Book DescriptionWith this book, you can learn the skills of a professional programmer in just 692 pages. Because of its self-paced approach in the first 7 chapters, you can do that whether you're new to Visual Basic.NET or you're upgranding from Visual Basic 6.
From that point on, you're ready for rapid progress as you learn how to develop sophisticated GUIs, how to use the .NET classes for a wide variety of purposes, how to work with XML, how to develop database appplications with ADO.NET, and how to develop web applications with ASP.NET.
To insure success, this book includes 18 complete business applications so you can see how the forms, controls, and code of Visual Basic applications work together. Applications like these should be a standard part of all programming books. BUT NO OTHER VB BOOK DOES THIS.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Great book ! Easy read.
The format of the book is unique, left page for explanation and right page for coding. This might be great for programmers who prefer coding than reading, since the explanation is brief and direct to the point. This is very different from the Deitels book that explains things over and over again in many pages - the reason for the bulkiness.
I've read 4 chapters now and excited to write this feedback, since i've learned a lot from the book, unlike any other. The book is not trying to ... Read More
Rating: - Okay; Good by comparison to other books on the subject
All the negative things that have been pointed out in other reviews are true. The writing is bad, the format leaves something to be desired, the explanation of difficult concepts is just not there, etc.
However, this book is much better than other books I have seen on the subject - this includes the SAMS books, the For Dummies Books, and WROX books.
Whereas, the instruction doesn't pour off the page, you can actually learn VB.Net from this book. You may have to reread ... Read More
Rating: - Know it for what it is
What this book is, and I think it does a very good job of it, is a book for the absolute beginner. The person how has never coded in a windows environment and needs a place to start. The author introduces a project that grows and as new topics are added or expanded upon the project grows likewise - so you see the code and your thought process develop.
What this book is not, is a reference to help experienced VB6 developers make the leap to .NET If you are an experienced windows developer, ... Read More
Rating: - Beginning Visual Basic .NET
If you're an absolute beginner, you might find this book helpful. Otherwise find another book. If you've worked with VB6, almost everything covered in this book (with the exception of the very brief coverage of ADO Net) is almost intuitive.
What irritates me most is the poor grammar. Practically every paragraph has a sentence starting like "Then, ...". The "Then" phrase is not needed and the comma is erroneous.
I do use it, however, for a quick reference regarding file IO.
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Rating: - From Beginning to... Well, Some Tough Stuff!
This book is very well written, and the facing page style of instruction is a great method.
I found no errors; there was no evidence of "author fatigue" towards the mid-end of the book; and Ms. Prince is able to anticipate and address the logical questions that come next in the student's mind.
Beginning with the basics, this book then progresses (very logically) to more difficult concepts such as multi-dimensional arrays, structures and collections, and parsing and reading/writing ... Read More
- Great book ! Easy read.
- Okay; Good by comparison to other books on the subject
