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VBScript Sourcebook

VBScript Sourcebook

List Price: $34.99
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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A good book, great description of the document object model
Review: A good book over all, particularly good for those who already know Javascript. Covers VBScript for IE4.
Also, the best explanation & reference of the document object model I've seen.
Only thing I would have liked to have seen is at least a small section on ASP/server side VB Script.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Reference
Review: At the time, there weren't many books on VBS. This was just about the best out there. Now, I would probably go with an O'Reilly book. Anyway, I thought it was concise and info was easy to find when using as a reference. If you already have experience with using VB, even for just MS Excel and Access (not the full blow language version), this book will benefit you. I just needed a lookup reference on how to do stuff with VBS for the web, and that's exactly what I got. This book helped me to create my first online order calculator for a site that I'm webmaster for. However, if you need more coverage of the VB language, then choose another, more comprehensive book. I think the books assumes that you know something about VB already. If so, then this book is probably enough.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Got me up and running quickly
Review: At the time, there weren't many books on VBS. This was just about the best out there. Now, I would probably go with an O'Reilly book. Anyway, I thought it was concise and info was easy to find when using as a reference. If you already have experience with using VB, even for just MS Excel and Access (not the full blow language version), this book will benefit you. I just needed a lookup reference on how to do stuff with VBS for the web, and that's exactly what I got. This book helped me to create my first online order calculator for a site that I'm webmaster for. However, if you need more coverage of the VB language, then choose another, more comprehensive book. I think the books assumes that you know something about VB already. If so, then this book is probably enough.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great reference for developers
Review: I love this book for what it is: a great reference. Both the developer I mentor and myself love this book. It breaks down the IE DOM into easy to read entries. It clearly states syntax and variable ranges. It has only what an experienced developer needs in syntax in an easy to find format.

Not for learning how to program.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great reference for developers
Review: I love this book for what it is: a great reference. Both the developer I mentor and myself love this book. It breaks down the IE DOM into easy to read entries. It clearly states syntax and variable ranges. It has only what an experienced developer needs in syntax in an easy to find format.

Not for learning how to program.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Reference
Review: If you are looking for a great reference book to get you through ASP and vbscript DHTML, this is the book for you. It lists the syntactical details in a reasonably easy to follow format.

I had trouble keeping this on my desk at my last job.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Waste of Paper
Review: One must wonder the worth of a book when a large numbers of pages are devoted to useless example code that is quadruple spaced. The goal seems to be to make a book as thick as possible so a buyer feels that he gets a "comprehensive" "Well Detailed" and a high #pages/price ratio. Instead, I would more value the thinner, more concise book (e.g. "... in a nutshell" O'reilly series books)

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Waste of Paper
Review: One must wonder the worth of a book when a large numbers of pages are devoted to useless example code that is quadruple spaced. The goal seems to be to make a book as thick as possible so a buyer feels that he gets a "comprehensive" "Well Detailed" and a high #pages/price ratio. Instead, I would more value the thinner, more concise book (e.g. "... in a nutshell" O'reilly series books)

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: No coverage of Server side scripting
Review: Since the primary use of VB Script is on the server side and the only reason I bought the book, I was completely disappointed to find no coverage of creating ASP pages or any other reference to server side activity. It also has no information on accessing databases - again because of the bias toward browser development. Save your money

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: very disappointing
Review: The book is actually about how to program in VB for beginners, and the contents about the actual web development aspects are next to none. Examples do not work; online support is poor for that the author changed the online examples without changing the downloadable codes. Not worth buying at all.


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