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Summary: Much better than "Learn to Program w/ VB 6"!!
Review: I bought John Smiley's book "Learn to Program w/ VB 6" and was so bored after 300 pages I put it down and didn't look at vb for a month. Don't trust all those great reviews, it hurts!Then I came back and reviewed some others, I had worked my way through the Excel VBA Step by Step - and liked it, so I settled here. MUCH BETTER! If you like to learn and don't want everything to be spelled out (it doesn't need to be, I have no formal training) then take a serious look here. To be fair, I awarded 4 stars, because I only got it yesterday, when I get through at least 300 (2 more days) pages as I did with Smiley's book. I'll be back with another I'm sure.
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Summary: Excellent kick-start into VB
Review: Coming from a C++ background, I was completely lost when I started out using the VB MOC "MCSD Training Kit". "Step-by-Step" filled in the gap nicely. You need no prior experience with VB to start using this book. The layout of the book approaches excellence. I would summarize its design as "do first, then learn the details". This approach maps well with how humans learn best - thru mimicking first, then rational thought. Each lesson in the book is self-contained and easy to follow. Lessons 1 thru 7 are "mandatory" after that, you could really just pick and choose what you want to learn about. The code examples in the book are just the right amount - not too little, not too much. The accompanying CD contains all the sources and supporting files the course material requires. One or two of the lessons require Word and Excel. One lesson requires Outlook. A small beef is that the book did not mention that it had to be full blown Outlook and not Outlook Express. While it not for the experienced VB programmer, it is invaluable for programmers new to VB. Overall, an excellent pre-MOC source to learn the basics of VB.
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Summary: BEWARE
Review: This book was pretty good up until the 22 lesson. In the DHTML lesson he does not even MENTION the code that goes in the modules! And if you inspect HIS version of what the program is to be, the code they print in the book is not the same as what is on the cd! What this book really needs is an editor! It pains me that amazon will not let me give this book a 0 star rating.
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Summary: excellent for beginners
Review: first let me start of by telling everyone to avoid any dummies/24 hours books, they are just a waste of money, period. this book is all any beginner needs to start programming visual basic applications, it covers a wide variety of topics, and let's you delve into all the topics. there are plenty of samples which i found to be quite useful. if you want to learn vb 6 this is the book for you.
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Summary: Step by Step, Microsoft's Visual Basic 6.0 Professional
Review: Have been associated with computers in one way or another since the mid 1950's and must say that Mike Halvorson's 'Step by Step, Microsoft's Visual Basic 6.0 Professional' is one of the better do-it-yourself books I've run across in all these years. Mike takes you by the hand and guides you through ever-increasing steps of difficulty, and seems to cover the field pretty thoroughly. He provides just enough room, however, to make the user THINK.
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Summary: Very helpful for beginners in programming
Review: If you know the language and are somewhat familiar with it, you do not want this book. This book is better for beginners because it covers basic concepts and gives beginners the basic know how to build your very own fully functional professional looking programs. This book has been very helpful for me and it would be good for any VB newbie.
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Summary: Reyadh H ALQatari ASC
Review: The book is very good for a beginner like me. It teaches the VB step by step as The title says WITH SIMPLE AND EaSY WAY. BUT it does not cover in detail encough LiKe topics in database and menus. in generAL it ok for a somebody starting from ZERo.
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Summary: Not Very Useful
Review: I purchased this book with the expectation of learning of Visual Basic. This expectation was not met. This book gives examples of programs for you to code but just tells you "here is what to type" and tells you EXACTLY what to do. This is all well and fine but it does not tell you WHY something happens or exactly WHAT something does. If you want to be a real coder, this book is NOT for you. Frankly, it was a waste of my money. However, I do recommend Visual Basic Controls In A Nutshell by O'Reilly Books.
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Summary: Not for complete beginners
Review: I sing praise to Microsoft's marketing department. To see how beginning VB should be taugh, buy John Smiley's "Learn to Program with Visual Basic". As with all of Microsoft's instructional material, it assumes that you have a solid knowledge of all computer terminology. There is also no stucture to their teaching methods. Many items, in particular "coding", are covered before many foundational items are explained. Buy this book for reference but not as a beginner.
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Summary: Almost there
Review: This book was headed for excellence until halfway through. As the subject becomes more difficult the author simply prints the code and has you open up and read the examples without fully explaining the code. Otherwise it was good for pure basics.
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