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Summary: Fantastic follow-up!!
Review: I've been a fan of Moore since his first book, and this is a fantastic follow-up. This book is a real bible for anyone working with VB .NET and ASP.NET.It starts at the beginning, with a warm introduction to anyone new to the world of .NET. Then it gets down to its no-nonsense method of delivering "secrets". Each chapter is split into two sections... the "Essentials" and the "Secrets". The Essentials briefly clues you up and provides short bullet points to refresh your memory and straighten out any difficult points. Then the Secrets section gets into the real juice, explaining all those real "nuggets" of information that you only find out about once in a blue moon... like how to create programs that automatically update themselves, or where you can download a program to auto-write your code for you, or which parts of the .NET Framework contain bugs and how to work around them. This is SUCH a refreshing change from the usual trashy Wrox publications, which simply seem intent on explaining the theory, or telling you how to install the thing, or how to create simple programs. This provides absolute real-world code to use instantly. It covers everything from Windows development, Web development, Web services, C# - and everything else a developer needs. Plus, make sure you download the source to go with this book. I did and it's got a few extra code chunks.
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Summary: Just got my copy...
Review: just got my copy of this book and great job!! it's saving me hours already, i will be ordering all of karl's books. if you're looking for a real adventure in VB.net and to do stuff you never thought you could, this book is for you... bargain price.
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Summary: Fantastic Tips, must have for new .net developer
Review: The best thing about this book is that it tells you how to do simple tasks that you WANT to do in .NET. Everytime I think of something, from file uploads in ASP.NET to using the registry or event log, this is your one stop "I do I do this now book. I give it 5 stars and definetly recommend this book.
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Summary: Poorly Organized- did not provide any useful code for me
Review: This book is a rambling treatise of unrelated code that is impossible to navigate. The code inside here could be written by any intermediate programmer. Very disappointed, not sure where all the 5 stars come from. I sent it back.
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Summary: Understand the meaning of this book.
Review: This is a great book with the intention of showing real world tools and tips to fast track any developer. The emphasis of the material is to help developers looking for those tricks we all spend hours and hours trying to figure out. It's NOT a reference book, it's NOT a step by step book. It's a book for a somewhat experienced programmer looking for quick answers. We always miss our tricks when moving to a new platform...Karl has figured out those asp/vb6 tricks for us in VB.NET Golden!!!
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Summary: Great source for code
Review: This is a great book. Most of the answers that I search for as a designer/developer are right here. Minor modifications are all that are needed for almost any app. Karl's examples also inspire you to find more on your own. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who uses VB.NET to program.
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Summary: Lots of hot code snippets
Review: This is precisely the book I wanted as I started getting more complicated with VB.NET. Thank you Karl, Apress and Amazon... what code snippets!
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Summary: great book for source code, but not for beginners
Review: You can find great code snippets and how-to's in this book, which will save you time for sure. However, this book is not for beginners.
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