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VBScript Sourcebook (Sourcebooks)

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The book is actually about how to program in VB for beginners, and the contents about the actual web development aspects are next to none. Examples do not work; online support is poor for that the author changed the online examples without changing the downloadable codes. Not worth buying at all.

One must wonder the worth of a book when a large numbers of pages are devoted to useless example code that is quadruple spaced. The goal seems to be to make a book as thick as possible so a buyer feels that he gets a "comprehensive" "Well Detailed" and a high #pages/price ratio. Instead, I would more value the thinner, more concise book (e.g. "... in a nutshell" O'reilly series books)

Since the primary use of VB Script is on the server side and the only reason I bought the book, I was completely disappointed to find no coverage of creating ASP pages or any other reference to server side activity. It also has no information on accessing databases - again because of the bias toward browser development. Save your money

I love this book for what it is: a great reference. Both the developer I mentor and myself love this book. It breaks down the IE DOM into easy to read entries. It clearly states syntax and variable ranges. It has only what an experienced developer needs in syntax in an easy to find format.

Not for learning how to program.

At the time, there weren't many books on VBS. This was just about the best out there. Now, I would probably go with an O'Reilly book. Anyway, I thought it was concise and info was easy to find when using as a reference. If you already have experience with using VB, even for just MS Excel and Access (not the full blow language version), this book will benefit you. I just needed a lookup reference on how to do stuff with VBS for the web, and that's exactly what I got. This book helped me to create my first online order calculator for a site that I'm webmaster for. However, if you need more coverage of the VB language, then choose another, more comprehensive book. I think the books assumes that you know something about VB already. If so, then this book is probably enough.

This book is more for reference to VBScript rather than learning VB script. I found the language extreemly difficult to read. It only deals with versions of IE less than 4.5. Not useful for learning or getting examples from, does not go into details in all the topics and explanations are usually not too helpful.

Would be a waste of your money if you buy this book.

If you are looking for a great reference book to get you through ASP and vbscript DHTML, this is the book for you. It lists the syntactical details in a reasonably easy to follow format.

I had trouble keeping this on my desk at my last job.

A good book over all, particularly good for those who already know Javascript. Covers VBScript for IE4.
Also, the best explanation & reference of the document object model I've seen.
Only thing I would have liked to have seen is at least a small section on ASP/server side VB Script.