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Title: Advanced Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (Mps) by Ltd Mandelbrot Set International, Mandelbrot Set International Ltd ISBN: 1-57231-893-7 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: November, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.28 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Entertaining, Vital and Unique
Comment: Wow! Advanced VB6 is a great book.
I've been developing in VB1 since 1991 and this book (and its predecessor) stands head and shoulders above any other VB book I've ever read - and I've seen most of them.
I particularly enjoyed Davies's chapter. Also, Morris and Sewell's treatment of HR issues is highly unusual for a VB book, but makes fascinating reading. Burn's coverage of variants has softened since the last edition, but the rewrite makes fascinating reading. Overall's Y2K chapter is state of the art and I've found the Y2K goodies on the CD invaluable. As a result of this material I've certainly made my development manager re-think his attitude to the VB apps we have to fix up. A swift change of underpants was required.
But why mention only these? I didn't find a bum chapter.
I was surprised how much had changed from the first edition. It's virtually a different book! I can't recommend it enough - a "must have" for any serious VB developer. I don't expect everyone to agree with everything that the guys from TMS have written, but that's not the point. It's challenging and thought provoking - quite unique - I love it!
Rating: 2
Summary: Decent book, but lots of 'too specific' information.
Comment: This book has a few good chapters in it "On Error GoToHell" - on errors, "Minutiae" on compiler options andother usually overlooked Visual Basic optimizations, "Well, at Least it compiled OK!" on testing, "Starting With Bases Loaded" on base code, "Mixing Languages with Visual Studio" and "Didn't I Write That Function Last WeeK?" on code reuse. I didn't read the chapters on IIS, databases and CE (if I wanted a book about these subjects, I would buy one). The most surprising chapters dealt with enterprise development and "How to Find, Recruit, and Retain Great Developers" which were just plain out of scope. TMS authors' should write about VB6 in a VB6 book. Those chapters should be elsewhere - maybe a management book. I also did not like the Accessibility in Visual Basic chapter which dealt with making your programs for disabled people. Also, the dating and programming with variant chapters were frivolous and not "advanced" at all.
Rating: 1
Summary: Sorely disappointed
Comment: The title of this book should be "How TMS implements VB"
If you're an Intermediate VB programmer who's looking to expand his/her skills, don't buy this book. I learnt this lesson the hard way.
This book is not really an Advanced book. Its really a super-advanced book with many special and arcane topics. There is good technical info at times but it is few and far in between. The book rambles along aimlessly. There is little explanation as to how one topic relates to another.
The authors are knowledgable in their fields but extremely conceited. They also try to be witty all the time. Gets tedious after a while. There are too few examples and too much prose.
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Title: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Programmer's Guide by Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 1572318635 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 05 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Advanced Visual Basic 6 : Power Techniques for Everyday Programs, Book w/CD-ROM (The DevelopMentor Series) by Matthew J. Curland ISBN: 0201707128 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 13 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Programming Components With Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 by Guy Eddon, Henry Eddon ISBN: 1572319666 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: Microsoft Visual Basic Design Patterns by William Stamatakis ISBN: 1572319577 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Dan Appleman's Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API by Dan Appleman ISBN: 0672315904 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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