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Learn to Program Visual Basic Databases
by John Smiley, Robert Guerin
List Price: $39.95
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ISBN: 1929685173
Publisher: Muska & Lipman Publishing (01 January, 2001)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 64,803
Average Customer Rating: 4.49 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
Great way to get started
John Smiley presents a complete learning environment that builds a solid programming foundation. Each book individually and collectively engages and immerses the novice programmer into the richness of the Visual Basic development environment without overwhelming you in its complexity. From Learn to Program with Visual Basic, through Databases and Objects I found learning VB programming fun, and instructive at the same time. John's use of examples to support the development of a "real world" programming task proved important in understanding VB programming, the Integrated Development Environment and it various features or tools. Using the same program, you helped create, through three books dealing with different aspects of VB programming helped solidify the programming experience, and enhance learning. More than anything else, John comes out of those pages as your guide and mentor allowing you to pick up those intangibles that come from a skilled programmer, and educator. He leaves you, and encourages further study, having given you the fundamentals to go on and tackle more advanced VB topics, because you now know how to program with VB. I kid you not. I jumped into learning VB using the MS Visual Basic Programmer's guide, and various MSDN materials. It was like going up hill in snow and ice, I wasn't getting anywhere fast! After going through John's three books, MS VB programmers guide, and other materials just fell into place, because I now had the VB skills and knowledge to appreciate and understand the presented material.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Data Base Programming Demystified
John Smiley continues with the venerable Bullina China Shop program and his university class to introduce the reader to programming data bases using Visual Basic. The style of the book follows Professor Smiley's university class through the semester as they learn to use and interface data bases to Visual Basic. For me this engaging method involves me and makes learning this subject very pleasant. The information is presented in a logical progression within the framework of a standard development process as Professor Smiley's university class modifies a class project completed the previous semester for Joe Bullina, owner of the Bullina China Shop.The book is geared for the beginner and uses DAO (Data Access Objects) methods in presenting the subject rather than the current ADO (ActiveX Data Objects) methods. So if your an experienced programmer looking for an introduction to ADO look elsewhere; however, for the novice, this book walks you through the processes necessary to bind data controls to the VB program. With this background the reader can go on to the ADO methods with a rich background that will smooth the transition to the current popular method. The book includes a CD with all the source code and supporting files needed to develop the project chapter by chapter. Additionally, the author maintains an extensive web site where you can go for help and assistance. In summary, I highly recommend this book to all who have an interest in getting up to speed using Visual Basic with data bases. Buy it, read it, work through the demo project, and you will have gained valuable skill.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Buy this book if you are CLUELESS
The "classroom atmosphere" of this book is far too excessive. For a beginner that has no idea what computer programming is, this book is ok. The concepts and methodologies in this book are great. The part that annoys me the most is that EVERY SINGLE term that is brought into this "class" generates like 5 dumb questions from the class members.
Ex.:
Professor: "..this recordset must be set to 'updatable' for you to be able to update it"
Student 1: "so it can't be updated if it is 'read only'?
Professor: "Thats correct Johnny. Boy you are catching on quick"
Student 2: "why can't it be updated if it is 'read only'?
Professor: "Well Suzie, once upon a time...."In summary, this book could be great if they took out all the redundant mundane questions shortening the page count to about 50. Also, I don't need to read: " 'ok students, next class we will talk about more recordsets'. I then allowed the class to go home early so they can go to the movies to see spider man.' "
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