Power Programming with VBA/Excel [Paperback]

Steven C. Chapra (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 9, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0130473774 | ISBN-13: 978-0130473776

Part of Esource—Prentice Hall's Engineering Source, this book provides a flexible introduction to the use of VBA/Excel in engineering. Featuring over 25 modules and growing, the ESource series provides a comprehensive resource of essential engineering topics. Covers topics such as an introduction to programming, recording macros, customized worksheet functions, modular and object-oriented programming, strings and dialog boxes, and data structures. For any Engineer or Computer Scientist interested in a brief introduction to VBA/Excel.

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About the Author

Steven C. Chapra presently holds the Louis Berger Chair for Computing and Engineering in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Tufts University. Dr. Chapra received engineering degrees from Manhattan College and the University of Michigan. Before joining the faculty at Tufts, he taught at Texas A&M University, the University of Colorado, and Imperial College, London. His research interests focus on surface water-quality modeling and advanced computer applications in environmental engineering. He has published over 50 refereed journal articles, 20 software packages and 6 books. He has received a number of awards including the 1987 ASEE Merriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award, the 1993 Rudolph Hering Medal, and teaching awards from Texas A&M, the University of Colorado, and the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 191 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall (May 9, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130473774
• ISBN-13: 978-0130473776
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,129,508 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Introductory Book for VBA under Excel, October 4, 2008

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Aly M. Tawfik "Aly Tawfik" (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Power Programming with VBA/Excel (Paperback)

I strongly recommend this book for anyone interested in learning about VBA under Excel. The book is very easy to follow. The author explains everything thoroughly in a step by step manner, in examples, and in a very easy language. The book does not need any solid programming background. I believe that any reader with little programming background would find the book to be very useful. Although the book is designed for novices, I believe it covers enough topics to cover anyone's basic needs. On the other hand, I would not suggest the book for anyone familiar with VBA under Excel and seeks to gain proficiency. The book is designed for novices. Finally, I believe that the only book aspect that requires improvement is the post-chapter exercises. I think the exercises are few in number, poor in quality, and need further development.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow . . . Never knew you could do all this, June 26, 2011

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This review is from: Introduction to VBA for Excel (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

Let me say, through free online tutorials I learned to make wonderful spreadsheets in Excel and utilize lots off cool shortcuts, etc., but just looking through this book and seeing all the other stuff I could learn to do in Excel made my little nerdy heart go pitter-patter. I also have VBA for Engineers, and my daughter, who is studying Environmental Engineering, is eying both my books . . . I would recommend this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Starter Book, September 28, 2011

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This review is from: Introduction to VBA for Excel (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I'm a prof in Chemical Engineering and our department has decided to teach Excel VBA programming to our incoming freshmen. We're assuming that they have never programmed before. I looked at all the potential texts that I could find for this and this was the clear winner.

It starts assuming zero knowledge of what a program even is. This is characteristic of Chapra's books and I find it to be useful in teaching. Some might think the start is too simplistic but I believe it's appropriate and I tend to move on pretty quickly.

It's clearly written, concise, and has lots of examples and problems. It's not especially deep; as a teaching text I think you'll get through it long before the semester is over. I've found no significant errors and it works fine with Excel 2010.

If I might wax political, I'm not sure Excel VBA is the best language to start freshman off with if they have never programmed before. But, if you do, you should consider this text.