Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.2768 EAN: 9780735625419 ISBN: 0735625417 Label: Microsoft Press Manufacturer: Microsoft Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: March 07, 2008 Publisher: Microsoft Press Sales Rank: 150905 Studio: Microsoft Press
Product DescriptionIn this lively, eye-opening, hands-on book, all you need is a computer and the desire to learn how to program with Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition. Featuring a full edition of the software, this fun and highly visual guide walks you through a complete programming project a desktop weather-reporting application from start to finish. You ll get an introduction to the Microsoft Visual Studio® development environment and learn how to put the lightweight, easy-to-use tools in Visual Basic Express Edition to work right away creating, compiling, testing, and delivering your first ready-to-use program. You ll get expert tips, coaching, and visual examples at each step of the way, along with pointers to additional learning resources.
Key Book Benefits
This dynamic, full-color, highly-visual book is designed to help novice programmers build fundamental programming skills for Windows® quickly and easily
Provides a quick-start, project-based approach!
Provides complete software for Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition and all the instructions needed to understand and put those tools to work right away
Features a complete desktop application that can be easily modified and reused a great learn-by-doing example
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Most Unobjective Presentation Method
When you read this book ("Microsoft Visual Basic 2008", by Patrice Pelland), you feel that you must try your best to be very patient, for the subject matter is prsented in a too much worded way. This is so because the subject matter is not explained in an objective way, for there are too many words that say just a little bit. Instead of phrasing the subject matter with the right amount of words, the auhor prefers to use as many words as possible, no matter what is needed.
Rating: - You can download the software for free at MS site !
Considering the previous comments that this was written based on beta code and the fact not mentioned that you can download the VB studio software for free from microsoft why bother buying the book. You can also download SQL server, C++, .... for free. Save your money and spend it on a better book without the software. So if your buying this because of the software you should re-evaluate your rational. Software available for free so your really buying just the book.
Rating: - Build some things but not all
This book was written based on Beta code.
I found that some things worked and some didn't, with absolutely NO troubleshooting guide to help explain why some of the code in the book gives errors - even when using the software supplied on the CD.
Some examples worked OK - some created seemingly unfixable errors. This is extremely frustrating since, if you are like me, you will assume that you have done something wrong when really it is a Microsoft problem!
Rating: - Little help!
I bought two books to help me with a small VB program I needed to write. I have a little conceptual knowledge of programming from a long time ago.
This book is written specifically for VB Express Edition. I opened the book and was lost in the first two pages. I already knew it was not going to be the answer. I switched to VB 2008 by Michael Halvorson and completed my program with little difficulty. A few times I went back to this book, but could never figure out what I needed. I found much ... Read More
Rating: - It's the Book!!!!!!!!!!!
It's a very cool book, if you don't know anything about visual basic this is the book you should buy, but if you have some skills in visual basic look for another book
- Most Unobjective Presentation Method
- You can download the software for free at MS site !
- Build some things but not all
- It's the Book!!!!!!!!!!!
