Beginning Objects with Visual Basic 5 [Paperback]

Peter Wright (Author), Wright (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1998

The book deals with objects and object-orientated development with Visual Basic 5. It explains why object-oriented programming is so important today, and how its use can simplify the development process as a whole. To do this it drills down on Classes, ActiveX Controls, Components, Documents, OO style and what these things let you do. It leads the reader into the realm of actual development, by using a lot of real world examples, demonstrating the sort of problems that programmers come up against everyday.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Peter Wright's Beginning Objects with Visual Basic 5 shows you the ins and outs of using Visual Basic (VB) 5 with today's object-oriented programming techniques. Because it supports classes, VB can model almost any real-world problem. The author shows you how with a general tour of object-oriented programming techniques and information on how to use classes in VB 5.

The book discusses Microsoft's approach to objects using COM and ActiveX, whether through ActiveX modules or reusable controls. Besides a tool-based approach, the author also covers the basics of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and how it can be used to design objects for VB software applications using modeling tools. In all, this book can introduce the beginning VB programmer to higher-level techniques for using objects to write better and more maintainable software. --Richard Dragan

From the Publisher

Beginning Visual Basic 5 Objects has a conversational style, and treats the reader as a human, almost as a friend. It tells them straight up what's hot and what's not and introduces them to topics that they previously thought were really tough in a quick, friendly and thorough way that's also fun. It is also written by a leading authority on VB who puts everything into the context of the real world of programming. Beginning Objects gives the reader everything they need to get started on OO development, in particular with ActiveX.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Wrox Press; 1 edition (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861001452
• ISBN-13: 978-1861001450
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,255,949 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Peter does Databases and VB OO programming, July 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Beginning Objects with Visual Basic 5 (Paperback)

He non-chalantly covers what has been a very stick y subject.

His style is friendly ... a little wordy.

But when he puts nuts and bolts together .. the guy has quite a philosophy ...

I've been a VB programmer since v3. VB3 and VB4 didn't do objects .. so I went to Java.

Even though I am familiar with OO programming ... he was NOT boring ... and spelled things out simple stupid 123.

If you are Einstein or Forest Gump .. .you will get something out of this book .. if you do what he says .. and punch the keyboard through his examples.

He should (but probably won't) .. get a commission on my next programming project !!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I found it quite easy the way it's laid out., January 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Beginning Objects with Visual Basic 5 (Paperback)

Being an experienced VB programmer, I like the way Peter laid out the way he explained it all. Before reading this book, I really didn't have much understanding of objects/classes....just that they were there and it had some code I could use elsewhere in my project. When I actually had a chance to work on it, I just felt so knowledgeable!!

One thing I thought was interesting.....most of the time when there is source code with the book, the examples are fully coded and functional. He tricked me this time and had a project with many classes and no code. (BTW, I downloaded it from the Wrox site). He leaves this open for you to work on it and get it right. I think that's the best way to learn.

Good Job Peter!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely Helpfull, July 16, 1998

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This review is from: Beginning Objects with Visual Basic 5 (Paperback)

I bought this book because I knew nothing of OOP or Active X components and was faced with the task of being responsible for enhancing an application written using those techniques. Furthermore, the developer that wrote the application was long gone and there was very little documentation. After reading the book and coding some of the examples I was able to figure out the application and how to effectively change it. Not only did this book help me to do my current job, but learning the OOP techniques has made me a better programmer. Needless to say, the skills I have learned from this $40 investment will benefit me in future earnings far and above. I also appreciated Peter Wrights "this is no big deal" humor throughout.