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Beginning VB.NET
by Richard Blair, Jonathan Crossland, Matthew Reynolds, Thearon Willis
List Price: $39.99
Our Price: $27.99
ISBN: 0764543849
Publisher: Wrox (August, 2002)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 4,397
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
Stop thinking about it and buy this book.
I purchased this book 3 days ago and because of other commitments I have only read as far as Chapter 4. However in that short space of time, I did the right thing by myself and wrote every example out in the book so far (nothing beats learning by doing, at least as far as I am concerned). I must admit, having gone from a flat 0 in VB experience to now writing basic programs by myself without referring to any book or online help.Even if the remainder of the book turns out to be [weak]), the info I have learnt already has made me very happy with the purchase. I have not seen one error yet, everything works as shown and is explained so anyone can understand it. If you are new to VB.Net or programming at all, buy this book. It is without doubt the best book I have ever seen on the subject of programming. This is my first Wrox book and it probably will not be the last if this is the quality of their products. This book Wrox! :)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Stop reading and buy this book
I bought this book a few days ago and due to other commitments I have only read up to chapter 4. During this reading, I wrote out every example in the book. To my surprise, not only did every example work, but I managed to remember so much more than I thought I would. I even went as far as to debug a friends application, with no assistance from any book. My total reading time thus far for ANY .NET book has been 3 days...and my only source of reading has been this book, and the online classes reference from VB Studio.NET.I particularly like the fact that the book presents an idea, steps through the code and then details each section of code - what it does, how it works etc. This was very useful in understanding why things are structured the way they are. I might also add that I have never programmed VB in any way before, making me a total newbie at this (my only other programming language is a little bit of Perl). Even if the other chapters turn out to be rubbish (which I very much doubt), then I would still say, this has been well worth the money. I have learnt (and retained) that much. I wholeheartedly recommend this book. Go buy it.
Rating: 3 out of 5
A shallow beginner's book
As the title indicates, this book is for beginners. The first 3 chapters assume that you have no programming experience. Many simple examples are followed by only decent explanations."pass in parameters by reference using byref. This is an advanced technique, and is beyond the scope of this book."
I never considered "byref" an "advanced technique"; it is an important technique that should have been covered, if only for a few pages. Chapter 15, "Accessing Databases" and chapter 16, "Database Programming with SQL Server and ADO.NET" were extremely shallow. If you're interested in learning to access a database, you'll need a different book/resource. Overall, I am Disappointed with the book.
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