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Summary: The *Best* .NET book for Visual Basic Developers!
Review: Dan's take on the new .NET strategy from Microsoft is right on target. His style is a refreshing exploration of what these technologies mean to professional developers, the design choices involved and his frank opinion on the best approach. A big change from the oft-repeated vendor documentation found today in so many technical books. If you've been around VB programming a while you've may have read his "Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API"--the VB programmer's bible on this topic.
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Summary: He still has the guru status in my 'book'!
Review: I found this book, along with most other Dan Appleman books, to be an excellent choice for learning. As he tells you, this is not for the beginner, in fact that is one of the main reasons I bought the book. Dan has a way with words and examples that explain things every step of the way. I am forever amazed at some of the findings he comes up with and the best part about them is that he shares why and how with you including examples that you can run. Another nice part about this book is that even though the title is that of VB.NET he does cover framework issues as well. It is not just another regurgitation of language syntax changes and that makes it stand out above the rest. If you really want to learn about new issues and methodologies, when to and when not to, how to and why, then this book is definitively for you. I gave this a 5-star rating because I truly felt enlightened when I was done with it. Sure, there are times when it might overwhelm you a little (given some of the IL language and assembler instructions) but when you go back and re-read them, you understand why he had to go there. It now becomes clear why he told you what he did.Thanks Dan for another great book. You are, in my mind, still *the* guru!
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Summary: An Honest Opinion
Review: This is another well written book by Dan. I have purchased several books authored by Dan (I love the API books), including this book, and I even had the pleasure to meet him back in '99 at the VBITS Conference in NYC. Despite it's 5-star rating, I have viewed some "positive" and "not so positive" reader feedback on this site, and what I have to say is this...Dan wrote this book back when the .NET Framework was still in mid-Beta. Given this, the book is outstanding!!! Dan obviously knows his subject matter and does an excellent job conveying his knowledge to his readers. It's an ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC book for Visual Basic Developers who are about to immerse themselves into the world of .NET. Calling Appleman's book sub-standard is like calling Mohammed Ali sub-standard...and everyone knows Ali is the Greatest!
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