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Ready-to-Run Visual Basic(r) Code Library: Tips, Tricks, and Workarounds for Better Programming

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I found this book to be extremely useful as it is basically a library of VB code put together to help the beginner as well as the experienced programmer tackle and understand some everyday programming needs. The code is well documented in the book so that you can follow the logic behind it's construction and unlike many similar learning books it is not specifically targetted at any particular VB version. Also, the code is available in it's entirity to see and use. Many similar books will explain the concepts, but it's up to you to write it and make it work. This book is fairly unique in this sense. Everything you need is on the CD and there's bound to be something there for everybody.

Hmmm. .... An Example is Worth 1,000 words. . ... I just bought the book recently. Found some of his VB programming techniques to be very clean and easy to understand. The 170 + programming techniques in Rod Stephens book will save me hours of development time in my projects. Time is money! This book will save me a lot of development time. so I can earn more $$$. Check out his other books Mighty_Michael88

This book is an excellent little resource. It contains all the sort of utility programs you would love to get to know. Many of the programs use API calls to squeeze every bit of juice from your code. You may ask yourself before bying this, 'if that's the case why don't I buy an API programming book'. Well, you could, but this book shows API calls in neat little programs that are used so often. I spotted this book while shuffling through my father's books on holiday in Guernsey, I am now dying to get my hands on a copy. A useful tool to anyone who wants to produce efficient VB code.

This is a great little book full of VB sample programs that will help the beginning to intermediate programmer. It is a great supplement to any VB course textbook. Rod Stephens briefly explains how the program logic works, then lets you work out the rest of the program. Don't worry, there is a CD with the book that has all of the completed programs. This is not a VB textbook or VB reference book. It teaches you how VB works or can work through example. If you sometimes need more examples than the average textbook has time for or space for, then get this book. It really opens up your eyes to what can be done with VB.

This is the most basic code libray you can find just about anywhere else for free. The examples are so basic - if they at least gave better definitions it might be usefull...but the way it is it's worthless. I read some of the other reviews and bought this book...I went thru it in about 25 minutes, knew it all and found that I have don't things simpler than this book has. This might be good for the 1st time programmer at anything...otherwise save your money...you'll be sending it back like I am.