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Summary: Book does not cover .NET Remoting
Review: The book on the cover states Core Reference. Well, then where is .NET remoting ?
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Summary: Fantastic book for those who want to know HOW VB.NET works!
Review: This is a big book--huge, in fact--that explains how VB.NET, and .NET in general, work. If you're looking for a book that dives right into how to code VB.NET and get up and running in as little time as possible, you really should look elsewhere. On the other hand, if you're looking for detailed, how-it-works information in addition to how to code VB.NET, then look no further. I honestly think the latter approach is the one all professionals should have, and if you're just getting into .NET and already have VB6 experience, this should be the first book you purchase. Be prepared for a long, detailed read though, without instant coding gratification, but it'll be worth it in the long run.
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Summary: Heavy stuff for the shelf.
Review: This is the third book I'm reading in the .NET technology series. I found it difficult to understand certain information. May be because of my knowledge about .NET. For the beginners it is better to go for some other books.
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Summary: Programming Microsoft Visual Basic .NET is EXCELLENT
Review: Get this book. For all programmer levels. This got me up to speed with .NET and VB.NET especially, without great previous experience with VB. This guy is a teacher, and knows how to communicate well. The only thing lacking here are exercises to test ones' new found knowledge...(Francesco - hint! hint! - for the next edition). A truly great book and a must have for the collection of any serious .NET developer.
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Summary: wonderfull book
Review: I read it and it was a an excellent book specially for who already has an previous experince with VB 6. it's woth it to buy it as a reference
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Summary: Good book that's it
Review: Good ADO.NET coverage and satisfactory ASP.NET introduction. This book is good, mostly for reference. There are lots of examples but not complete programs, just code fragments. It would had been nice for more real world examples. The Inheritance and AOO chapters are great but Windows Forms and ASP.NET were superficial in my opinion but ok. A lot of Windows Forms components with some examples, but just code fragments. Recommended after you have read some other books.
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Summary: A great resource for VB.NET Developers
Review: I've worked with VB.NET and ASP.NET on a few medium-sized projects, and I used several books for learning about .NET in the past. Of those resources, I've found this title to be, by far, the most useful and relevant for my development work. Balena seems to have found a method that strikes a balance between providing enough useful practical information without including too much theoretical background. Although the topic of several chapters are not relevant to me now, I know that I'll be referring to this book often! Overall, it's an excellent resource, especially for those that have at least a basic understanding of programming and that have worked with VB6 or earlier.
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Summary: The Best Book on .NET and Visual Basic.NET
Review: This book is for those who already know basics of .NET,VB.NET and willing to understand the VB.NET in depth.It takes lot of effort to complete each chapter but author did his job in covering every aspect of the .NET platform.If you are looking for a book to master VB.NET then this is the book for you.This book does not cover .NET Security,COM Interop,Application Setup and distribution
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Summary: Essential for professional VB programmers
Review: This is not a beginner's text by any means, a reasonable degree of proficiency in VB is pretty much indispensable. There is so much of relevance in the book to system programming that it beggars belief. Balena does a very thorough job on presenting class construction, overloading, inheritance and so forth. The presentation is clean and has lots of snippets. In contrast arrays, lists and collections are all covered in one chapter (chapter 9), which I found tight. The hashtable class gets a mere two pages of compact description for instance. This bears out my point that you need to know quite a bit in advance in order to get full measure from this book. I found the chapter on object serialisation hard going. Serialisation refers to the process of writing objects to a memory buffer. Towards the end of the chapter a good account of XSD files is developed, and it is worth while staying with this chapter until you grasp this format (or formatter). This is followed by chapters on regular expressions, threading and assemblies. No hostages taken. Chapter 15 covers reflection which I suspect is something few books on .net will tackle as seriously due to its very detailed low level spec. You can use the classes in the reflection namespace to probe other assemblies and 'retrieve' their properties. It is a very focused business. After this chapter the book returns to the upper world of the regular programmer, and begins to produce topics similar to any other book covering the same development areas but still of very high quality(forms, ADO.NET, ASP,NET, etc.). The weakest chapter here seemed to me to be the GDI+ chapter. It appears a fact of life, but excellent system programmers are not overly enthusiastic graphics programmers. It is a pity that the overall excellence of the book didn't extend to this chapter. Before concluding the review I would point out that I read the first half of the book with much greater diligence than the second half. If you already know VB, don't pass over this book. It will serve you well.
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Summary: Excellent Book for Anyone and Everyone
Review: I was a VB programmer in college... then went full throttle into Java, J2EE, and EJB... now I am back and this book has caught me up to date with the latest .NET technology with easy to learn chapters and examples but real world applicability.
Buy this book. It confirms our worst fears, Microsoft has finally done something right!
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