Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 6 [Paperback]

Gary Bronson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 650 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley; 2 edition (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576760316
• ISBN-13: 978-1576760314
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,333,557 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Clear language, well organized, careful, May 10, 2005

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This review is from: Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 6 (Paperback)

A popular professor I know chose this book for his Visual Basic class after reviewing several possible texts. Both I and my son have used this book -- he to learn his first programming language, and I to learn a modern programming language after having studied and largely forgotten regular BASIC and Pascal twenty years ago.

We also have Visual Basic for Dummies, but both of us greatly prefer the Bronson text. Yes the "for Dummies" series books have some juicy phrases here and there, but after awhile that becomes an irritating distraction. Much better to go with a book like Bronson's, which though it has no 'tude, is a paragon of clarity and stepwise organization.

The book also avoids the the other extreme -- the bog of geekspeak in which many programming books mire themselves. In its structure, examples, text, and exercises, Bronson is straightforward, simple, and effective. I highly recommend this text.