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Summary: Beautifully Done!
Review: I'm not new to VB programming, but like many, the transition from VB6 to .NET was not only frustrating, but also downright intimidating. This book does an excellent job of dispelling so many fears of the new platform and beautifully sets developers on the proper path. Every other programming book I've purchased, I inevitably find myself thinking, "Dear God... this is such long reading!" Not so in this case. My only disappointment is that it comes in only one volume. I find myself repeatedly picking it up in hopes of finding one more morsel I may have missed the first time around. Karl Moore's excitement about programming is contagious, his TIPS and HOW-TO's are fantastic, and throughout it all... he proves to us that writing sophisticated applications for the web, windows, or whatever you goal, is really not rocket science after all.
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Summary: Absolutely Fantastic -- I am following this author!
Review: I'm not one to write reviews, but this book is fantastic. It really is. A true experience to read! It teaches you VB.NET programming in a way I've never been taught before. It's as though you're in a class with the author Karl Moore. He provides information, prompts you to actually -think- about what you're doing and how you could make it better, ALWAYS make you laugh at his subtle wit - plus, if he doesn't teach you everything you need to know about a particular subject, he tells you exactly what you should be learning next and how to go about doing it. He's da man! He is da MAN!! I e-mailed him just three days ago with a question, too, and he got back to me straight away. I was blown away. Karl Moore fans: he's also writing another book "VB.NET + ASP.NET Secrets"...
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Summary: This is THE VB.NET book to own
Review: I've tried, several times over the past ten years, to pick up a book or two and dive into programming. It always starts pretty well, the books do a fairly decent job of describing how to design the user interface. Then a few chapters later they invariably turn the writing over to someone else and it comes out looking like a dictionary. "Here's the IF-THEN-ELSE statement, an incredibly useful tool, go figure out how it works and you'll be a fine programmer."
Now, recently I decided to give it another try, don't have a clue why really, but I bought the package, installed it, found the books included with it to be utterly useless, bought the dummies book, found the first half fascinating, and then got dumped into that dark code world once again. With more determination than usual, I searched the web and ran across VBWorld.com and Karl Moore's tutorials there. Learned things about the user interface that the book hadn't even mentioned, and actually had a good time following along. Still, no help with the code though, and as I was walking through the book store one final time before saying goodbye to my latest fling with VB, I saw Karl Moore's name name on a book. Then I saw Tutorials on the same book. After what he had taught me in six simple tutorials on the web I grabbed it without even opening it first!
I couldn't be more happy, this book has me convinced now that I'm not too dense to learn this stuff, and I'm having fun following the lessons. Hopefully, if I get addicted enough to programming that I want to learn C++ or C#, I'll be able to find Karl has written a book on those as well.
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Summary: too many lame jokes
Review: If you took all of the lame jokes out of this book, it would only be about 30 pages long. I recommend the beginner's book from the Microsoft Press. It covers the same topics more thoroughly and doesn't treat the reader like a third grader.
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Summary: Exciting and entertaining
Review: In the past I have mainly found inappropriate books about programming languages which more or less are exciting as dictionaries are...
But this book is NOT a technical manual instructing you how to operate Visual Studio. It does not presume you are a dummy and the author is God (knowing everything and being much wiser than you).
It follows a totally different approach: You (the reader) are the audience!
You paid for it and you will get the joy and entertainment whilst learning VB. NET. Enjoy, have fun, paint buttons, rename labels, design classes, listen to music, implement interfaces, understand concepts: simply learn VB.NET!
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Summary: Low-impact, high-value intro to VB.NET
Review: Moore uses a light, conversational writing style which occasionally borders on the downright silly, yet is sure to assuage the fears of first-timers to programming, and/or those unfamiliar with Object-Oriented Programming. Just the opposite of a dense and dull textbook...
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Summary: Low-impact, high-value intro to VB.NET
Review: Moore uses a light, conversational writing style which occasionally borders on the downright silly, yet is sure to assuage the fears of first-timers to programming, and/or those unfamiliar with Object-Oriented Programming. Just the opposite of a dense and dull textbook...
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Summary: Totally Amazing. Karl has done it again.
Review: Out of the many VB.NET books I've read thus far, this one is the best. I've talked with Karl many times through email even before this book came out. And he was always willing to help out with code questions and problems. Its the same with his book. Karl takes you on a wonderous journy through the world of Visual Basic .NET like no other can. With humor around every corner to keep you from geting bored to death. Overall an extensive work that covers in depth discussions and code work. A must for any VB.NET programmer.
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Summary: Adequate intro into VB.NET
Review: The author, while having an amusing style of prose which does wear on the reader at times, covers a wide range of topics in this book, so much so that rarely does it give you enough to feel like an adequate programmer in that area. Also, most of the time author say "do this" and rarely does he explain well the theory and design behind why you are doing it. I would have given it a slightly worse review, if not for the Tip/Tricks Section (chapter 8) which is an excellent chapter on how to do various tasks in ASP.NET and VB.NET. You will need another book(s) to explain ADO.NET, .NET, and the OOP aspects of it.
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Summary: One of a Kind
Review: The first time I've read Karl Moore's tutorials of Visual Basic on VB-World.com, he never fails to amuse me. The way he writes is different from all the authors. He uses a technique wherein the reader will never be bored on a certain topic if it gets technical. When I've seen his book about VB.Net I don't have second thought about buying this book. I knew this book is going to be a great one and my assumptions are correct. He still uses the same funny technique which I like. It tackles a wide area about VB.Net including ASP.Net and mobile technologies of it, (this is the part that I love). But of course every book is not perfect there are some codes that I've encountered which doesn't work (page 203). But the rest is great. If you are new to VB, expert on VB, begging on VB.Net or an expert, I recommend you to buy this book.
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