best Practices for Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual C# Developers (Pro-Developer).

1. In the [...] environment there are many different ways to accomplish the same result. This book provides information from people who are indisputably knowledgeable in the area that helps enormously in choosing between the various options. One of the most useful parts of it is the explanation that is provided for why one option has been chosen above another, which is to say, why it's a "best practice." I would recommend this book to any .Net programmer who wants to acquire concrete data that will help him in making his programming decisions.



2. John Robbins on the foreword of this book wrote "..No matter how you use Practical Guidelines and Best Practices, it will save you a tremendous
   amount of time by helping to reduce those insidious bugs and performance problems in your
   code. I've been using it with all my projects, and it's certainly made me a much better developer.."
   
   I'm a simple .Net developer, how can i say more, from when i bought this book it is ever on my desk like the Holly Bible.
   
   I had the honor of met both Francesco Balena and Giuseppe Dimauro it was like a normal violinist could talk with two Paganini.



3. This book was referred to me by a friend that is a very talented developer. I now see why he keeps this text on his desk while developing. The author provides excellent code examples in multiple languages. This is one of the best books that I have purchased in years !



4. As a compendium, making for efficient reading, among the best. Definitely one of my fire exit books. Can't wait for the sequel for .Net 2.0/3.x.
   Congratulations to the authors for winning an Excellence Award from the Society of Technical Communication.



5. This is very much guide to best practise in your dev team. It will help any team and sure helped mine.
   Its easy to absorbe and it makes a different.
   It can also be dipped into when you need 'advice' and for us was a first port of call when we were setting up best practise in our department.
   Might be one to get second hand and ensure that it circulates in your department.

5 comments about VBA Programming for Microsoft Office Project Versions 98 through 2007 (Emp Learning).

1. What I like most about this book is there is something for everyone. The code examples are great for learning the tool. More experienced developers will put their minds to work and morph the examples into all sorts of useful and more robust applications.
   
   I go fishing for hints in the book almost daily when I am trying to get things done in Project via VBA.
   
   Since the approach Rod uses is "modular" it is very easy to expand and combine the knowledge. Beginning users can work at their own pace, more advanced users have a Microsoft Project Specific reference and hint book.
   
   This type of work was long over due and I'm glad I found the book; it will be a treasure. No way a shelf queen, this book is being used and recommended to many of my friends.



2. The book is a great reference guide of MS Project VBA Programming. Rod, the author is well known in the MS Project comunity and a Project MVP, which makes him the most qualified person to write this book. If you are a VBA starter or an advanced user, you will get very good usage out of the book.



3. Didn't learn much new stuff. Most is out on the Web but it is nice to have it in one place. I like the book format, good for older coders like me who's eyes aren't like they used to be.
   
   The index is limited/sparce. Wish it had an appendix with the full MSP Object Model and other MSP specific references.
   
   Great start, just want more...



4. This book did enable me, a excel vba developer, to become able to develop VBA for Microsoft Project.
   
   It explore the integration between excel and vba as well.



5. I'm about 1/3 of the way through the book. I'm an experienced amateur at VBA and have learned several useful new techniques.
   
   The book is pretty well written, clear, with nicely worked out examples, and good explanations of why you would do something in the recommended way. Wish i'd bought it a year or two ago.

5 comments about Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Third Edition.

1. Excellent book with all the necessary illustrations to make it easy to understand. Just follow the instructions on the book step by step and you will be writing code very quickly.
   
   If you are interested in database management, then you will need another book after you read this one. The author just gives an introduction on how to work with Microsft SQL Server databases.



2. In the summer of 2008, I am scheduled to teach an introductory class in programming with Visual Basic at the college level. Therefore, when I examined this book, it was for possible use as a textbook in the class. Within that context, I found the book deficient.
   The word visual in Visual Basic must be taken seriously when you are considering a textbook. So much of the execution of the operations needed to develop an application is based on navigation, so illustrations are essential. Compared to other books, this one has significantly fewer illustrations. Most of the instruction is textual rather than visual. There are questions and exercises at the end of the chapters, but few (if any) that I would consider worthy of being a programming assignment. Many of them are based on completing partial solutions or altering solutions that have already been coded. Therefore, there is a decided lack of rigor.
   For these reasons, I rejected this book as a usable textbook for my course.



3. I am using this book as a textbook for a course at a community college. Like some of the other reviewers, at first, I was disappointed by lack of CD accompanying this book. However, having gone through about half of the book, this turned out to be a blessing in disguise as I was force to type in all of the code myself in doing the exercises. This is an excellent book for a beginner who is learning to code. It explains everything and does not take anything for granted.
   
   My only complaint against this book is that it does not provide correct answers to the the questions and exercises at the end of each section of the chapter. However, I have still given this 5 stars.



4. This book is terrible. If you have no background in programming, you will gain a minimal fluency in Visual Basic. However, I think you would be better off to have bought Visual Basic for Dummies and Teach Yourself Visual Basic in X Days/Weeks. They will give you a much better grounding in the language and you might have saved some significant dollars.
   
   Here's one specific example. The section on reading/writing files only gives instruction on moving the content of a text box to/from a disk file. No instruction at all on moving fixed-block records or on doing any sort of file processing. Granted, most file processing has moved on to databases and table processing, it's still a good skill to know.
   
   Though no CD is provided with this book, you can download all of the sample code from their web site. And this brings up another point. The exercises are little more than taking a previous exercise or sample and adding one or two lines of code. Very lightweight. It seems like these are "feel good" exercises that can be done very quickly rather than exercises that will test your grasp of the subject and use what you've previously learned.
   
   This book is a huge waste of time and money, and if you are attending a college that requires this book, I would complain to as many administrative officials as possible. If your employer is paying for your tuition and offers to buy the book back at what you paid for it, then you're in a good place. And if you have courses that require other books by this author, based on the quality of this book I would scrutinize those other books VERY closely before buying them.
   
   I have been programming since the late 70's in a variety of languages and various versions and incarnations of Microsoft Basic, I have been doing relational database development for over 20 years and have been a Microsoft SQL Server database administrator for over a decade, going back to version 4. I've seen good programming books before, and this isn't one of them unless you're looking for very superficial knowledge. If you're going to be earning your living coding VB, this book is a waste of time and money.
   
   If I could give it zero stars, I would.



5. When it comes to programming books I have to say not all are easy to follow, or are the best to get to the point. This book is just like all others to be honest but I needed it for my class. With this book I was able to follow the tutorials very easily and the nice feature is that at the end of the chapters it prints the actual program you where working with and you can compare what you wrote to what it had. This feature also allowed me to go straight to the finished programs on the book and use concepts given in each tutorial for my own programming projects. Sure beats googling the functions and getting bad syntax or bad programming from other users, who can be pros or newbies, you never know what you get when you google it.

1 comments about Starting Out with Visual Basic 2005 (3rd Edition).

1. This item would have been great if the book would have come with it! that was the whole reason I bought this item. There was supposed to be 2 cds and a Textbook, well the cds were in perfect condition but there was no text. This item was sent back for the above reason, a replacement was issued and yet again, no book. was not happy with this item purchase!

5 comments about .NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide Parts A and B.

1. This book has been an invaluble resource on a .NET/COM interop project I've been working on. Don Box's quote on the cover sums up the title nicely, "This is the last book that should be written about COM programming. There is nothing left to say."
   
   Since I'm a published author myself, I first bought a book on this topic from my publisher Microsoft Press. While accurate, it left a lot to desire. Very little advanced information was provided. However, this title from Adam Nathan's and Sams Publishing leaves nothing out, including extensive references.
   
   If you are working with COM objects from .NET, or vice-versa, this book will be an excellent resource.



2. Never one to skimp on books, I ordered three with almost exactly the same title on COM/.NET Interop when I needed some information on the subject. Adam Nathan's book is by far my favorite. I've never found an answer in another book that wasn't in Nathan's (and have found many in his that I didn't find anywhere else).
   
   It seems like this book isn't as easy to get on amazon as it once was--a pity, because it's the first (and maybe only) Interop book you'll need. Maybe he'll come out with another edition as .NET changes...



3. I read Troelsen's book on COM/.NET interroperability. This two volume set easily exceeds in content. Both books provide valuable information that I use regularly in developing .NET solutions that use COM as clients and servers. If I had to have only one selection, I would choose these books (Adam Nathan's) for the extensive content.



4. My co-worker had a previous edition of this book (now set) and it was the bible for any question regarding .Net/COM interop. When he left the company and took the book with him I was sad. Now it's back in print, however, and happy days are here again.
   
   I'm not going to pretend that I'm a COM God; I'm mostly a desktop .Net component developer who has to expose the component to both managed and unmanaged (COM) clients. This book was invaluable for walking us through some of the trickier steps of integrating our new component with the main client (QuickBooks accounting software) in a way that supported new version deployment and backwards compatibility.
   
   The way that Nathan describes best practices for exposing managed libraries to COM is clear and concise (as much as you can be when talking about COM, I suppose). It directly led to several utilities and build steps we added in order to create better components.
   
   I highly recommend this book set.



5. This product requires some knowledge and experience in coding with .NET and in Visual Studio but it contains all you need to know about the interoperability of .NET and COM. Many hints, detailed information and examples are included and guide through the interoperability of managed and unmanaged components.

5 comments about MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Developing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET, Second Edition (Pro-Certification).

1. I just passed the exam with a pretty nice score 1.5 hours ago, and relied solely on this book for preparing for the exam for 10 days. I have solid background in Web development and use of C#. That said, here is my very personal comment:
   
   - The quality of this book is beyond my doubt. The book might have two errors that I think I saw when I read it the 2nd time, though I wasn't 100% sure. Other than that, I didn't find any errors/typos/mistakes in it. Many subtle issues are explained in the book in a way very easy to understand.
   
   - looking back, I believe that if one wants to pass the exam with ease by using this book, one'd be much better off by doing and studying all the questions that come with the CD. I'm a bit regretful that I didn't finish up most of the electronic practice questions.
   
   - I don't know any other book on the same subject. But looking back, I feel the book (including all the materials included with it) was perfect to help me pass the exam. I have no doubt that without the help of this book (or similar), I wouldn't have been able to pass the exam.
   
   
   Overall: the paper book alone may or may not be enough for anyone to rely on for passing the cert exam, but if you have taken advantage of all the materials that come with the book and if you have *FULLY* understood what is covered in the book, you'll be almost quaranteed to pass the exam on your very first try. I may be wrong on this because different people have different backgrounds, but that's what I believe while looking back.



2. I've not finished reading this book yet, nor have I completed all exercises. Already having a fair bit of experience with .NET and ASP.NET I can see that this book covers only the basics, though it seems to cover them quite well. I have, however, found a few code errors in the examples, which I feel detracts a fair bit from the overall quality of the book.



3. The book is well structured to cover the exam topics. It does, however, omit certain details in some topics which would be unclear from just the book alone if I didn't already know them or didn't find some better explanations elsewhere online. You'll need some additional resource, including .NET class library online reference and online tutorials to fully understand certain topics.



4. I bought this new book which I got it for $4 less than any other place including internet and book stores. I received the book on time and as I expected. Started reading and enjoying it...



5. I have no experience with Visual Basic but I have taken a few classes in C. Overall the book is a good read, finished it in a week and the exercises are very productive. I would have like for there to be a 2nd part just on labs alone.

5 comments about VB and VBA in a Nutshell: The Languages.

1. I have only just started to learn about VB and VBA and as an absolute beginner, I found so far at any rate, this book very easy to absorb and understand. It also gioves a good depth of what VB and VBA is all about. My work has taken me away from home (and frm my computer) for many weeks but the book always goes with me and I am very pleased to have purchased it. I would suggest it is very good for anyone else wishing to consider buying it for the knowledge and style of how the author imparts that knowledge.



2. Well, although there are still many zealous VB 6.0 coders out there, we all know the former language has been superseded by VB.NET, which is basically completely unrelated whatsoever to VB 6.0.
   
   With that being said, I don't plan on becoming a VB coder anyhow, and don't do a lot of programming Web applications anyway. However, there is A LOT that can be accomplished in the Visual Basic language and I find learning VB as a really nice leisure time in between classes, learning hardcore material, or just wanting to enter new territory.
   
   For anyone else who reviews this, please recognize what this book is (and perhaps what it is not): this is a "NUTSHELL" title -- It is not meant to be a defintive tutorial. In fact, the author blatantly states in the preface that the people who will get the most out of this book are those who already have knowledge of VB and are looking for something to refresh their memories or use as a desktop reference.
   
   Now the latter phrase, desktop reference, is exactly what this book is. While the book can be divided into an 'explanation' section and a 'reference' section, the explanations are NOT complete, and are really just broad overviews of the particular subjects a section covers.
   
   I know: I mentioned that I wasn't a VB coder (although I'm not a novice either), and yes, I purchased this book knowing this. I don't recommend this approach for everyone, but this works for me. I've learned a lot from this reference, and I'm able to implement a lot of what I've read. The reference section is excellent. So yes, I've used this as a "bootleg textbook".
   
   Other than the fact that good books on VB 6.0 are a little hard to come by nowadays (everything's VB.NET), this is a good start for someone who doesn't want their hands held the whole way and are okay with starting off "in the middle of nowhere" and trekking through unknown territory. One of O'Reilly's best.



3. It's hard to believe that this book was originally published in 1998. I can't think of any VB programmer I've met that did not have one of these on their desk. This book is meant to be used like a dictionary for VB and VBA. The format is brilliant and the concepts in it are as valid today as they were in 1998.



4. this comes in very handy if you are developing with vb/vba on a daily basis. much quicker than using the mostly confusing and badly organized MSDN online references...



5. If you have an understanding of VB and need a good reference book, this is it. It will save a lot of the time & frustration experienced when searching with MSDN.