Everything You Want And Need To Know About Web Development : Web Development With Visual Basic 5 (CD-Rom Included) [Paperback]

Davis Chapman (Author), Robert Amenn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1997

Aimed at intermediate to advanced Visual Basic programmers, this book is the VB programmer's guide to building Internet and World Wide Web applications. With Visual Basic 4 and the use of VB Script, complete multimedia applications will be much easier to build. The CD contains code from the book, VB Script (if possible), necessary TCP/IP files, example applications, and Web pages.

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Web Development with Visual Basic 5 is a detailed tutorial for the family of technologies that Microsoft has created for Web development. These technologies include Internet Explorer, ActiveX, VBScript, Active Server, WinCGI, and Microsoft Transaction Server. Visual Basic (and its cousin VBScript) serve as the logic glue and component-creation tools that bring it all together.

If you've decided to use these tools, Web Development with Visual Basic 5 brings together lots of information on how they can interact to form powerful Web-based applications. The text assumes that you are proficient in Visual Basic, but it introduces new concepts and techniques at a comfortable pace and provides lots of practical examples to get you started. The book covers everything from relatively simple client-side scripting to complex subjects such as server-component creation, OLEISAPI applications, remote data access, and distributed transaction processing. While most of the discussion assumes that you are using Microsoft technology on the server side, it also covers Netscape and regular CGI server interfaces.

From the Publisher

Web Development with Visual Basic 5 is a comprehensive tutorial and reference guide to the newest web development technologies. Developers will learn what these technologies are and when to use themTutorial - Developers can use this book to teach themselves the latest web development technologiesReference

- Developers will discover it is an essential desk reference for clarification of difficult topics, troubleshooting, or debugging existing applicationsDevelopers will benefit from the practical advice and real world applications which demonstrate how to implement new technologies such as Active Server Pages

- Learn to create multi-tier, distributed web applications using Microsoft Transaction Server and COM objects

- Unlock the secrets to web Database access using Data Access Objects (DAO), Remote Data Objects (RDO), ActiveX Data Objects, and Visual InterDev

- Covers all of the key ActiveX developer technologies, including ActiveX controls, Active Documents, Active Server Pages, Active Data controls, and more

Product Details

• Paperback: 893 pages
• Publisher: Que Pub (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789708116
• ISBN-13: 978-0789708113
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,858,257 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for intermediates and professionals, July 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Everything You Want And Need To Know About Web Development : Web Development With Visual Basic 5 (CD-Rom Included) (Paperback)

Actually I've been reading this book for 2 weeks, and I'm really surprised with its contents. A concise, well-oriented book, it teaches you every aspect of web development, using Microsoft technology ( IIS, VBScript, ActiveX, WINCGI and so on ) Warning: you will enjoy this book only if you have intermediate to advanced skills in VB5, and it also needs familiarity with Internet. By far, one of the most complete books about web development. Next time I tell you about the CDROM, cause I have not seen it yet.

3.0 out of 5 stars Written and edited by functional illiterates, January 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Everything You Want And Need To Know About Web Development : Web Development With Visual Basic 5 (CD-Rom Included) (Paperback)

This book has been written and edited by functional illiterates who have trouble with tense, number, etc. Many of the references to figures, etc. are incorrect. Several of the C language examples are incorrect. On the other hand it has information I've not been able to find anywhere else.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Web dev book for people in the Microsoft environ, January 9, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Everything You Want And Need To Know About Web Development : Web Development With Visual Basic 5 (CD-Rom Included) (Paperback)

An Excellent book for web development if you are using the Microsoft tools : VB5, Interdev, IIS, Transaction server etc. It covers the whole spectrum, Active X conrols and documents, active Server Pages, VBScript, ISAPI extentions, transaction server. Great book. Lots of sample code.