Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) (Paperback)

~ Michael Halvorson (Author) "Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 is an important upgrade and enhancement of the popular Visual Basic development system and an iterative upgrade of the Microsoft Visual..." (more)
Key Phrases: Code Editor, Solution Explorer, Visual Web Developer (more...)

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Visual Basic 2005 focuses on enabling developers to rapidly build applications, with enhancements across its visual designers, code editor, language, and debugger that help accelerate the development and deployment of robust, elegant applications across the Web, a business group, or an enterprise. Now you can teach yourself the essentials of working with Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 and the new features of the Visual Basic language—one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you’re a beginning programmer or new to this specific language, you’ll understand the core capabilities and fundamental techniques for Visual Basic 2005. Each chapter puts you to work, showing you how, when, and why to use specific features of Visual Basic and guiding as you create actual components and working applications for Microsoft Windows®. You’ll also explore data management and Web-based development topics.

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The popular STEP BY STEP approach provides hands-on guidance to beginning-level programmers and those new to Visual Basic, covering key features and fundamental techniques to accelerate their productivity. The companion CD includes data sets and sample code for all exercises.

Key Book Benefits:

• This immensely popular tutorial for Visual Basic has been fully revised for the newest version of the technology.

• Provides step-by-step guidance on how to use Visual Basic 2005 with Visual Studio 2005 to create smart-client and Web applications.

• Features easy-to-follow, logically planned lessons, with necessary data sets and additional code samples on the CD.

• STEP BY STEP is ideal for anyone with a fundamental understanding of computer programming.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (October 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735621314
• ISBN-13: 978-0735621312
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #50,668 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Step by Step, November 5, 2006

By	GhostReader (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

I wouldn't consider my self an advance VB programmer but having used VB6 this book served as an Okay upgrade to VB 2005, the examples could have been much better, the book starts to get good in the later chapters, probably the last four or five, but I am tired of the hello world examples. so if you are completely new to Visual basic and are starting fresh with VB 2005 and never used VB 6 then this book is probably for you

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for beginners, July 5, 2006

By	Mercedes (Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews

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I'm new to Visual Basic and am using VB 2005 Express. I bought this book on a hope that it would work, it's excellent. I had no trouble following any examples in the book. It was clear and I actually understood what I was reading. AS I'm not new to programming (I've done Excel and Access), but to VB 2005, it helped me considerably. After finishing the book and having all working projects, I'm feeling confident to move onto the next level.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Intro, July 4, 2006

By	bobbyD - See all my reviews

After reading "Build A Program Now Using VB 2005 Express Edition", I bought this book in the hopes of getting a lot more detail. I'm happy to say that I got alot more than I expected. Mr. Halvorson did a great job introducing the basic concepts of the language.

As someone who is returning to VB after a 5 year hiatus this book was a perfect fit. I also reccomend viewing the VB training videos at Microsoft's web site. They're FREE and make a great companion to this book.

By the way you don't need the full version of VB 2005 to go through the excercises of this book. I got through 99% of the book using the Express Editions of VB and the Web Developer. From what I remember only the "Inheritence" Form was missing...Good Luck!