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Summary: Good Overview
Review: This is a good preview of the technology. It doesn't have a lot of in depth coverage of VB.Net and it is not current, but it is good to show you what can be done and what changes. It is sometimes confusing as to what is VB6 and what is VB.Net if you are not well versed in VB6.
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Summary: VB.Net Programming: Walking with Giants
Review: What another pair of shoes to wear! I'll have you know that I am wearing 6 pairs already! Well folks watch out 'cos you ain't seen nothing yet: for the best dressed VB developers, VB.Net - is a pair of shoes made for giants! No, you don't have to be a giant to try them on, its just that when you do, and you walk around in them for a while, you start to grow and you start to feel like a giant! A good place to get that powerful VB.Net feeling, is to start with this excellent book - 'VB.Net Programming With the Public Beta' by Billy Hollis & Rockford Lhotka. Billy & Rocky, hand you a passport to walk from the world of VB6 to the pure object orientated world of VB.Net and the .Net paradigm. OK, it's a book on a beta, but all the basics are there, and with VB.Net you really need a lot of pre-release training! Having a copy of Visual Studio.Net Beta is cool, however you don't need one to understand the book: there are plenty of excellent screenshots and diagrams, not to mention the easy to understand descriptions. Just by reading it, you can feel your confidence grow, as well as your shoe-size. What is also impressive about this book, is the amount of content that is covered in a limited space. It is technically comprehensive & well balanced: half of it walks you through the new environment - the Visual Studio.Net IDE, the .Net framework, the language, UI capabilities, ADO.Net & ASP.Net, whilst in the other half you get a gentle work-out on the hot topics: object orientated programming, web development, web services & application migration. Billy and Rocky, know that you want a quick and comprehensive overview - and that is exactly what you get! For example, if you want to understand web services & SOAP, and do an example in which you create and consume a web service: 8 pages! That's all it takes! Next topic! The book is full of such great 'short-sharp' presentations!
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