Doing Objects in Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0

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Summary: Change your altitude in VB Programming.
Review: An outstanding, unique, must-have, must-keep book and no other book can replace it (maybe the coming new book Doing Objects in VB 6 can).

You will learn the most powerful fundamental building block from this book and you definitely will benefit a lot from it. It's worth every penny (including shipping/handling).

Not for VB novice at all. But if you have basic skills in VB or you are already a VB developer, this book will change you forever in VB programming. You will never know you and VB can be so good until you read this book simply because no other books tell you how to do objects in VB.

It's not Teach Yourself VB in 2100 days, not VB by examples, not VB step by step. It's one of the best VB book I've ever read.

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Summary: The best VB book I ever read
Review: In a very easy and straightforward manner, this book introduces the concepts of Object Oriented Programming and shows how it works in VB5. Deborah Kurata uses the GUIDS methodology, which is simple and very efective in any serious software project. OOP is a BIG time-saver, as it lets you create resusable buildind blocks, that can be compiled and called from any other applications you develop, keeping your code concise and easy to trace.

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Summary: The best gets even better!
Review: In this revised version of an already excellent book, Deborah Kurata has skillfully fleshed out areas that were sparse in the original, and has added very useful information both on OO development and VB 5.0's new features. Ms. Kurata has an enviable ability to focus on critical development issues, explain them clearly and succinctly, and supply very practical examples. Because of this, I would argue that her GUIDS methodology, far from being a waste of time for anyone, is the only OO methodology I've seen that is presented clearly and directly enough to be immediately useful to any programmer. If you're looking for the typical rewrite of the VB manual, skip this book. If you want to finally get your money's worth out of a computer book, buy it. It's the only programming book I've ever actually enjoyed reading (and I've read a LOT of them).