Microsoft's .NET initiative created drastic changes in the Visual Studio line of products, and as a result a lot of Visual Basic developers feel like they are beginners all over again. Special Edition Using Visual Basic.NET will offer in-depth explorations of new features so that both experienced programmers and novices will feel comfortable making the transition to .NET. Although a major portion of the book is devoted to Internet applications, the book covers more general topics than many other books. Features of Visual Basic that will be explained include database access, controls, and best coding and practices. These features will be explored in detail, with extensive use of example programs and screen captures.
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"This book will appeal to readers wishing to exploit the new features of Visual Basic .Net and transfer their skills to the new .Net development environment."The Bookseller, Aug 2001
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Microsoft's .NET initiative created drastic changes in the Visual Studio line of products, and as a result a lot of Visual Basic developers feel like they are beginners all over again. Special Edition Using Visual Basic.NET will offer in-depth explorations of new features so that both experienced programmers and novices will feel comfortable making the transition to .NET. Although a major portion of the book is devoted to Internet applications, the book covers more general topics than many other books. Features of Visual Basic that will be explained include database access, controls, and best coding and practices. These features will be explored in detail, with extensive use of example programs and screen captures.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A pretty good effort,
By JOEY C NAVARRO (Burbank, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Special Edition Using Visual Basic.NET (Paperback)
I've been a VB programmer for the past 5 years and was looking for a book to learn the new features of VB.NET. I think the problem with this book is it tried to cover all the areas of VB.NET for all levels of developers. For example, Section II on VB Programming Fundamentals (Chapters 6,7,8) would be of little use for experienced developers. On the other hand, there are some areas that were not covered at all. For example, items like the TreeView and ListView controls were not discussed on how they've been changed in .NET.On the positive side, this was the only book I found that covered the use of Crystal Reports inside VB.NET, plus working with other applications such as MS Excel and Word. Also, the section on Tips on Conversion from VB6 is a usefull checklist. Overall, this book is probably better suited for the entry level to intermediate programmer. For more experienced programmers, it would best serve as a quick start guide for the concepts covered in this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very well written with a wealth of useful information,
By A Customer
This review is from: Special Edition Using Visual Basic.NET (Paperback)
For someone like me with a VB and ASP background, this book has been perfect. Each subject is first briefly introduced with some basic information and then the author moves forward quickly covering intermediate to advanced stuff, all of the time focusing on practical everyday programming tasks. The author knows what is important and of interest to a programmer, and time and time again, questions that arise in your mind while reading a sentence are answered clearly and straight to the point in the next few sentences. The book is wery well written in a relaxed, friendly style. 5 stars for sure.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not a beginers book as it wants you to think,
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This review is from: Special Edition Using Visual Basic.NET (Paperback)
This book is easy to read, and it has a lot of useful information, but the fact is that the book sucks for beginers. Hear me out. I've started this book and it immediately jumps into two semi-complex programs that are about a page long with all sorts of stuff that gets NO specific explanation. I thought, okay it will get better. You don't even get to the actualy coding until page 140. The coverage of the compiler is nice and all, but this book goes into advances topics without explaining the basics. You are left dumbfounded as example after example uses functions etc that the author doesn't even try to partially explain. A lot of quick tips are given and small isolated examples of functions, but this book is not a tutorial for a beginner. This book is more of a "pretty good" review of vb.net for an already intermediate visual basic programmer. I'm going to need another book or to find some really good tutorials on the net because this book is just leaving me confused.
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