Rating:  - Not quite complete
This book is very good for the beginning VB.net programmer but lacks some topics if you wish to use it as a reference book. I would like to see this book have some information on stored procedures and triggers.
Rating: - SPEED!
This book brings you up to speed very fast. I was a complete novice but now using Visual Basic to write a program in my dissertation.
The only downside is that you have to get Visual studio separately, it would have been a nice addition even if at an extra cost or charged separately.
Rating:  - Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Step by Step
I wouldn't consider my self an advance VB programmer but having used VB6 this book served as an Okay upgrade to VB 2005, the examples could have been much better, the book starts to get good in the later chapters, probably the last four or five, but I am tired of the hello world examples. so if you are completely new to Visual basic and are starting fresh with VB 2005 and never used VB 6 then this book is probably for you
Rating:  - Very, Very Good
I'm the type of person that has to read everything several times before I can fully comprehend the material but this book was a breeze. After I finished each chapter I felt fully confident that I could go & put what I learned to use with no trouble at all.
If you want to learn the basics of programming and have little or no prior experience, start here. I decided to buy the book after reading all the great reviews and I'm very happy I did. The book is very well organized and is full of useful examples. Every example is thoroughly explained so you're never left with any unanswered questions at the end of each chapter.
Great book! Thanks Michael.
Rating: - Ditto what the other reviewer's said!
This book was just what I needed to get started in MS Visual Basic 2005. It is well-written. The book included disk of sample programs that has been extremely helpful. The exercises in the book actually worked and taught me what I needed.
The earliest chapters are the best and most useful. Then Halvorson goes off on database and internet techniques that are redundant with programs like Access and FrontPage. But I guess some people will find them useful.
I have found, however, that I am now looking for another book to take me to the next higher level. So this is a good starter, but it is not everything you need in the long run.
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