Rating: 
Summary: The worst VB 6.0 book a true beginner could ever buy!!!
Review: I have been struggling to learn VB 6.0 with this book, and I will tell you, it is terrible. The book starts out great, with a very thorough explanation and it doesn't overwhelm you. But, all the details it tells you not to worry about come back to haunt you as you progress. They don't just come back to haunt you; they slam you hard. This book goes from a snail's pace to WAYYYYY too fast, in a matter of pages. The book leaves out a ton of details. In one instance, you are asked to create a form with option buttons (radio buttons) that respond to the user clicking them with messages; well, they never even tell you how to write the code for an option button in the section that was supposed to cover it!!!!!! Horrible stuff here, people. To make matters worse, the book is strewn with a ton of errors! The very first problem they have you code has a mistake in it, that only a more advanced programmer would pick up on. The errors continue thoroughout the book and, in some cases, the whole program is completely out of wack. Not only this, but there are not many good sample problems to solve and the examples they give are incomplete, which only adds to the confusion. Simply do not buy this book if you are a true beginner and if you are not, then why would you need this book anyway???? I cannot recommend this at all, and am only giving it 2 stars based on the fact that it has a decent introduction to the VB world, but the substance is flawed. This book almost made me hate VB. Please stay away everybody:(
Rating:
Summary: The worst VB 6.0 book a true beginner could ever buy!!!
Review: I have been struggling to learn VB 6.0 with this book, and I will tell you, it is terrible. The book starts out great, with a very thorough explanation and it doesn't overwhelm you. But, all the details it tells you not to worry about come back to haunt you as you progress. They don't just come back to haunt you; they slam you hard. This book goes from a snail's pace to WAYYYYY too fast, in a matter of pages. The book leaves out a ton of details. In one instance, you are asked to create a form with option buttons (radio buttons) that respond to the user clicking them with messages; well, they never even tell you how to write the code for an option button in the section that was supposed to cover it!!!!!! Horrible stuff here, people. To make matters worse, the book is strewn with a ton of errors! The very first problem they have you code has a mistake in it, that only a more advanced programmer would pick up on. The errors continue thoroughout the book and, in some cases, the whole program is completely out of wack. Not only this, but there are not many good sample problems to solve and the examples they give are incomplete, which only adds to the confusion. Simply do not buy this book if you are a true beginner and if you are not, then why would you need this book anyway???? I cannot recommend this at all, and am only giving it 2 stars based on the fact that it has a decent introduction to the VB world, but the substance is flawed. This book almost made me hate VB. Please stay away everybody:(
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Summary: I'd recommend it to ANY beginner to intermediate programmer.
Review: I purchased this book as a relatively new vb programmer. I'd had Visual Basic 6 for 3 days, and i already knew most of the very Basics of Visual Basic programming. With this book, however, i learned about so many more functions not obviously available without reading through all of the documentation. I learned about arrays and the Windows API and saving data and a lot more. Without this book I would still be at stage one. Since reading it, i've programmed a 2 applications, a game and an addressbook program, and they are great! By the way, it says "21 days", but I had finished several "days" in one day, and it really is much faster. Another nice thing about this book was that though it did provide source code, i didn't have to be sitting at the computer while reading to understand the concepts. I still use this book constantly as a reference. It is great for new programmers.
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Summary: Ok, In Comparison
Review: I teach using this book. That is not because the book is great by any means, but because it is better than the rest. I get a lot of VB textbooks to review and they are just plain ugly. On the other hand this one gives a series of interesting projects for beginners or intermediate programmers.The book covers VB more than it covers programming, if that makes any sense. In other words, you do projects in the VB environment, you don't learn to program Basic. I have to create lessons of my own for that. Errata? Yes there is definitely errata that I have to warn my students about. The paperback version (not the Professional Reference Edition) just plain falls apart over a semester but otherwise shares the content of the book.
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Summary: Is errors
Review: Lots of syntax errors that will really trip up a beginner. They say that learning a programming language is easier than a language like Spanish or French, however in programming, your whole entire program is usless if one word is mispelled and you can't continue until it's fixed. For example: there's a bonus project at the end of every chapter that takes about an hour to go through. Then, when you're finally done, BLAMM!! COMPILE ERROR!!! That's one whole chapter that you won't learn anything. They're not just typos either. There is actual code that doesn't do what he sais that it's supposed to and you'll have to decypher it on your own. This guy seems like a good teacher and this book covers alot of importance, but errors and errors. If you're at least 6 months or more experienced with VB you might like this. Just don't pay attention to anything in the book.
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Summary: Not even worth it for free
Review: My company has a subscription to Safari Books Online, so I decided to see what Visual Basic books were available rather than buy my own book. I found this book and decided to try it out. What a mistake! The key to learning programming is to get as much hands-on practice as possible. Therefore, it is critical that programming books offer as many coding exercises as possible. This book doesn't have enough coding exercises, and many of the ones it does have do not work! I've double-checked my code to make sure it matched what is in the book, and I still get the "compile error" that other reviewers have mentioned. Worse yet, I checked the "Updates & Corrections" link at the Sams website and found nothing. In short, don't waste your money. I'm frustrated enough and I got it for free!
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Summary: Not even worth it for free
Review: My company has a subscription to Safari Books Online, so I decided to see what Visual Basic books were available rather than buy my own book. I found this book and decided to try it out. What a mistake! The key to learning programming is to get as much hands-on practice as possible. Therefore, it is critical that programming books offer as many coding exercises as possible. This book doesn't have enough coding exercises, and many of the ones it does have do not work! I've double-checked my code to make sure it matched what is in the book, and I still get the "compile error" that other reviewers have mentioned. Worse yet, I checked the "Updates & Corrections" link at the Sams website and found nothing. In short, don't waste your money. I'm frustrated enough and I got it for free!
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Summary: horrible
Review: The worst book on VB I have ever read... DON'T BUY IT!!!
Nothing about databases and many mistakes all over the book
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Summary: Too Many Errors
Review: There are so many errors in this book I wonder how it got published. Very disappointing. Programming is so exact and to find errors everywhere is crazy. I Unfortunately can't recommend this to anyone.
Rating:
Summary: Disappointing
Review: This book can best be described as: dull, wordy, plodding and poorly organized. It also has numerous typos, which is especially bad for a programming book. e.g.Tables 5.5 and 6.1 have typos. Also, some of the references are incorrect. It appears that the author wrote this book for those "who don't have a clue", but took it too far.
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