Rating: 
Summary: There Are Better Books Available
Review: This is a good book, but there are errors in places that matter. I'm absolutely new to Windows programming, and when there are typos on the sample scripts, I have to do trial and error to make the script work. While the trial and error makes one more experienced with the quirks of windows scripting, it delays progress. It makes the person digress and have to reread the main point of the material being studied.Also, since this book purports to be a beginners' book, it should define more clearly what an "object oriented" programming language is, what objects are, and so on. In chapter 1, there was a short description of what these things were, but I didn't understand them due to acute brevity. I had given up on the book until I caught a glimpse in real life of how visual basic programs were created and how they are used. With insights gained from real life application, I was able to go back to this book and fill in the gaps. Programming is very delicate. A mistake of one space in the wrong place could mean serious headaches to the experienced. But the same mistake in the teaching material of an absolute newbie is just a painful distraction from study. In future versions, please make sure typography is 100% perfect, or at least the sample scripts are 100% perfect.
Rating: 
Summary: An okay book.
Review: This is a good book, but there are errors in places that matter. I'm absolutely new to Windows programming, and when there are typos on the sample scripts, I have to do trial and error to make the script work. While the trial and error makes one more experienced with the quirks of windows scripting, it delays progress. It makes the person digress and have to reread the main point of the material being studied. Also, since this book purports to be a beginners' book, it should define more clearly what an "object oriented" programming language is, what objects are, and so on. In chapter 1, there was a short description of what these things were, but I didn't understand them due to acute brevity. I had given up on the book until I caught a glimpse in real life of how visual basic programs were created and how they are used. With insights gained from real life application, I was able to go back to this book and fill in the gaps. Programming is very delicate. A mistake of one space in the wrong place could mean serious headaches to the experienced. But the same mistake in the teaching material of an absolute newbie is just a painful distraction from study. In future versions, please make sure typography is 100% perfect, or at least the sample scripts are 100% perfect.
Rating: 
Summary: Could be much better
Review: This thick book has ended up to be fairly worthless for me. There are other books, even those half the size, that I use more often. Scripting in Windows really isn't that complicated, and most of what I need to know can be found on the web in minutes. A waste.
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