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Summary: Invaluable Reference on Object and Component Development
Review: As a person who is constantly reading new material, books, eNewsletters, etc., I was most impressed with the content of this book. The book covers the design/implementation decisions that have to be made to make an object and/or component as effective as it can be. The auther discusses the impacts of various design decisions and does not really tell you what to do, but rather outlines in clear, consise language the implications of the decisions and allows you to make the design that works best for your situation. I have long been wondering if I was making the correct design decisions and looking for a book that outlines the alternatives that can be implemented to develop enterprise solutions that perform well and are maintainable! After the specifics of general object and component writing, there are specific chapters that target ActiveX Controls, adding Data Binding behavior of your objects, MTS components, and much, much more (read the table of contents). These chapters are written to be practical guides to the implementation of these specific technologies with clear, concise languange and examples! While the W2K and COM+ coverage is light, it outlines some of the items that warrant further investigation on your own. This book sure to be one of the most often used reference books in my library on VB. I recommend it highly to anyone asking about object/component design and development and I highly recommend it to you now.
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Summary: Thorough without losing focus
Review: I don't often run across a book that impresses me to the point that I feel motivated enough to write a review. I needed to learn how to use COM in order to use ActiveX components in an IIS ASP application. After purchasing and reading several other books, I ran across this one. It has proven to be the primary source of information for me on developing robust and useful components. Mr. Vogel manages to keep his focus on the details of COM that are challenging to understand and not already covered in the Microsoft documention. I would suggest this book for programmers of any level who need a thorough understanding of creating solid COM components.
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Summary: The definitive guide for "thinking with objects"
Review: I first read this for myself, and have since recommended it to every programmer I know...from beginners to professionals... It not only leads a beginner ( and some old-timers) through the thought process for developing in a component model, but shows them how to consider certain situations that they will have to answer if they do any "live" programming. For the professional, it not only opens up new ideas on how to move to the next level in terms of tighter code, but also reminds us of key concepts - some of which we may have forgotten or just gotten lazy in using. A must have for the tech leader of any development team.
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Summary: This is by far the best VB book ever!
Review: I love this book. It is the best written VB book I have seen. It is so well written. I have read 4 chapters so far, and I am understanding all the information so far. The examples are terrific. I am thrilled with it. If you want to learn about COM and objects......GET IT!
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Summary: Good book on VB object and component
Review: I studied the object oriented programming(OOP) with C++ before, but I do not know much on OOP with VB. So I purchased this book to learn OOP with visual basic, as well as component design. It is proved that this is really a good purchase. After reading the book, I am doing very well on the object oriented programming with Visual Basic now. I would recommend this book to the programmers who are interested in VB object and component. However, I do think that this book can be better if it is better sentenced. I have read many technical books. It takes me some time to understand what the author is talking about sometimes with this book.
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Summary: There should be a book to clearly explain VB and here it is!
Review: I was constantly complaining that not one of the Visual Basic books that I had read really showed me how to go about getting started creating the objects in my projects. They were full of the technical side of programming, with its infinitely many details, which is good, but very lacking in explaining the creative, thinking process. But Peter Vogel's book speaks so clearly to what I was wanting as a new VB programmer that it was almost scary- good scary! He has the ability to know what your questions would be if you could ask them and he tells you the answer. Reading this book is like finding the holy grail for anyone who is looking for clear explanation from the start of a project all the way through to the finish. Best money I have ever spent.
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Summary: Why I wrote this book
Review: I wrote this book because I was tired of pulling the information that I needed on building objects and components in Visual Basic from Microsoft's (frequently inadequate) documentation. I wanted a book that brought together into one set of covers all the information that a programmer needs. I also wanted to include things that nobody seemed to have discussed thoroughly: building sophisticated property procedures, designing components based on your data design, deciding between the various design tradeoffs (which is why I put all the benchmarks in), and so on. I also wanted to show how to build objects for every environment that you could use Visual Basic in, from ADO providers to Internet Applications to Microsoft Transaction Server. This is very definately intended to be a programmer's handbook: Something that you can refer to with the information that you need to make an informed decision. As Ken Getz says in the forward, the goal was to save the reader more time than the books costs. The book's too big (it's about 700 pages) but I wanted to cover all the features of the language, all the practical aspects of object and component development, and every component environment. Please let me know if the book succeeds for you.
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Summary: Visual Basic Object and Component Handbook
Review: If you are looking for a book about COM/COM+ and how to design and develope components using VB then this book is a must. It does what it claims to give the readers. I had two other books about COM/COM+ but they were just waste of time, money and space, this one is a reference to keep.
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Summary: THE book for the VB programmer who wants to code objects
Review: If you want to learn to design and create COM objects and code in a generally OOP type of way in VB, this is your book. For those coming from C++ who want to componentize their VB apps in the true spirit of OOP, this book has all you need. Well written, full of useful examples, it belongs on the shelf of every VB component creator.
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Summary: THE book for the VB programmer who wants to code objects
Review: If you want to learn to design and create COM objects and code in a generally OOP type of way in VB, this is your book. For those coming from C++ who want to componentize their VB apps in the true spirit of OOP, this book has all you need. Well written, full of useful examples, it belongs on the shelf of every VB component creator.
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