Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.268 EAN: 9780735605589 ISBN: 0735605580 Label: Microsoft Press Manufacturer: Microsoft Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 550 Platform: No Operating System Publication Date: June 18, 1999 Publisher: Microsoft Press Sales Rank: 58565 Studio: Microsoft Press
Rating: - Why am I writing a review for this supposedly outdated book
Because Visual Basic 6 remains a very useful programming environment for me. Mr. Balena's style goes way beyond a tutorial through menu creation. He tells us about pratfalls of the Microsoft environment ( while writing for Microsoft! ) and useful ways to work around limitations of the environment. If you are still using VB6, like I am, this is a useful reference. We might want to start looking at .NET, eh?
Rating: - Staright forward walk through
Good book for the novice with some experience programming but new to VB 6. Walks through the differences between other versions, and has some nice documentation.
I would recommend.
Rating: - author shoud be banned from writing programming books
code snippets are fragmented and some variables are used without
naming their types, causing confusion in many cases.
the chapters on classes and objects and databases are worthless:
i'm glad i didn't learn objects and databases from this guy.
many explanations are needlessly lengthy and confusing.
i've documented with profane remarks so many problems in this book that are simply not sharable.
Rating: - Best VB 6.0 book I own.
This book is a must have for any VB 6.0 programmer period. So buy it.
Not only is this book extremely informative, but Balena writes excellently. The way he communicates the information help's make the info stick in your head.
As for the informative part Balena covers all the major bases in depth and some of the more obscude/advanced topics to get your feet wet. He also shows you different and more efficent ways to write code.
Rating: - A Great Reference
I am totally new to V.B. and am attempting to write a fairly complex application straight off. EVERY time I have been stuck I have refered to this book and it has so far always helped me out. As a beginner I do not always immediatly grasp the code samples, but after searching through some more basic texts then returning to this book, I have so far always got the results I am aiming for. It is almost as though the author has looked at what i am trying to do, then sat down and written an example or ... Read More
- Why am I writing a review for this supposedly outdated book
- author shoud be banned from writing programming books
- Best VB 6.0 book I own.
