Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003 in 21 Days, Second Edition
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Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003 in 21 Days provides the grand tour of the software, making Visual Basic accessible and easy-to-use. Steve Holzner, the author, helps you master the topic by seeing Visual Basic in action from the basics to deploying finished Window and Web applications with a working example for every topic in the book. From cover to cover, this book is pure Visual Basic .NET—everything you need to know about the Visual Basic language and visual tools. |
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Learn how to use Visual Basic .NET to create power Web and Windows applications! Completely new book written by well-known author Steve Holzner. Provides readers with incredible examples for easy, hands-on learning. Thorough coverage of the Visual Basic language, ASP.NET, Windows Forms, ADO.NET, graphics programming, and Visual Studio .NET. With over 1.3 million developers in North America and 4 million worldwide, Visual Basic is the most popular development tool on the market today. Though the transition from VB 6 to VB .NET has been slow since its release in late 2001, this revolutionary and powerful programming language is moving out of the "early adopter" stage and into general acceptance by the bulk of the developer audience. Teach Yourself VB .NET in 21 Days, 2/E is designed to be the new market leader, written to make VB .NET more accessible than ever before. Currently most books on the market approach VB .NET theoretically, with chapters like "Object Syntax Introduction," "Syntactical Types," and "Applying Objects and Assemblies." The approach for this book is from the practitioner's point of view -task-oriented, full of examples, and written in an easy-to-understand way. From Windows and Web forms to Windows and Web services, this book presents relevant and practical material for the everyday VB .NET coder. Visual Basic .NET is available as part of Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET suite of developer tools ($1,079 to $2,499) or as a standalone product ($109 before MS rebates). Steve Holzner is an award-winning author who has written 76 books on computing, including many bestsellers. Though he has written on many topics, Visual Basic is still his favorite subject. He has been a contributing editor for PC Magazine, as well as a faculty member at both MIT and Cornell University, where he received his PhD. Besides writing books, Steve teaches corporate seminars on programming topics around the country and owns his on Internet business.
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This book didn't click with me. There were no aha moments. "Let's review how check boxes work; let's look at Radio Buttons." I'm gonna try Francesco Balena's book next.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-04-12 11:52:26 EST)
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This book didn't click with me. There were no aha moments. "Let's review how check boxes work; let's look at Radio Buttons." I'm gonna try Francesco Balena's book next.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-04-11 12:44:13 EST)
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| 05-02-06 | 3 | 3\3 |
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I teach an introductory programming class in college and will be looking for a more introductory book. Those things that are essential to programming, a class-worth of learning, are taught in ONE DAY of the 21 days. That one day became 1 1/2 month. I also think the order of the days could be better: Simple subjects should come sooner than more complex ones.
Now for you techies here is what I am saying: Control Structures such as if/then, loops, arrays, and such are taught in one chapter. Then functions and subroutines and classes in the next. If this is your speed, go for it! In short this is for either experienced or enthusiastic programmers. Those programmers could finish a day in one whole 8 hour day. But if you are a beginner don't start here. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-07-01 11:10:45 EST)
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| 05-01-06 | 3 | 3\3 |
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I teach an introductory programming class in college and will be looking for a more introductory book. Those things that are essential to programming, a class-worth of learning, are taught in ONE DAY of the 21 days. That one day became 1 1/2 month. I also think the order of the days could be better: Simple subjects should come sooner than more complex ones.
Now for you techies here is what I am saying: Control Structures such as if/then, loops, arrays, and such are taught in one chapter. Then functions and subroutines and classes in the next. If this is your speed, go for it! In short this is for either experienced or enthusiastic programmers. Those programmers could finish a day in one whole 8 hour day. But if you are a beginner don't start here. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-03-02 20:11:39 EST)
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| 03-27-06 | 5 | 1\1 |
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It's a good book, but yes as many have said its got lots of errors. Most computer books have lots of errors.
I wish the book would have a website with the solutions to end of chapter applications and other goodies, but it does not come with anything other than the source code for the book. Anyway, I use this book for one of my classes: http://iws2.ccccd.edu/bbenavides/ITSE2349_Holzner/Advanced.htm In the end, I would say its one of the best vb .net books I have read. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-07-01 11:10:45 EST)
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| 02-07-06 | 5 | (NA) |
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I have toyed around with Java and PHP and some Visual Basic 6. I knew the craze surrounding VB.NET was strong so I took up this book. One of the best purchases I've made, to be sure. It's simplified so you get your feet wet, and then goes on into more indepth topics. It's a bit lean on the DataView (sorting and filtering, etc) but other than that I applaud this Holzner. Great piece of work.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-07-01 11:10:45 EST)
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| 02-06-06 | 5 | (NA) |
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I have toyed around with Java and PHP and some Visual Basic 6. I knew the craze surrounding VB.NET was strong so I took up this book. One of the best purchases I've made, to be sure. It's simplified so you get your feet wet, and then goes on into more indepth topics. It's a bit lean on the DataView (sorting and filtering, etc) but other than that I applaud this Holzner. Great piece of work.
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| 10-28-05 | 5 | 3\4 |
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chapter on OOP is great for beginners.
most comprehensive vb.net book that i have read. ...and this is book #12 in my collection. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-07-01 11:10:45 EST)
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| 10-27-05 | 5 | 3\4 |
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chapter on OOP is great for beginners.
most comprehensive vb.net book that i have read. ...and this is book #12 in my collection. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-03-02 20:11:39 EST)
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| 08-08-05 | 1 | 4\4 |
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Are you new to programming? If yes, then Visual Basic is a great place to start. This book, however, is not. The first day introduces you to the Integrated Development Environment. From that point forward, it's all about the code. This is a good book for slightly more advanced programmers instead of newbies, but I feel the title is very miss leading. If you are new to programming and want to lean Visual Basic.Net 2003, try Microsoft Visual Basic .Net Step by Step written by Michael Halvorson (ISBN 0735619050). It is a much better place to start for the true beginner.
After you have gone through the step-by-step book, come back to this one. It really is a good book. (Score should have been a 4 not a 1.) (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-07-01 11:10:45 EST)
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| 10-26-04 | 4 | 5\6 |
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I won't give this book 1 star simply because there is an error in it. At that rate all the books would only get a star. No, this book teaches the exciting new language Visual Basic.Net and does a good job of it. After 21 days you will not be an expert programmer (it takes more than 21 days to become an expert in any field), but you will have a solid foundation to build on. You will have covered all the basics, and better yet will have an ideah on finding solutions to your problems.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-07 13:07:34 EST)
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| 07-01-04 | 5 | 12\12 |
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I found this book to be a superbly written manual for learning Visual Basic and as a reference. The language is very clear and easy to understand. Chapters are well structured, making it easy to skip and search through the book if you forget something. Most important, this book is quite comprehensive and has writing on nearly everything you will encounter in the Visual Basic syntax.
In addition, the later chapters focus on some features that most VB books dare not explore. These features include detailed tutorials to databases, web applications and custom user controls. Those later chapters have come in handy and have made this book an all-in-one reference. It eliminated the need for other specialized books, such as an introduction to ASP.NET. Not only does this book teach Visual Basic, but it is an excellent all around reference for the entire .NET platform. Novice programmers may find this book too straightforward and boring to read. If you can be easily confused with programming, or prefer to learn at a more humorous and relaxing environment, then I recommend one of the "Visual Basic for Dummies" books. If you already have some experience writing software and are interested in getting to the hardcore Visual Basic right away, then "Sam's Teach Yourself Visual Basic .NET 2003" is an excellent choice. (Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-07 13:07:34 EST)
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| 05-05-04 | 5 | 3\4 |
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I bought some books of .NET, including this one, and for many things this is the best one. This is a book to programming from 0. It includes referenceses, sintaxis, good examples, etc. Really I recommend it.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-07 13:07:34 EST)
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| 05-04-04 | 1 | 1\7 |
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Why such a low raiting? When i got this book i was excited when i got to page 176 i was sad. It said that you could simply use "Form1.Visible = False. in place of Me.Visible = False and that is totaly incorrect. Anyone who programs in Visual basic .Net knows that this feature was eleminated after Visual basic 6.0. I mean there was no telling you how to go about so you can actually use Form1 instead of ME to refer to the form he just says you can start doing it without doing anything! This is totally wrong and will confuse any Beginner programmer due to his continual use of this error! I even went as far as to contact microfsoft and they said you could not do this!!
(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-07 13:07:34 EST)
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| 05-04-04 | 1 | 7\20 |
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On page 175 he says you can use the form name instead of Me to refer to the form without any other code! This is crazy. I giving sams the shadow of a doubt, wrote microsoft and told them about this and said is there something wrong with my VB .NET soft? They said no. They said that you cannot do this. The reason for the 1star is because of the continual use of this error! Please Correct me if i am wrong.
In Visual Basic 6, a special default instance of each form is automatically created for you, and allows you to use the form's name to access this instance. What this means is that the Visual Basic 6.0 code Form1.Text="hello" has the effect of showing the "default" instance of Form1, but it doesn't work at all in Visual Basic .NET. In .NET there is no default instance. Form1 refers only to the class that represents your form, and this class cannot be used without creating an instance. This is why ME.Text = "Hello" works fine while Form1.Text="hello" doesn't work. In Visual Studio .NET, form1 is just a class name. The Text property can only be referenced by instance. 'ME' represents current instance and ME.Text = "Hello" works fine. He did not say how to do this...He just said you could use the forms name insead of ME. This is incorrect (Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-07 13:07:34 EST)
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| 03-15-04 | 2 | 3\6 |
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I did like that this book is geared towards people who have no visual basic knowledge. However, I did not like the fact that it assumed you have a version of visual basic.net that is not standard (Proffesional or Enterprise.) All of the database examples use a database that comes with ms sql server 2000 which just so happens to not be usable by vb.net standard. Maybe the name of this book should have been "Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Visual Basic.NET 2003 (as long as it isn't standard version) in 21 days.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-05-01 13:00:52 EST)
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| 02-27-04 | 5 | 1\2 |
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Yes! This book does exactly what it says. Teach you the fundamentals of VB .Net in 21 Chapters (... or Days if u want!)
I am a junior/intermediate programmer with only a couple of languages under my belt and this my first "SAMS" book... It is worth every single penny you pay for it...I went thru all of the Chapters but you don't have to as the book is very well organized and can be used as a reference. I'd recommend it to anybody... (Review Data Last Updated: 2006-02-06 00:59:54 EST)
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