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Summary: Online Help in a Book: THAT'S ALL, REALLY
Review: If you go to the online help for Visual Studio and select the VID view, you get the same info that's in this book. That's not all bad. I like the linear presentation and organization real-view of the book. I purchased Amundsen's _Using VID 6_ as a first book and missed the useful catalogue type listing of ALL objects, methods and properties. In the help files you have the hotlinks, that's about the only difference. Be forewarned, even with a User's Manual & Programmer's Ref, VID does not give sufficient examples for the novice or even an intermediate programmer. Pretty big intuitive leaps are needed to arrive at what seems a simple logical step. The VID Web Ref helps by providing a linear view of multi-dimensional hypervolume.
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Summary: A must have for every web developer
Review: This book is a one stop resource for HTML, DHTML, JScript, VBScript, and ADO. Everything is in here including the kitchen sink. But definitely not for the novice, this book assumes a certain level of proficiency from the reader.
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Summary: Not just for VID users! But has two serious flaws
Review: You've probably read everyone's glowing reviews, so I'll get to the point. Although I found the book EXTREMELY useful (I use it so much, the pages are coming apart), but it has two serious flaws:#1: The book lacks any serious examples. It leaves the novice reader (and sometimes the near-expert) guessing. Why not a CD full of examples? #2: There is NO INDEX! Who writes a book nowadays and doesn't include some form to find information other than the TOC? Outside of these two problems, this is a higly effective book and its not just for InterDev users. The information provided will help anyone using JScript, VBScript, DHTML, and CSS.
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Summary: Not just for VID users! But has two serious flaws
Review: You've probably read everyone's glowing reviews, so I'll get to the point. Although I found the book EXTREMELY useful (I use it so much, the pages are coming apart), but it has two serious flaws: #1: The book lacks any serious examples. It leaves the novice reader (and sometimes the near-expert) guessing. Why not a CD full of examples? #2: There is NO INDEX! Who writes a book nowadays and doesn't include some form to find information other than the TOC? Outside of these two problems, this is a higly effective book and its not just for InterDev users. The information provided will help anyone using JScript, VBScript, DHTML, and CSS.
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