Visual Basic 6: The Complete Reference (Complete Reference Series)

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Summary: Visual Basic 6 - Reference
Review: Noel Jerke's book should not be called a 'reference' book in any sense of the word. However, it does cover a lot of VB6 content. Jerke takes a 'teaching by example' approach. Although none of the concepts (objects, collections etc)are really explained in detail, his show how you can use them. Another excellent feature is his step-by-step approach to real-life system development. There are several excellent projects that he has developed from start to finish using production-type databases (SQL server 7). This is definitely not a beginner's book. You need a real reference book like Microsoft's Visual Basic 6 Programmer's Guide in order to totally understand and complete the examples. The programming styles that Jerke has used are consistently those recommended by Microsoft. You can learn a lot from the book provided you have the time and patience.

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Summary: NOT WORTH THE MONEY
Review: This book is difficult to read and the examples are hard to follow. At times the examples are not accurate and is missing information. It would be good for someone who like to spend hours trying to type code from the book and figure out what the book is missing to get it to work. my suggest is to save your money. There are much better books on VB6 which include code as well as being a good reference on objects

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Summary: The E-Commerce Code Alone is Worth It!
Review: This one really is 'complete' it goes from Windows to Internet. Great code!