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Summary: Comprehensive and practical - what a concept!
Review: A comprehensive introduction to Windows and web application development, this book gets you up and running with VB.NET by emphasizing practical tasks that utilize VB.NET's principal strengths. A very attractive package, and written bin a very approachable style.
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Summary: Just bought two more for my team
Review: Easy to understand with useful, practical examples. Not overloaded with theory. Doesn't waste time on the exotic intricacies of features that will rarely be used. Good explanation of the new XML functionality and on building ASP.NET applications for the Web. I originally bought this book because I liked the previous VB6 book by Davis, and I'm happy I did.
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Summary: November 24 review below has it ALL WRONG!
Review: First and foremost, let me say that this is a **GREAT** book! I don't know who that guy (or gal) is that blasted this book on November 24th, but I'd bet that s/he hasn't even read it and obviously doesn't understand the target audience--people like me who want to learn how to program using VB.Net. This book is one of the clearest books about VB.Net that I have found. I own 3 other VB.Net books and I wish I had found this one first.
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Summary: Davis Does It Again
Review: Harold Davis gets it. Davis has a wonderful way of taking material and presenting it so all audiences... beginner to professional... find something new and insightful on the pages. This book will help orient real-world users and give them the tools they need. As with his other offerings, Davis uses his very personable and readable style to great advantage.
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Summary: Davis Does It Again
Review: Harold Davis gets it. Davis has a wonderful way of taking material and presenting it so all audiences... beginner to professional... find something new and insightful on the pages. This book will help orient real-world users and give them the tools they need. As with his other offerings, Davis uses his very personable and readable style to great advantage.
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Summary: Finally, an easy approach to VB NET!
Review: I bought Harold Davis's "Visual Basic 6: Visual QuickStart Guide" because I've always wanted to learn to program. And I did! Now that VB .NET is here, I've been at a loss as to how to proceed. Thank goodness, Mr. Davis has written a book about this latest (and greatest!) version of VB. This book has everything I've been needing to get going with tips on migrating my programs and what's new or just changed from the previous version. I really don't understand the one star review from "The Geek" down below. He's comparing this book which is for novices and intermediate programmers with books for experts. Sounds like apples and oranges to me. If you're looking for a great book to get you started with VB .NET, then buy this book!
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Summary: Finally, an easy approach to VB NET!
Review: I bought Harold Davis's "Visual Basic 6: Visual QuickStart Guide" because I've always wanted to learn to program. And I did! Now that VB .NET is here, I've been at a loss as to how to proceed. Thank goodness, Mr. Davis has written a book about this latest (and greatest!) version of VB. This book has everything I've been needing to get going with tips on migrating my programs and what's new or just changed from the previous version. I really don't understand the one star review from "The Geek" down below. He's comparing this book which is for novices and intermediate programmers with books for experts. Sounds like apples and oranges to me. If you're looking for a great book to get you started with VB .NET, then buy this book!
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Summary: Best VB.NET book!
Review: I have about thirty .NET books on my shelf, and this is the best of all. It is more than a tutorial about Visual Basic .NET programming -- it also gives extraordinary understanding of what .NET is about. Easy visuals and step by step instructions get you up fast with .NET, but there is also meat for experienced programmers. This is quite a tasty book!
I have read some of Harold's other books about programming and Visual Basic, and they are all good -- but this is the best one yet.
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Summary: A Special Treat
Review: I have been programming since IBM produced the 7090/7094, with the first symbolic assembler/compiler. I have not completely adapted to object oriented programming yet (but am commited to modular, well-documented code that avoids arbitrary assumptions that prevent smooth future growth).The first time I got one of Harold Davis' books, I was impressed: "Finally, a book for programmers that is really accessible!" I was tired of voluminous books of "how to"s that did not provide a good conceptual structure. (Some of us need that to help the memory, and sense of mastery.) He writes in an easy-to understand style in which the basic concepts are included along with the clear and straightforward "how to"s. It is clearly a book suitable for beginners and for experienced, moderately advanced, programmers at the same time. (Something I formerly did not believe was possible.) As one reads and occassionally rereads the material, it becomes evident that the content is really quite dense. One can read simply, follow the instructions - that are clear and easy to follow - and, if a deeper understanding is desired, then go back and re-read the material, more slowly. It is all there. In this latest book, he has brought this style to a very fine level. I was intending to "retire" with Visual Studio 6. After, reading the first few chapters of this book, I am eager to take his "journey" into VB .net.
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Summary: A Special Treat
Review: I have been programming since IBM produced the 7090/7094, with the first symbolic assembler/compiler. I have not completely adapted to object oriented programming yet (but am commited to modular, well-documented code that avoids arbitrary assumptions that prevent smooth future growth). The first time I got one of Harold Davis' books, I was impressed: "Finally, a book for programmers that is really accessible!" I was tired of voluminous books of "how to"s that did not provide a good conceptual structure. (Some of us need that to help the memory, and sense of mastery.) He writes in an easy-to understand style in which the basic concepts are included along with the clear and straightforward "how to"s. It is clearly a book suitable for beginners and for experienced, moderately advanced, programmers at the same time. (Something I formerly did not believe was possible.) As one reads and occassionally rereads the material, it becomes evident that the content is really quite dense. One can read simply, follow the instructions - that are clear and easy to follow - and, if a deeper understanding is desired, then go back and re-read the material, more slowly. It is all there. In this latest book, he has brought this style to a very fine level. I was intending to "retire" with Visual Studio 6. After, reading the first few chapters of this book, I am eager to take his "journey" into VB .net.
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