<< 1 >>
Rating: 
Summary: Great book for beginners
Review: Although I have some experience in the computer field (I am an IS student), this was the very first book I've ever studied Visual Basic from. I must say that it explains a broad variety of topics in a very easy-to-comprehend fashion. I was only somewhat disappointed that OLE and ActiveX were barely covered.
Rating:
Summary: A Good Book for Beginners
Review: As a beginner to Visual Basic, I thought that the book was pretty good. I think it covers most of the basics and does a fairly decent job of laying out the information needed to move on to more advanced features. If you are a quick learner, this book will go fast, and you will soon need more advanced materials. Having said that, I think the book is a bit pricey for the user who has some sort of an idea concerning programing, otherwise, it is worth the money.
Rating:
Summary: Great book for beginners
Review: I concur that this is the best book presently available on programming VB. Sadly, it's inadequate. While the authors obviously know what they're talking about, the editor clearly did not. A LOT of errors went uncorrected, resulting in enough typos and contradictions to mystify a beginning programmer and temporarily confuse an experienced programmer who is new to VB. A typical example is a passage in which the text reads "negative 1"(a number less than zero) when the author clearly intended "minus 1"(a mathematical operation). The escalating hands-on approach is a good one, but the hands-on example code needs more documentation. The reference section (a couple of tables on the inside cover) provides only a partial listing of reserved words and objects. New reserved words are sometimes introduced without all the syntax rules. If you need a reference to teach or assist you with VB programming, I recommend you wait for a later edition of this book.
Rating: 
Summary: Very good book for beginners
Review: Simple and good style, clear examples are strong side of this book. It's very nice general instruction for beginings, that I know. Learning of students in Business School, that I led, were very successful
Rating: 
Summary: Pretty good for beginners
Review: There are lots of books out there that are just written like references or Help books. That's not the way to learn programming. Programming books should be written like math books, with progressive exercises you can do with test data to make sure you're getting the right answers. This book is one of the minority of books written that way. BTW, "A reader from denver, colorado; AWFUL", you're just wrong. I have gone through this entire book from front to back. I did all the Hands-On Examples and nearly all the Exercises and Case Study problems, all entirely on my own at home, and they all ran just fine for me. And no, I'm not an experienced programmer. In fact, I'm a Sales Rep. It's true that the book has typos and just skims the surface of some important topics like database programming, graphics, ActiveX, OLE and DLLs. It's also true that it leaves out a few things that are really good to know, like the directory box. But this just supposed to be an introduction to the fundamentals. To really be a VB progammer, you need to study a lot more than just this, including SQL, OCX, etc. If you read each chapter really carefully, you should have no trouble whatever doing the Hands-On examples on your own without checking the code at all. If you can get through this book, you will be ready for an intermediate course. I'd be interested in anybody's recommendations for books that are written like this one, i.e., like a math textbook (IMHO, the way ALL computer programming books should be written!)
<< 1 >>
| 
