Teach Yourself Visual Basic 5 in 21 Days (Sams Teach Yourself...in 21 Days) [Paperback]

Nathan Gurewich (Author), Ori Gurewich (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997 | ISBN-10: 8187105186 | ISBN-13: 978-0672309786 | Edition: 4 Sub

Explains Visual Basic programming techniques step by step. The work uses shaded syntax boxes, techniques, as well as Q&A, Do/Don't, and workshop sections to highlight key points and reinforce learning.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

This is a beginner's book, but one for ambitious beginners. Making few assumptions about previous experience, it teaches core programming concepts and details Visual Basic features and techniques. The discussion touches on ActiveX control creation but does not delve heavily into object- oriented programming techniques. If you're out to get a solid pre-professional grounding in VB programming, Teach Yourself Visual Basic 5 in 21 Days is a strong book to work from. Despite the book's self-help title, it's also a good text to assign if you are teaching a course.

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Visual Basic programming techniques are presented in a logical and easy-to-follow sequence that really helps readers understand. Features a variety of teaching elements that include: Shaded syntax boxes that offer a handy reference with short examples . Performance tips that show how to avoid common pitfalls. Q&A sections that answer the most common questions users have when programming in Visual Basic. Covers through Version 3 for Windows. -- Sams Pub. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 98 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 4 Sub edition (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8187105186
• ISBN-13: 978-0672309786
• ASIN: 0672309785
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #885,626 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quick, easy, informative with few typos., June 24, 1999

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This review is from: Teach Yourself Visual Basic 5 in 21 Days (Sams Teach Yourself...in 21 Days) (Paperback)

I almost never give 5 stars, but this book is close. The program steps provide details without getting boring. A good book to learn VB, but not a good reference book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for real beginners., June 4, 1999

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This review is from: Teach Yourself Visual Basic 5 in 21 Days (Sams Teach Yourself...in 21 Days) (Paperback)

This book reviews most of the introductory topics of VB. The sample programs are simple but illustrative. On the negitive side, the code explainations are too recursive.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My first programming book, March 15, 2000

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This review is from: Teach Yourself Visual Basic 5 in 21 Days (Sams Teach Yourself...in 21 Days) (Paperback)

Well, I liked this book. I was a stay-at-home Mom, had to give up my pottery hobby when the baby was born because it was too dusty. I took up programming instead, started with an earlier version of this book. It was fun. The exercises were motivating. Fun enough to still be at them at 3am after the middle-of-the night feeding. Sure, maybe not everything was documented perfectly, but that's the norm you're going to have to get used to become a developer. Anyhow, this book started me on being a programmer - after a few years of contracting I now work as a developer at one of the largest software development companies in the Pacific Northwest. So here's to a great book that changed my life.