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Summary: Excellent guide for experienced visual basic programmers
Review: As someone who has spent over five years as a professional Visual Basic programmer I don't want to throw away all my knowledge when I move to VB.NET. Fortunately, this (big) book doesn't bother teaching you programming from scratch (you should definitely look elsewhere if you're a complete beginner) but will help you make sense of not only what's changed in the move from VB6 to VB.NET (a lot!) but also what you can take with you from VB6 (a surprisingly large amount actually). This means that you don't have to spend your time working through stuff like "this is a variable", "this is an if statement". Instead the book gets stuck into what makes the .NET Framework and Common Language Runtime tick - and explains how you can relate all of it to VB6.The first third of the book serves as a reference to the VB.NET language - syntax, error handling, objects, inheritance, interfaces, and the differences between variables and types. While this means that you don't get to create many exciting applications early on it does mean that you have a thorough grounding in the essentials of the language. Then the rest of the book takes a look at the most important features of .NET in turn: ADO.NET, XML, Windows Forms, Web Services, Data Binding, Remoting, Networking, Threading, Security, Web Forms, etc. You won't be an expert in any of these areas after you've read the book but you will have a much better idea of what VB.NET is capable of and how to get started using the advanced features of the .NET Framework Class Library. Although there are a lot of authors that wrote on this book, which can spell trouble in my experience, the editors have managed to maintain a consistent voice throughout and there's surprisingly little overlap between chapters. Well worth the money.
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Summary: Unprofessional VB.NET
Review: Good book if you want to find how to apply VB.NET in different areas. BUT if you want to know VB.NET itself, don't waste your time, it should be the last book in your list.
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Summary: Horribly written!!!
Review: I expected something better from a Wrox book. Recently all their books seem to be taking a dive. What I don't like about this book is that I'm already past page 100 and *still* all the coding was for a "Hello World" app. The book goes into topics that could be presented much later, such as the code that is automatically generated when creating a Windows application. I am still reading the book, but tomorrow am going to pick up Deitel's VB.NET book which, from looking at the table of contents, is how a book like this should be organized. Frankly, I can't believe how poor this book is, and I will think twice (or read more carefully in the bookstore) before buying any Wrox book in the future. I definitely do not recommend this book to anyone -- it was a complete waste of my money.
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Summary: One of the worst written books
Review: I wonder how some have given good ratings to this book. I was fooled by their rating. The more I think abt this book the more it pains me. It really lacks professionalism. The content is jumbled up and not well treated. I have a library of .net, xml and java books. In middle east it is quite difficult to get books so had to get it from outside. The pains that I took to get this book is all in vain and this book was my worst decision.
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Summary: What you need to develop a professional application
Review: I`m really happy that I've purchased this book.
Actualy I`m a self-learned VB 6 programmer; after having finished about how to program VB.NET, I wanted to learn more about the infrastructure of the .Net framework & also how to use professional tricks to increase the performance of my applincations.
I found this book helpful on the way to achieve the above goals.
You can consider it as a MUST HAVE BOOK for a professional VB developer.
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Summary: Professional VB.Net
Review: Like many a Wrox book, this one is packed full of information, plenty of examples, and more than just the simple stuff. It's not supposed to be read sequentially (start to finish) but to debrief on selected topics as needed. You can bounce from start of the book, to Threading, to Web Services, and others quite nicely as that feature is needed. For those who program for a living and want to see what VB.net is about, this book is a must buy.
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Summary: Awesome reference
Review: Like many a Wrox book, this one is packed full of information, plenty of examples, and more than just the simple stuff. It's not supposed to be read sequentially (start to finish) but to debrief on selected topics as needed. You can bounce from start of the book, to Threading, to Web Services, and others quite nicely as that feature is needed. For those who program for a living and want to see what VB.net is about, this book is a must buy.
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Summary: A good book with some errors
Review: Like others have already reviewed this is an useful book for experienced VB6 developers. I do find some errors in the book. So, you have to use it with caution.
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Summary: A good book with some errors
Review: Like others have already reviewed this is an useful book for experienced VB6 developers. I do find some errors in the book. So, you have to use it with caution.
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