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Summary: Sorely disappointed
Review: The title of this book should be "How TMS implements VB"If you're an Intermediate VB programmer who's looking to expand his/her skills, don't buy this book. I learnt this lesson the hard way. This book is not really an Advanced book. Its really a super-advanced book with many special and arcane topics. There is good technical info at times but it is few and far in between. The book rambles along aimlessly. There is little explanation as to how one topic relates to another. The authors are knowledgable in their fields but extremely conceited. They also try to be witty all the time. Gets tedious after a while. There are too few examples and too much prose.
Rating:
Summary: Sorely disappointed
Review: The title of this book should be "How TMS implements VB" If you're an Intermediate VB programmer who's looking to expand his/her skills, don't buy this book. I learnt this lesson the hard way. This book is not really an Advanced book. Its really a super-advanced book with many special and arcane topics. There is good technical info at times but it is few and far in between. The book rambles along aimlessly. There is little explanation as to how one topic relates to another. The authors are knowledgable in their fields but extremely conceited. They also try to be witty all the time. Gets tedious after a while. There are too few examples and too much prose.
Rating:
Summary: Sorely disappointed
Review: The title of this book should be "How TMS implements VB" If you're an Intermediate VB programmer who's looking to expand his/her skills, don't buy this book. I learnt this lesson the hard way. This book is not really an Advanced book. Its really a super-advanced book with many special and arcane topics. There is good technical info at times but it is few and far in between. The book rambles along aimlessly. There is little explanation as to how one topic relates to another. The authors are knowledgable in their fields but extremely conceited. They also try to be witty all the time. Gets tedious after a while. There are too few examples and too much prose.
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Summary: Good Timing - just what I needed
Review: There are so many so called 'advanced' or 'expert' books on the market which are written and researched so badly that I was suspicious of this book at first - was this another 'me too?' I thought. The first edition was recommended to me but for some reason I didn't go and buy it - I got by (the book was included on MSDN anyway). I finally bought this book about a week ago and since then I have found it to be genuine. That's about it really. What it says it will do it does. It is obviously NOT written by professional writers (although there's nothing wrong with the writing) but by programmers using the tool that I personally earn a living using myself. Every professional VB6 developer doing difficult stuff should read this book.
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Summary: worst book I have ever read
Review: There are unrelated and unorganized chapters written by different authors. The book is actually about "software development". The authors express their experience. Also titles are so funny some examples :"Here Be Dragons","Dancing in Step","Using Smoke and mirors" etc.I am sorry that I bought this book.
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Summary: Decent book, but lots of 'too specific' information.
Review: This book has a few good chapters in it "On Error GoToHell" - on errors, "Minutiae" on compiler options andother usually overlooked Visual Basic optimizations, "Well, at Least it compiled OK!" on testing, "Starting With Bases Loaded" on base code, "Mixing Languages with Visual Studio" and "Didn't I Write That Function Last WeeK?" on code reuse. I didn't read the chapters on IIS, databases and CE (if I wanted a book about these subjects, I would buy one). The most surprising chapters dealt with enterprise development and "How to Find, Recruit, and Retain Great Developers" which were just plain out of scope. TMS authors' should write about VB6 in a VB6 book. Those chapters should be elsewhere - maybe a management book. I also did not like the Accessibility in Visual Basic chapter which dealt with making your programs for disabled people. Also, the dating and programming with variant chapters were frivolous and not "advanced" at all.
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Summary: Decent book, but lots of 'too specific' information.
Review: This book has a few good chapters in it "On Error GoToHell" - on errors, "Minutiae" on compiler options andother usually overlooked Visual Basic optimizations, "Well, at Least it compiled OK!" on testing, "Starting With Bases Loaded" on base code, "Mixing Languages with Visual Studio" and "Didn't I Write That Function Last WeeK?" on code reuse. I didn't read the chapters on IIS, databases and CE (if I wanted a book about these subjects, I would buy one). The most surprising chapters dealt with enterprise development and "How to Find, Recruit, and Retain Great Developers" which were just plain out of scope. TMS authors' should write about VB6 in a VB6 book. Those chapters should be elsewhere - maybe a management book. I also did not like the Accessibility in Visual Basic chapter which dealt with making your programs for disabled people. Also, the dating and programming with variant chapters were frivolous and not "advanced" at all.
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Summary: Fabulous information for VB Pros
Review: This book has plenty of tips, tricks and valuable information to push limits of VB. Although it is not intended for all levels of programming, those with more experience will be thrill with the kind of information that we can extract from that book. Not everyone agree with the content of this book. If you have any good judgement, you will use it and discard whatever you don't feel confortable or disagree with. Then you'll have a very, very good source of advanced programming for Visual Basic.
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Summary: Great Book for Experienced VB Developers!
Review: This book is composed of chapters written by individual authors. Each chapter about a particular aspect of VB programming (such as error handling, Y2K, Databases, etc.) and is written by the most knowledgeable perosn on TMS's staff. The chapter's are not designed for beginners, but are wonderful for helping an experienced developer excel. A must have book for serious VB programmers!
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Summary: Deals with concepts more than using features of VB6
Review: This book is good reading if you don't think you are getting a 'technical reference' to aid you in using the advanced features of VB6. There are so many witty comments in this book, it seems it would be sitting on a coffee table rather than next to your workstation. These are the writings of self-praising individuals who refer to "we at TMS" more times than one can count. This book is definately not for those who are seeking books that explain how things work at a deeper level in VB6, and discussions on advanced features are not very well expanded. It is far too dificult to muddle though the jibberish to find what you are looking for. The title shold be "How TMS uses Visual Basic 6."
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