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Summary: Great for newbies
Review: I would recommmed this book for all beginners, although I would suggest reading Grey Perry's "Absolute Beginner's Guide to Programming" first. Dunderhead's like me need things explained in very simple terms and this book will do the job. I will say one thing Mr Wang's has a cynical sense of humor, but he does explain things well.
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Summary: A lot harder than it should be...
Review: I'd like to start off by saying I'm only about 1/2 way through the book. I keep having trouble with the examples he puts in the book. It's taking me a lot more time and effort trying to correct his mistakes than actually learning the concepts. I feel as if these examples should have been more thoroughly checked. It would have saved me a lot of trouble, anyway. Other than this, though, the book is very good at explaining the concepts and very funny, as well.
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Summary: Excellent for beginners
Review: I'm going to be entering the video game industry pretty soon, and this book is what started it all. This books teaches basic concepts dealing with programming, which helped me understand C++. Thanks Wang
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Summary: You will be programmer!
Review: If you know NOTHING about programming and you want to understand the basics of programming baiscs! this bok is for you. After reading this book, you will be able to program by QBASIC which is the 1st step to be good programmer. you will learn also about internet programming which is very interesting. English is my second language but i found this book very easy to read and understand, so i recommend this book for those who want easy language and easy and enjoyable contents.
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Summary: Good start but weak toward the end
Review: Mr. Wang's book is a good primer to learn PC programming. The book does a great job explaining the differences between programming languages. However, toward the middle, the book does a dissapointing job in explaining the capabilities of Liberty Basic. The first edition did a better job with Q Basic. I would have prefered more in depth coverage of Liberty Basic functions.
For example, the chapter on arrays was too brief.
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Summary: Okay but don't expect to be a real programmer
Review: Not too bad, however there are some glaring problems. For example, one of the hardest things for a beginner to understand is recursion. This topic should rate a whole chapter near the start. Instead, the term is only mentioned ONCE in the entire book and only as a passing remark in a discussion about quick sorts. Outrageous! The best thing about the book is the choice of QBASIC for the examples.
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Summary: riddled with syntax errors
Review: Thank God for the libertybasic group in groups.yahoo.com otherwise I would have given up before I even started! This book is full of editing/syntax errors. Just to name the first several... Pg 84, 106, 121-123, 133-135...Trying to learn programming with this book is difficult because you are typing in these error-ridden examples and wondering why they aren't working. Fortunately, ITS NOT YOU POOR READER.
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Summary: Marginal at best
Review: The book does a very good job of explaining the basics in the beginning. I was able to get past his syntax errors by seeing enough code prior. However, The entire book appears to be put together half heartedly, so overall it seems to come up short.
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Summary: Not impressed
Review: The book has a couple of strong points. First, it is truely designed with the beginner in mind. It's easy to read. Far from technical. QBASIC software is built into Windows, so it's accesible to anybody with a PC. And it gives the reader a look at other programming languages which he/she would hopefully want to move on to after completion of this book. Lots of weak points: The mistakes in the authors programming examples were abundant. He spent much of the book teaching QBASIC (a language few people will ever productively use except for recreational purposes). My opinion,beginners wanting to learn programming for recreation would be better off learning HTML (which is covered moderately in the book) which has some productive value. Finally, the author is trying too hard to be funny. Granted his bio states he wants to be a stand-up comedian, but it didn't work for me while reading an intro-technical computer book.
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Summary: Not impressed
Review: The book has a couple of strong points. First, it is truely designed with the beginner in mind. It's easy to read. Far from technical. QBASIC software is built into Windows, so it's accesible to anybody with a PC. And it gives the reader a look at other programming languages which he/she would hopefully want to move on to after completion of this book. Lots of weak points: The mistakes in the authors programming examples were abundant. He spent much of the book teaching QBASIC (a language few people will ever productively use except for recreational purposes). My opinion,beginners wanting to learn programming for recreation would be better off learning HTML (which is covered moderately in the book) which has some productive value. Finally, the author is trying too hard to be funny. Granted his bio states he wants to be a stand-up comedian, but it didn't work for me while reading an intro-technical computer book.
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