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Summary: Nothing Interesting
Review: Don't waste your money. There's nothing interesting in this book. It just rehashes the the most basic GDI+ documentation found on MSDN. Disappointing.
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Summary: Mixed Bag Jumping From VB to C# Back and Forth
Review: For anyone interested in VB Graphics, the book provides information, but then immediately jumps to the same information in C#, causing an almost total loss of concentration. I presume the same occurs for anyone interested in C#. If the writer were to remove all reference to C#, it might be a good text on VB Graphics, vice versa would probably do the same for C#. I'll just keep looking for a good graphics text for VB.NET elsewhere. I can produce excellent graphics with VB6, I just hope I can eventually do as well with VB.NET.
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Summary: Get this book & stop banging in nails with a screwdriver.
Review: I am a professional programmer working in the UK on a globally used product formerly written in C++ (GDI) and VB.I am currently performing a complete rewrite - about the 4th time on this particular product (Custom Graphics Board & 286's (!) Dos and VGA, Windows and now .NET/GDI+). Although I'm a successful graphics programmer I have always had the same problem with graphics programming ...Finding my way round the libraries. Yes my code's good and does what it's supposed to. Yes I know what I'm doing when I have the tools to hand. But can I always find everything I need when I rummage round in the toolbox? My guess is that I have been "banging in nails with a screwdriver end" for years on previous projects, because I haven't the commercial time to delivery I need to check all the possibilities before the deadline looms. And then GDI+ and .NET - which seems pretty much a prayer answered from a productivity perspective. Plus this fine book which lays all the tools out neatly so I can appreciate fully what they do before I use them. Actually that's a lie. I read a bit of the book and then jump in and apply the next bit that's immediately useful - curiosity and practicality often getting the better of concerted reading. But I will make it to the back cover at some point as there might be something amazingly useful I'm missing. Easy to read, well paced, logical sequence... I could go on. But basically, it's a great book for this subject. Noticed other people's comments on broken code samples and rehashing of online GDI+ information. All I can say is I read through the samples very carefully (without bothering to run them) and used them to significantly improve the calling sequence and richness of my own code. This is not a "What functions are there" dictionary. It's a "How to use GDI+ productively" guide - and what could be better than that?
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Summary: Will the author please test and update the code sample!
Review: I bought the book a week ago and got disappointed immediately after I downloaded the code from APress. Most of the code won't work at all. There are many compile erros and obsolete method calls. If the author care about his readers at all, please test and update the code sample. Readers of this book wants to learn about GDI+, rather than how to debug. The book looks like a term paper, too many double spaces and code listings to make up the pages. Nevertheless, it does contain useful information. So without much other books available on this subject, this book is still a buy.
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Summary: Will the author please test and update the code sample!
Review: I bought this book, but got disappointed immediately because most of the code samples downloaded from Apress won't work.
And there are many obsolete method calls. Make me wonder if the author care enough about his readers at all. Please make sure the code works. Thanks!
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Summary: Finished reviewing this book for Builder.com - very pleased
Review: I just finished reading this book and reviewing it for builder.com, and I am very pleased. While the indexing clearly needs work, Nick's obvious skill and experience as a programmer shines through this book as if it were printed on onion skin. The examples are artfully and completely done, and I had no problem compiling or running any of them. I would suggest readers check their CLR version before attempting to run the examples. This book is clearly a must-have for any serious graphics programmer.
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Summary: Another Quality Book from APress
Review: I'm currently writing a comprehensive review of the VB.NET books for the visualbasic.about.com web site (you can see the full review of Nick's book there after November 20) but I wanted to respond to the anonymous reviewer who said that the book was lacking in quality right now in this forum. It most certainly is not lacking in quality. APress consistently publishes quality books and this is no exception. I downloaded the source files and ran several at random just to check whether there were any problems. The examples I ran worked perfectly. The content is well formatted with clear examples and great organization. And further, Microsoft really doesn't have that much documentation of GDI+ on MSDN and what they do have isn't really helpful as a tutorial. (Actually, the best alternatives to Nick's book right now are chapters from some of the comprehensive VB.NET books.) Full disclosure: Other than a friendly relationship, I don't work for APress and I don't even know Nick. I've just read his book to allow me to review it.
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Summary: Nothing exceptional
Review: If you know how to read MSDN documentation, this book is worthless for you. Otherwise is a good beginners introduction.
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Summary: Not Very Good
Review: Just a rehash of the material on MSDN. Not much to this -- don't waste your money.
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