5 comments about Access 2003 Power Programming with VBA.

1. This is the best book I have found for VBA programming on Microsoft Access.



2. This is the best book I have found for VBA programming I have found. It provided answers to a lot of my questions that I couldn't find in other books.



3. Here is a solid introduction to programming in Access, including how to use some of the built-in features that make VBA easier to use. If you've been using Access to make forms and run quieries you should be able to pick up this book and start programming. Power Programming tells you how to create procedures and functions. The code isn't very useful by itself, but the book explains how things work so you should be able to write your own procedures.
   
   You can learn how to customize menus using built-in dialog boxes or build them programmatically (pretty useful.) There is a long chapter on database connectivity and there is about twenty pages about XML support. There's also a couple of pages about Access backwards compatability (or lack of!)
   
   There isn't a CD with the book and I keep trying to find a place in the book that gives a website with the code. It would be helpful to have the code available for cutting and pasting since it's so easy to make a typo.
   
   If you are an expereienced VBA programmer, You probably want to find another book. I was looking for a book that would help me transition from Access 2000 to Access 2003. This book does not do that. I wish I had read the editiorial review more closely especially the part that says "a resource for programmers (particularly novice ones)" Another good quote from the editorial review is "the odds are small that you'll get all the information you need out of this book, unless the application you want to write is super-simple." But then you can never get everyting out of one book anyway.



4. This book is fairly decent, except that the template code for "Connecting to Databases with ADO" (Chapter 15) is riddled with errors. Most of this is probably due to problems with Access versions and configuration, but in any case, templates that don't work are frustrating and useless. There is absolutely no errata information for this book on the Wiley web site, and Wiley doesn't take inquiries, regardless of the notes in the front of the book. Find a different book for Client/Server study.



5. This is a good reference book for those of us who are not the best at programming.

5 comments about MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft Visual C#(TM) .N (MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit).

1. It is at a very basic level. It can be useful for starting in XML webservices, but not enough for the exam.
   Some information is outdated.
   It has errors. So does the practice test.
   Doesn't cover at least one topic which is in the practice test.
   The practice test doesn't tell you what is considered the correct answer.
   If you find this book useful, you're not yet prepared for the exam.



2. Judging by the positive reviews, this book must have some merit but it is certainly not in the quality of its writing or its accuracy. Perhaps the editor was reassigned to Longhorn duties. Here are some examples of what you can expect in the first two chapters:
   
   "A COM+ component exists in three states: exists and activated, exists and not activated, and nonexistent."
   
   "The pool objects are not destroyed even after their release from the client application. COM+ retains the destroyed object in the pool for recycling..."
   
   " If the value of the CanStop property is set to False, the SCM does not pass the Stop command to the service application."
   
   It's main value to me is as a syllabus. You can use it to direct your search for better explanations on MSDN and, of course, everyone should have Troelsen's "C# and the .NET Platform" which is the best textbook I have read. Ever.



3. I was reading it as first book for most of the topics, It was total waste of time to read it.
   
   Might help if you are already well expreinced with .NET but not for beginner



4. I have found "Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft VB.NET" an invaluable tool in XML editor development. It is quite detailed about accessing and manipulating XML data.



5. Messy. I have been reading lessons; I haven't got any big picture. I did not know why it worked like that. The only place I could look for "big picture" was usually lab, at the end of each chapter. This book also lacks reference to ADO.NET object and interface model which is essential in multi-database engine applications. The most disappointing part is so-called "advanced" web service programming. What author thought was advanced level was really a basic level...

No comments about Programming Visual Basic 2008: Build .NET 3.5 Applications with Microsoft's RAD Tool for Business.

3 comments about Structured Finance Modeling with Object-Oriented VBA (Wiley Finance).

1. I had been waiting for this book for more than 5 months (preordered since December 2006). The content is excellent, but I expect to see a complete VBA code as a wrap up. It should also help if the code is provided in soft file so that the readers can see how the model actually runs without the need to merge all the examples and manually type the code into the computer first.
   
   Montri



2. This is an outstanding textbook on how to master the intricacies of a structured finance (especially, home-equity ABS) deal. It teaches ABS from several angles: modeling (chapter 1-4), structuring (chatper 5), and ABS analytics (chapter 6).
   
   Although definitions and explanations about any given deal can be readily found from prospectus and prospectus supplements, for practitioners like myself, this book improves one's understanding of what's, how's and why's of any particular feature of a typical RMBS structure. This is a book I wished I had read when I started in this business.
   
   In this book, the process of modeling a RMBS deal was shown step-by-step, with definitions, equations, tables and figures accompanying easy to understand explanations. The equations are written in a way that if is straightforward to be coded into VBA (or any other language) and be implemented.
   
   This is a book about learning about modeling and implementing an ABS. End of chapter programming excercises reinforce the notion of learning by doing. To respond to the prior reviewer's desire of having a complete program to run and test, I believe that the only way one is going to learn a complex structure is to read, follow, implement and experiment with self-written codes. This book provides you with all the tools and explanations you need to get started in this interesting field.
   
   



3. This textbook is interesting. it describe the modeling in programming style and math. It make me easy to catch the relation of math formula and programming pesudo code. It does not only the math concept but pesudo code which is used to describe the concept. It is helpful to me while I met the problems in other finance engineering textbook. I can not link the complexity of math fomula to real world. But this textbook gave me another study viewpoints and help me link to to real world.

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 Expert One-on-One Visual Basic 2005 Database Programming (Expert One-On-One).

1. I bought this book even though I am a C# coder. Roger has such great concepts on how to do design and coding that I almost shouted for joy after searching and reading other books (e.g S. Malik which is of little or no value). This book goes beyond my production code needs and is invaluable in doing it right the first time. Thanks Roger for the section on concurrency exceptions which we all have in the real world. Most folks sweep this under the rug because it takes a real pro to fully and accurately address it.



2. This book does a better job of explaining what happens behind the vs2005 data object wizzards then many of the other books that just show you how to use them.



3. Having this book a month ago would have saved me at least $1000. Which is about how much I had to pay someone to write code that this book clearly points out was already written and available by Microsoft.
   
   That's the bottom line. This book is a time and money saver for anyone writing VB 2005 code that uses a database.



4. Excelente libro, le agregaria algun truquito mas, pero esta todo, sirve como para arrancar y profundizar en los temas. Muy buena guia.



5. I snatched this book up as soon as I saw it. I have three other of Roger Jennings' database books and they are great.
   
   This one was a little disappointing. It has good information in it and it is informative. But, percentage-wise at least, it seems to contain a lot more filler, like unneeded code. The style of writing seems so different from his other books that I wonder how much of the actual writing Mr. Jennings did himself.
   
   It's definitely not a bad book. Overall it was worth the money. Maybe the second edition will add more substance. I would actually rate it at 3 1/2 stars, but that's not an available option.

5 comments about 101 Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET Applications.

1. Jerry Bucknoff wrote a review where he says skip the book because you can just download the code. I don't get this. I buy a book for more than just the CD stuffed in the back. This book has 500+ pages that taught me how to do in VB.NET, the things I knew how to do in VB6. Maybe if you're a rocket scientist, you can just stare at the code and learn everything, but those 500 pages really got me up to speed on .NET.



2. I bought this book just a few weeks ago, and WOW. Thre is such a range of information here! This book is especially targeted at programmers that aren't particularly familiar with what all VB.NET can offer.
   Granted, this product does not cover any of the topic very extensivly, but that's not what it was written for. 90% of the topics covered in the book are explained in more detail in the MSDN library.
   All in all, this book is one of the best ways to find great ideas to improve functionality in all your VB.NET projects.



3. 101 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Applications
   It is a good book with a lot examples to learn from.
   But examples require some extra work if you use .NET 2005



4. Good, simple components that can be used as a part of larger applications.
   Good explanations.
   The only negative thing that I can see is that I wish it was available in C#. But then again, it provides a new challenge to translate it without having the C# code right there in front of me.



5. This is a very good book. If you like to learn by example, this book has very good useful examples to get your project "up in the air" very quickly.
   
   This book is an ideal supplement to a reference manual and really accelerates the learning process. I got a very good price on Amazon, but this book is worth full-bang retail price in terms of pure value. I would highly recommend this book, even if someone only found 5 examples out of the 101 examples, but depending on your project, nearly every example could be applied in some way to your project(s).

5 comments about Visual Basic 2005 in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)).

1. I've always missed the printed help manuals that used to come with development tools. I used to carry them around with me and browse through them whenever I had a bit of time. So I was happy to read this book, which has a nice big PRINTED reference section. There are several sections that cover various topics such as object orientation, data types, delegates & events, operators, and so on. The book also covers the new features of Visual Basic 2005, such as operator overloading and generics. My favorite part is the section on the My namespace. Cool stuff.
   
   This is mainly a reference book. The authors did a very good job of also making this a readable book. That's a rare feat.
   
   Bottom line: this book is a keeper, and will be sitting on my bookshelf at work.



2. This is a fantastic reference book for VB prorgrammers. The examples are great. They aren't too long and get right to the point of what they are trying to illustrate. The organization is perfect and the writing is crisp.
   
   It's hard to compete with the convenience of the MSDN. But sometimes the MSDN is tough to navigate and it's just easier to pick up a book and find what you are looking for. And the book you pick up should be this book.



3. Visual Basic 2005 In A Nutshell is a wonderful companion reference for any and all VB developers. With the new features in the 2005 version of VB, this guide is a great book to have by your side when you are working on your latest Visual Basic application.
   
   Packed with nearly 750 pages of reference material, this is a great books that is written well, without too much bloat (just the way I like it). The first 150 pages cover the basics of using the VB language, the next 300 is reference for keywords, classes, functions, etc, and the 300 page or so covers the 'My' reference (VERY IMPORTANT) and other odds and ends of the language.
   
   I love the Nutshell books because they cut through the muck and get right to the point. The size of the books make them perfect for keeping by your side, and that familiar brown coloring scheme makes them easy to see on your shelf.
   
   If you program VB, pick this book up, it will truly make your life easier!
   
   ***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED



4. Despite the perception that Visual Basic should be something to learn out of a book, despite the perception that this book gives (inasmuch as it states that the book is designed for someone who wants to learn Visual Basic .net as their first language) this hardly deals with the practical applications of the program and deals more with syntax.
   
   If I had to compare it with something, I'd say it was like being handed all of the components of a car-- new, shiny, efficient, and much assembly required. The book was a real let-down in the sense I thought I'd be buying a tutorial and ended up with a paperweight. It gets two stars because it frankly IS a good desk reference if you have the program and several other tutorial books which do what this book had initially promised.



5. This book is a really good reference. It has made me much more efficient. It has good information of the new features of VB 2005. It has several chapters on the basics of VB as well as advanced features such as generics and attributes. I would definitely recommend buying it if you are already familiar with VB and want a good reference book for VB 2005. I try not to program without it within arms reach

2 comments about Beginning Access 2007 VBA (Beginning).

1. This book has begun off terribly and really just STUNK up understanding the VBA language. Of course there's useful things here and there, yet this book is done in such a stream-of-consciousness style that it lacks proper communication skills and you really have to read deeply into this book to get what the author is talking about. Only buy this book if you have a good mind, otherwise, pick a different book, or use this one on your hind-side after some super spicy tacos.



2. I bought this book to review VBA and learn how to connect Access to Microsoft SQL Server. The code for connecting Access to SQL is wrong, and there is no trouble shooting guide. I'm ready to throw this book away, and start over.

5 comments about Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 (Mastering).

1. This book provided good entry level coverage of the VB2005 language. I found it a little on the elementary side as I am a very experienced programmer in VC++. If you are just learning to program in VB or are just beginning to code in an Object Oriented environment than this books would be an OK book to buy. However, for beginning programmers I always reccommend "Deietl" books for the very structured system of teaching you programming concepts.
   
   If you are an experience OO programmer in another language (VC++ or Java) looking to bring those skills into the VB2005 language then I don't reccommend this book. I highly reccommend "Visual Basic 2005 : The Language" as it covers the more advanced features and methods available and is a great reference to learn VB.



2. I purchased this book to learn programming in a visual environment. I have not programmed since I took some courses back in college programming on a main frame. There are many typos in this book and the code Does not work in many of sections. I am trying to learn by following along with the code in the book and get hit with many errors. When you look at the code from the web site it is completely different from what he has in the book which is taking huge amounts of time to figure out what he has done. I would not refer this book to anyone trying to learn the language.



3. While I bought this book for reference it appears to be a very good book.
   
   If you do buy the book...check for pages 963-994. My copy has excluded these pages and were only found while attempting to use it as a reference.
   
   I've contacted the publisher and at this point it does not look good for correction since my purchase is over 90 days. My purchase was 6 months ago and I've sent them the receipt.



4. I borrowed this first from the public library, then I recommended it to my boss and we ordered several copies. Covers a vast scope of applications. I haven't been thru the complete book (almost 1400 pages) but every time I have looked up topics, it has been helpful. It stays off the shelf and on my desk most of the time.



5. This book saved me! After looking through several other books and numerous web researches I was about to jump out of the window, but thank God this book came along. It answered my questions relating to the use of collections which many other books simply touch upon without sufficient explanations and examples because it's considered an "advanced" topic. Well, I am working on my first real world web application and I need to use collections! So skip those beginner books (because their life on your shelf will be short) and buy this one because it covers a lot more and yet still present topics in a way that a biginner like me can follow!