Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.2768 EAN: 9780735620582 ISBN: 073562058X Label: Microsoft Press Manufacturer: Microsoft Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: September 29, 2004 Publisher: Microsoft Press Sales Rank: 800823 Studio: Microsoft Press
Product DescriptionGet a focused, first look at the features and capabilities in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and .NET Framework 2.0. If you currently work with Visual Basic 6, these authors fully understand the adoption and code migration issues youll encounter. Theyll step you through a quick primer on .NET Framework programming, offering guidance for a productive transition. If you already work with .NET, youll jump directly into whats new, learning how to extend your existing skills. From the innovations in rapid application development, debugging, and deployment, to new data access, desktop, and Web programming capabilities, you get the prerelease insights and code walkthroughs you need to get productive right away.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Readable
I've read the first couple of chapters of this book, and so far I find it a very readable introduction to VB.NET 2005.
This book works best if you have prior VB experience either with VB 6.0 or VB.NET. I have experience with VB 3.0 through VB 6.0 and made the switch to VB.NET 2002 in Beta 2.
I personally am not interested in examples prior to VB.NET but the author sometimes includes VB 6.0 examples.
The author does a fine job of comparing and contrasting collections ... Read More
Rating: - Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 for Developers
Interesting book, but somewhat superficial.But gives good
examples of the new language enhancements.
Rating: - Concurrance: This Book Bites!
1) Assumption of mastery of OO concepts despite fact that many developers may *not* be coming to VB2K5 from, say, Java... Given that Microsoft is famously Balkanized internally and regards VB programmers as beloved-but-second-class, you'd think the approach and assumptions would be different.
Also, as per point #4 (below), given "conceptual" orientation of the book, you'd think more weight would be given to clarity and depth of expression for actual underlying concepts (as opposed to, say, simply ... Read More
Rating: - Much Ado About Nothing
I must say that this book is one of worst I have ever seen. It doesn't teach you anything you cannot find out your self after playing with vb for a week.
Rating: - A new low for MS Press
This "book" is like a rough draft of a sales brochure. It appears to be mainly a sales promo aimed at VB6 programmers. It is a very brief overview that is filled with errors. The code download and errata are not available on the given site. The code in the book is mere snippets that constantly refer the reader to the nonexistent code download. Net framework 2.0 is frequently referred to as version 1.2 making it difficult to know if they meant version 1.1 or 2.0. It is not possible to run any code with the snippets ... Read More
- Readable
- Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 for Developers
- Concurrance: This Book Bites!
