Microsoft Visual InterDev: Web Reference [Paperback]

Microsoft Press (Author), Microsoft Corporation (Author)

Book Description

Series: Web Reference | Publication Date: September 1, 1998

The "Microsoft Visual Interdev 6.0 Web Technology Reference" offers a collection of reference guides to scripting languages on both the client and server sides. Included are comprehensive details on Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), JScript, VBScript, and Active Data Objects (ADO). And on the server side, the book includes a tutorial and scripting guide. "Microsoft Visual Interdev 6.0 Web Technology Reference" is a valuable collection of tutorial and standard reference information for Web developers. Topics include:

JScript and VBScript development languages for quickly building powerful database-driven Web sites

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) for creating HTML database forms with point-and-click ease using the Data Form Wizard

Components and Active Data Objects (ADO), which provide Web-optimized database access and rich database programming functionality

Server-side scripting.

Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572318716
• ISBN-13: 978-1572318717
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 2.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,895,887 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Online Help in a Book: THAT'S ALL, REALLY, September 4, 1999

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B. Hynum "Max Qual" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Visual InterDev: Web Reference (Paperback)

If you go to the online help for Visual Studio and select the VID view, you get the same info that's in this book. That's not all bad. I like the linear presentation and organization real-view of the book. I purchased Amundsen's _Using VID 6_ as a first book and missed the useful catalogue type listing of ALL objects, methods and properties. In the help files you have the hotlinks, that's about the only difference. Be forewarned, even with a User's Manual & Programmer's Ref, VID does not give sufficient examples for the novice or even an intermediate programmer. Pretty big intuitive leaps are needed to arrive at what seems a simple logical step. The VID Web Ref helps by providing a linear view of multi-dimensional hypervolume.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good tool, lousy starting point., January 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft Visual InterDev: Web Reference (Paperback)

I found this book to be a worthwhile companion for anyone using InterDev, but it's not a great place to start if you're new to these technologies. It's mainly an exhaustive command reference. Examples are very scant and not very useful. I refer to it often, however. It's great if you need to find some elusive parameter for some complex command.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference. Not a coffee table book. :-), February 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft Visual InterDev: Web Reference (Paperback)

This is the best single reference on Web technologies I have ever held in my hand. If you want a physical copy of all the methods, properties, objects and statements of JScript, VBScript and ADO, along with an enormous collection of HTML entities and Cascading Style Sheet attributes, buy this book right now.

This is a heavy-duty reference. It is not for people who are just learning how to use VBScript or JScript.

I don't know why the summary (and one of the other reviews) says the book is 500-600 pages. This reference is 1574 pages thick, and the VBScript section alone is over 200 pages. As an ASP developer, this is by far the best paper product investment I have ever made -- it has replaced a total of 5 other books on my bookshelf, and has probably prevented me from buying a few others. Now I've got room for pictures of my family! :-)