Customer Reviews

Microsoft Visual InterDev: Web Reference

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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.

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.

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! :-)

You've probably read everyone's glowing reviews, so I'll get to the point. Although I found the book EXTREMELY useful (I use it so much, the pages are coming apart), but it has two serious flaws:

#1: The book lacks any serious examples. It leaves the novice reader (and sometimes the near-expert) guessing. Why not a CD full of examples?

#2: There is NO INDEX! Who writes a book nowadays and doesn't include some form to find information other than the TOC?

Outside of these two problems, this is a higly effective book and its not just for InterDev users. The information provided will help anyone using JScript, VBScript, DHTML, and CSS.

Just about every area of Microsoft web technologies under one roof. You don't even need Visual InterDev to find this one useful. Stays by my desk! Cover JScript. VBScript. ADO, etc,etc. Just wish the table of contents and the index was a bit better (loses a star for that)

You've probably read everyone's glowing reviews, so I'll get to the point. Although I found the book EXTREMELY useful (I use it so much, the pages are coming apart), but it has two serious flaws:

#1: The book lacks any serious examples. It leaves the novice reader (and sometimes the near-expert) guessing. Why not a CD full of examples?

#2: There is NO INDEX! Who writes a book nowadays and doesn't include some form to find information other than the TOC?

Outside of these two problems, this is a higly effective book and its not just for InterDev users. The information provided will help anyone using JScript, VBScript, DHTML, and CSS.

This book is a one stop resource for HTML, DHTML, JScript, VBScript, and ADO. Everything is in here including the kitchen sink. But definitely not for the novice, this book assumes a certain level of proficiency from the reader.

This book is nearly 500 pages, but still thin on the product. You will definately need to buy other books. This is a good entry guide.