Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.2768 EAN: 9780130418043 ISBN: 0130418048 Label: Prentice Hall PTR Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 704 Publication Date: April 01, 2002 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Sales Rank: 1097444 Studio: Prentice Hall PTR
Prentice Hall PTRVB programmers, both experienced and beginning, will find that this book provides an introduction to the .NET Framework and Visual Studio. NET. It examines the basic coding constructs of the language and explores the design of object-oriented programs in VB. NET. The book also includes substantial coverage of building Windows applications using Windows Forms. Finally, the book introduces major .NET classes for collections, files, ADO.NET, and threads.
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Rating: - A solid Intro for intermediate - advanced programmers
This book is just what it says, and introduction. I found it useful for my purpose, to get a broad and deep enough "working understanding" of VB.NET.
It is a broad introduction, covering lots of advanced topics such as exceptions, hash tables, threading, .NET framework, etc. There are code examples for everything the author talks about and downloadable source code. This is a good book as long as it's used for it's intended purpose.
It is not a tutorial, in fact unless you are ... Read More
Rating: - Easy to understand BUT..........
this book wastes over 10 chapters producing command line applications, useful for teaching the basic concepts may be but this is VISUAL basic not "commandline-basic", it does explain the basic concepts though
Rating: - I like this book so much
After browsing and comparing a dozen of VB.NET books in bookstore, I decided to order this book on Amazon.com. After read a half of the book, I like it very much for its step-by-step manner, clear explanation of important concepts, good organization of materials, and good code examples/case studies. In addition, this book has a "sister book" on C# written by the same author (Introduction to C# Using .NET). There are so many similarities between those 2 books. When you finish one or two chapters on ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent book
I like this book because this book provides in-depth introductions to VB.NET language and to Windows Forms.This book introduces object-oriented concepts early and includes a case study on object-oriented programming. This book is appropriate for programmers who do not already have a strong background in object-oriented programming. This book is perfect for programmers who have basic knowledge in languages such as Visual Basic and COBOL programmers. But previous knowledge of Visual Basic is not indispensable.This ... Read More
Rating: - Outstanding book
I like this book because this book provides in-depth introductions to VB.NET language and to Windows Forms.This book introduces object-oriented concepts early and includes a case study on object-oriented programming. This book is appropriate for programmers who do not already have a strong background in object-oriented programming. This book is perfect for programmers who have basic knowledge in languages such as Visual Basic and COBOL programmers. But previous knowledge of Visual Basic is not indispensable.This ... Read More
- A solid Intro for intermediate - advanced programmers
- I like this book so much
