Programming in Visual Basic 6.0 with Working Model CD-ROM [Paperback]

Julia Case Bradley (Author), Anita C. Millspaugh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 29, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0072311908 | ISBN-13: 978-0072311907

In introductory business programming courses, Visual Basic is taking over where BASIC, Qbasic and QuickBasic once dominated. To introduce programming in Visual Basic 6.0, this text uses case studies, chapter-opening objectives, feedback exercises, review questions and programming exercises.

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professor of Computer Information Systems at Mt. San Antonio College since 1978, teaches courses in introductory and advanced Visual Basic, Access programming, and Microsoft Office. She began writing BASIC textbooks in 1984 using MS-BASIC (GW-BASIC), and has authored or co-authored texts in Macintosh Basic, QuickBasic, QBasic, Visual Basic, the Internet, and desktop publishing using PageMaker, Ventura Publisher, and Publish It.

professor of Computer Information Systems at Mt. San Antonio College since 1978, teaches courses in introductory and advanced Visual Basic, Access programming, and Microsoft Office. She began writing BASIC textbooks in 1984 using MS-BASIC (GW-BASIC), and has authored or co-authored texts in Macintosh Basic, QuickBasic, QBasic, Visual Basic, the Internet, and desktop publishing using PageMaker, Ventura Publisher, and Publish It.

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College (December 29, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072311908
• ISBN-13: 978-0072311907
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #602,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for classroom , not for independant study, May 7, 2000

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Richard Knott "galvyn" (Commerce, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Programming in Visual Basic 6.0 with Working Model CD-ROM (Paperback)

I really dont want to step on any toes here, but I must give my honest opinion. Having taken a college course in VB6 and using this book I can understand why the college chose this book, it is perfect for the classroom environment: which entails hands being raised due to unclear material. I complenented this reading with another VB6 book so I could understand the points better. I suggest this for any VB6 beginner. My suggestion to the authors is this: Please, whenever you are showing an example of the concept just made, don't just use a snippet of code that will not run on its own, but go right into a very small program to explain the code. That way we (beginners) can actually see and understand what was taught. I must not blame the writers too much, my instructor should never have been teaching the subject in the first place. Maybe it would have been different with someone who was current with and enthused about teaching VB6. For those of you who want to learn on your own, and you CAN do it because that's practically how i'm learning, buy Peter Wrights book on Beginning VB6. For those students who are using this book, if you finish the class while finishing all the required projects, you should be fine.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Difficult to follow and confusing, December 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Programming in Visual Basic 6.0 with Working Model CD-ROM (Paperback)

I have been using this book for a college level vb course. Although it offers some good information, the examples were few and far between, difficult to follow, and we ran across numerous errors in the text and in some of the exercises/examples. I would recommend using the Step-By-Step books -- they seem to be more logical and comprehensive.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Confusing with Many Mistakes, December 15, 1999

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Joan Littleton - See all my reviews

This review is from: Programming in Visual Basic 6.0 with Working Model CD-ROM (Paperback)

I recently used this book for a class and we found that the book was not clearly written. Examples tended to be quite different from the end of chapter exercises. I found that you constantly needed to turn to outside resources or use trial and error to achieve your goal. The book also does not use the most efficient methods of doing the programs. Disappointed that errors were not corrected before publication.