Product DescriptionAlthough this book is designed for people who are new to the .NET Framework, Visual Basic, or even programming, its goals are ambitious. In just 20 chapters, you will learn how to develop graphical user interfaces, how to develop applications that work with databases through ADO.NET, how to develop web applications that use Web services and XML, and much more. It's all there in the unique Murach style that has been training professional programmers for more than 25 years.
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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: - Better than I thought
I just re-read this book. Much better than I initially thought. I think it is better if you have a little knowledge of VB.Net beforehand.
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.
- Better than I thought
