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Visual Basic 6.0: Environment, Programming and Applications

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If you are trying to learn from this book - don't! I am sure that there are others that are better.

I'm using this book as a text for Visual Basic 6 class. The further you get into the book, the more mistakes (especially in the code for the exercises!). One Exercise (Chapter 11) was so riddled with mistakes that it was a guessing game.
I don't expect everything to be spelled out.
I do expect the example code to be complete, consistent and correct. Fortunately, I have a great teacher.

Also, most good books/publisher have a website where you can download errata/corrections to the mistakes and typos in the book. Prentical Hall has purchased the book. If there is a correction page, I couldn't find it. I usually can find such pages since I have worked in the publishing business.

I have read many different programing books and most are just too wordy. I find this one to be to the point and direct. Great for all levels.

This book is for someone who already knows another programming language e.g Java, if you don't look for a beginners book. Its Ok for Quick results but remember the first four chapters are missing on the CD, but overall its a good buy.

This book is a very bad example of programming. It does not use proper naming forms or proper data types. The disc with the book was missing the first four chapters. Starting with chapter 6, the exercises only include how the form(poorly designed) should look, no code to help you.

The powers that be at the college I am attending found the book to be so bad, they are dropping it for the Advanced Visual Basic class. Now I am stuck with a bad book and must buy a new book for the next class.

This book is not for beginners. Worse ever for beginner not enough to support all the examples. Don't buy this book is your a beginner.

Although I don't think this book is for the total beginner, it's a good start for the person who already knows another programming language. I have written Java, JavaScript, and LISP for a couple of years and wanted to get into VB. I started on this book a month ago and have gotten good results. This book is used at my college as a text book and the students hate it. But they hate all their programming textbooks! It's not fair to listen to a student, who has to learn a language from a demanding class, judge his textbook.