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Summary: Too basic
Review: I picked this up hoping it would help out in learning VB. The book does a good job at teaching the material it does, but that doesn't go very far. It could probably be summed up as an intro in a well-written book. Not to say I did not learn anything, and the fact that I have had a C programming background has an impact, but it was not worth the 24 hours to read the book (yes I did time myself - 24 hours and a lot of dinky notes!!!) ...
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Summary: Great for Beginners and Useful as Teaching Material
Review: I teach Visual Basic at a College and have used this book as a guide. Easy to understand text and screen dumps makes this a real winner. My only bad comment is that even though there are over 400 pages, you will soon need another book to explain the topics covered here in more detail
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Summary: You won't be a real VB programmer in 24 hours
Review: I won't recommend this book to anyone who wish to become a serious programmer. However, as the book cover said, "When you only have time for the answers", it is an "OK" book. It can provide you with a brief overview of VB, you will at least know what VB is. But don't expect to program a serious application after reading this book. This book won't give you the knowledge you will need when you want to program a real application.The organization of the book has problems as well, it spends 3 lessons to describe each individual control in details, which I think is quite unneccesary. In later part of the book, when the author try to cover more advanced topics, everything jump through quickly without even a clear description of the concept. This book lacks some important topic such as Database Access using ADO, which is quite a common knowledge nowaday. Moreover, there are quite a lot of error and typos all the way. To conclude, if you are serious in learning VB, pick another book such as "Programming Visual Basic 6.0" by Microsoft press. If you just want to know what is VB, this book may be for you.
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Summary: A Good Intro Level Book
Review: I've been a fan of Greg Perry since reading some of his QBasic books. However, I was a little disappointed this time with his handling of VB. The title "Teach Yourself VB in 24 Hours" is a bit misleading and should be "Give Yourself an Inroduction to VB in 24 Hours". As an intro level book for newbies the book is pretty good. The chapters are well organized and get right to the point, flowing in logical order of complexity. However, as with most of the programming books that claim to teach you the language, this one is a bit misleading. If you are looking for a quick and dirty crash course on VB, this book has much to offer (the tear-out shortcut card is one of the best I've seen), just don't be misled by the title. You won't be doing any serious VB programming having read only this book. In short, this is a good newbie intro book but far from inclusive enough to teach someone the real ins and outs of VB programming. I would have given it 5 stars as an intro book but the misleading title was hard to overlook.
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Summary: Excellent book for starters...
Review: I've never programed in basic (or any other language) and by chapter 7 I was able to apply what I learned to write a simple(but decent) program that I've distributed as shareware on the web.
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Summary: Great book to learn VB basics
Review: I've programmed in Assembly Language on mainframe computers for 5 years and know quite a bit about programming techniques. I've been looking for a good book to teach me VB 6 and found this to be execellent. Sure, it teaches basic programming techniques, along with VB. But I've learned alot and feel confident that I can program useful stuff with VB. The examples are clear and concise, and the end of chapter exercises are excellent. (Other books I've read on Visual C++ had horrible exercises at the end.) I'd recommend this book to everyone wanting to learn the basics of VB 6.0.
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Summary: curly covers
Review: In the paperback version, this book's covers curl away from the book! I've found no method to correct this fault and am looking forward to the day the pages start falling out as they do in my other Sam's books.
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Summary: ok, but look for another book when youre done reading it
Review: like all the 24 hour books I've read so far this book only scraches the surface of what you can do with VB. I recomend staying away from the 24 hour books they either try to put everything in 24 lessons or streach it to that. You need more than 24 lessons to really learn vb. You would be better off buying a VB bible which is one of the best books I've seen on the subject.
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Summary: A True Book For "Beginners"
Review: Many books seen in the market on different subjects claim to be written for "beginners", but one can accurately say that this book HAS been. If you're just starting programming in Visual Basic 6, then this is definately the book for you. It is filled with step-by-step instructions and helpful hints that will get you started on the right path. Plus, it teaches the lessons in easy to understand descriptions, so it doesn't take too long to learn. This book was my starting point, and it did me a lot of good, so I'm suggesting this book to anyone interested in the profitable programming business. I'd also like to recommend Dan Appleman's book on the Windows 32-bit API, which will further your knowledge in more difficult application coding.
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Summary: A True Book For "Beginners"
Review: Many books seen in the market on different subjects claim to be written for "beginners", but one can accurately say that this book HAS been. If you're just starting programming in Visual Basic 6, then this is definately the book for you. It is filled with step-by-step instructions and helpful hints that will get you started on the right path. Plus, it teaches the lessons in easy to understand descriptions, so it doesn't take too long to learn. This book was my starting point, and it did me a lot of good, so I'm suggesting this book to anyone interested in the profitable programming business. I'd also like to recommend Dan Appleman's book on the Windows 32-bit API, which will further your knowledge in more difficult application coding.
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