5 comments about Beginning Visual Basic .NET.

1. I am an intermediate programmer. I decided to introduce myself to the new VB.NET by reading a beginner book. This book had a lot of examples. I actually enjoyed it. However, if you want to learn OOPs, this book is not for you.

   Eventually, I will read this book again because of so many code routines that it has which I didn't quite understand the first time I read it. The authors used OOPs in the book without really explaining it in detail.

   I recommend this book as a good beginner book.




2. Basically I am an infrastructure designer. I build networks, servers, and web hosting centers. I knew ZERO about programming. I had alot of ideas that I would like to write programs for but had no idea how to get started. I have one semester of cleege so I literraly have nothing when it come to programming. After buying this book and I very very close to being able to do everything I wanted to do. A WINIPCFG visual program for W2K, an admin secured chat program, etc. All I can say is great book!!!!



3. I like the WROX series books a great deal. I like the fact that they have beginning, professional, and other books on the same subject. Their site publishes errata that you can write into your book before starting it.

   But, then as I go through the book I find more typos, illogicalities, or wrong descriptions (such as telling you that you will see a particular screen upon hitting a certain menu and that is not the screen that you do see).

   I started sending in errata, one chapter at a time and was duly told that they would be sent to the "editors". Well the "editors" seem to be a "black hole", because, since about 2-3 months ago, after starting sending in what I found, I have never heard back from WROX AND there are no new updates to the errata on their site.

   Therefore, please note that some or many of your WROX books may or probably will not have up to date errata for them. I will also be sending in errata for Beginning ASP .NET Using Visual Basic .NET.

   I'll report back as to how that errata process is working also.




4. if you have a little experince in VB5 or VB6
   Do Not Buy this book
   it waste your time i will try to finish it in this week and g to better book .

   This is the best book only for beginers in ((PROGRAMMING IN GENERAL))




5. I enjoyed the Matthew Reynolds? e-commerce book last year and thought that this guy will keep doing good books. I was wrong, this book is for kids under 10 or for someone who never learnt any programming language.

No comments about Visual Basic 2005 Fur Dummies.

5 comments about Vbscript Sourcebook.

1. This book is more for reference to VBScript rather than learning VB script. I found the language extreemly difficult to read. It only deals with versions of IE less than 4.5. Not useful for learning or getting examples from, does not go into details in all the topics and explanations are usually not too helpful.

   Would be a waste of your money if you buy this book.




2. The book is actually about how to program in VB for beginners, and the contents about the actual web development aspects are next to none. Examples do not work; online support is poor for that the author changed the online examples without changing the downloadable codes. Not worth buying at all.



3. I love this book for what it is: a great reference. Both the developer I mentor and myself love this book. It breaks down the IE DOM into easy to read entries. It clearly states syntax and variable ranges. It has only what an experienced developer needs in syntax in an easy to find format.

   Not for learning how to program.




4. At the time, there weren't many books on VBS. This was just about the best out there. Now, I would probably go with an O'Reilly book. Anyway, I thought it was concise and info was easy to find when using as a reference. If you already have experience with using VB, even for just MS Excel and Access (not the full blow language version), this book will benefit you. I just needed a lookup reference on how to do stuff with VBS for the web, and that's exactly what I got. This book helped me to create my first online order calculator for a site that I'm webmaster for. However, if you need more coverage of the VB language, then choose another, more comprehensive book. I think the books assumes that you know something about VB already. If so, then this book is probably enough.



5. If you are looking for a great reference book to get you through ASP and vbscript DHTML, this is the book for you. It lists the syntactical details in a reasonably easy to follow format.

   I had trouble keeping this on my desk at my last job.

No comments about Building Business Applications in Visual Basic.

No comments about Teach Yourself: Visual Basic for DOS.

No comments about Structured BASIC Applied to Technology (4th Edition).

5 comments about Visual Basic .NET Complete.

1. This is the best VB.NET book out there and its the cheapest!!!!
   GO FIGURE...It has a great section on ADO.NET with excellent examples. Its a bible!!!! The Murach book is a good primer...but I think this book is better.



2. This book says too little about so much. Save your money and buy a real book not a promo type book for other books.



3. Visual Basic is a huge subject, and most books that cover it carry a price tag of $40+. This book has chapters from other books and so, as a reprint, it was produced a lot more cheaply. It is not a book for beginners, but it is a decent reference. It has a lot of examples -- and this is the best way to go about using a programming language, anyway.
   
   I was somewhat disappointed that the dialect of VB in this book was 6.0, not 2005. But if you're not using the current compiler version that won't matter to you.



4. This is the best overall book about a proramming language that I have ever owned. From the Turbo Pascal v2 to all of the .net programming languages, this one takes the cake. Plainly written, and full of excellent examples, this is one that will stay on my desk for a long time.



5. This book is well written, thorough, and concise. I want to emphasize that this book is very concise; this is the reason that I loved it so much. This book minimizes redunancy and fillers. As a result, I was able to acquire approx. 2-3 times the information per page as compared to a typical programming book. If you have a moderate understanding of programming (or are at least a novice with a talent for this type of thing), then this book will give you a firm grasp on the fundamentals of VB.NET. In addition, you'll learn enough about various .NET topics to know whether more detailed studies of those topics would benefit your goals.

5 comments about Sams Teach Yourself Database Programming with Visual Basic 6 in 24 Hours.

1. In order to get an overall review of database programming, this book is good. The Author is trying to cover everything in 24 hours; so what do you expect. But you defintely need a detail book if you are serious about programming Visual Basic 6. This book will give you a head-start, before you spend a lot of money in purchasing a more expensive book.



2. I am at hour 14 and agree with others about the buggy examples. Debugging is the bonus 25th chapter, I guess! The topics progress naturally and the chapters are short enough to keep you going. If you work through the exercises at the end of each chapter, you'll definitely learn something but it will likely take more than 1 hour!

   This is a "discount" book so I guess you get what you pay for when compared with other books. Like any learning tool, this is just one of them. I've always liked the readable layout format of Sams books. Too bad they don't edit them as well.




3. Even with my very limited background in client side web scripting and Flash ActionScript, I thought this book was slow and stupid. Its coverage of VB is very superficial. I don't see why they produce books like this. If you have to read a book this dumb then you will probably never be able to write a usueful program in VB of any kind because you're not smart enough to write code.

   If you have no idea about programing I suggest starting by learning JavaScript.




4. OK - some of the code examples have bugs (the publishers web site has an errata for a lot of the issues), and like every other 24-hours style book, performing the workshop and quiz material will double your time. For a programmer who wants to learn about database programming, likes to experiment on their own, and learns just as much from trial and error as they do from having the information set forth for them, this book is great. I learned more from going off on my own and solving some of the book's bugs and expanding on their workshop exercises than I would have from an error free environment.

   The book is easy to read, written in plain English, has many pictures and diagrams, a lot of code examples and even has a small reference section - delivered in a small enough book (350+ pages) that you don't feel overwhelmed before you open the cover. It touches on a lot of concepts, some a little too brief for my tastes, but gives the reader a wide enough exposure to allow you to move on in your desired direction once you have finished. By the end of the book you will know if you like database programming (without having spent a fortune for the book) and be able to implement many of the learned skills right away as you go on to intermediate and advanced levels via other training materials.




5. I don't know how ýSAMSý could publish a book like this! The author of this book seems that he does not know anything about VB. I did not believe what was said about it until I "unfortunately" bought it and discovered that those guys were 100% right about what they said. BTW, this book is full of typos, incorrect code, etc. and the source code is not available anywhere! I am very sad to say that this is the worst book I have ever bought in my life and I wish if Amazon can remove it from their shelves or add a negative (-) rating option, because this book does not even deserve the lowest rating (1 star).

No comments about Introduction to Programming using the Tool: Visual Basic.NET.

2 comments about Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Web Development.

1. Martiner takes a no nonsense approach at explaining the real issues in internet/intranet web development. He tackles many of the pertinent subjects ASP / ADO UserDocs / ActivexControls and the like, giving practical information to solve real-world issues. This book is not only great reference material, but also a great read from cover to cover



2. Although this book covers its subject area well, the technologies discussed are now out-moded. For example, it covers ADO 1.0 (now v2.1), Visual Basic 5 (now v6) and Visual InterDev 1.0 (now v2) in depth. MS has moved so fast into this area that most of what is discussed shows its age.

   Obviously, this book was written just as MS was entering the Web Development arena. -The MS toolset has come a long way since then.

   I feel that the book still can be helpful (especially in the area of ADO- the interfaces haven't changed that much), but I agree that some of what is discussed is rather primitive in hindsight.