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Microsoft Visual Basic Programming Projects is an ideal workbook to supplement any Visual Basic textbook . Featuring multiple choice, fill in the blank, true/false, and project activities, this workbook is the perfect tool for students to practice important Visual Basic programming topics and techniques. ... Read more

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Choice of Best Bargain
This is one of the best introductory "bargain" choice for Visual Basic 6 programming.This is a workbook (not a tutorial or beginner's textbook).It is easy to follow and designed for self-starters.It may be a little heavy or fast-paced for the first timers to learn VB or even a programming in GUI, but remember that this book is designed as a workbook.For that, I recommend this book, and have used for my class.

database simple coding
some data base project with the of data base projects

Visual Basic Program Projects
Dear Friends, This book is very good for the beginers It helped me a lotto learn about Visual Basic Programing. It tells us about the market whatvisual basic does. How we can program. Its a life time guide for theProgramers. They can simply copy the codes and manipulate them to theirProjects.

I Wish every one good luck whoever buys or uses thisbook.

Your's Well wisher. Ravi kumar. ... Read more

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Learn Word 2003 Visual Basic programming. ... Read more

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Good beginning
The book is a good presentation but too simple.Typical book by programmers. They don't really want to tell you how to do something useful.Changing fonts or their sizes via a program! give me a break. How about making a selection and then replacing with another string.I figured everything out after rummaging through the 1400 page reference! ... Read more

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This text offers hands-on guidance on mastering Visual Basic programming - topics covered include clipboard, bitmaps and icons, a mouse-driven paint program, dynamic data exchange with other Window software programs and debugging and error-handling routines. ... Read more

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This book is a self-paced guide to Visual Basic programming. Easy-to-follow lessons, reinforced by step-by-step instructions, screencasts, and supplemental exercises, allow readers of all learning styles to master Visual Basic programming quickly and painlessly. The book's scope is limited to an introduction to Visual Basic programming. It starts from scratch, assuming the reader has little or no programming experience, and provides an introduction to Visual Basic programming and to the Visual Studio development environment.

The book is divided into lessons that begin with a discussion of a particular concept or technique. After describing the main concept, the lesson includes a Try It section that invites the reader to perform a programming exercise to solidify the lesson's ideas.

The Try It has several subsections: Goals describes the exercise so the reader knows what should happen. Hints gives pointers about possible confusing aspects of the problem if they are needed. Step-by-Step provides a numbered series of steps that show how to solve the problem.

 A screencast on the accompanying DVD shows the author working through the Try It problem. Additional commentary at the end of the screencast highlights extensions of the lesson's main concepts.

 After the Try It's Step-by-Step section, the text concludes with a series of exercises that the reader can solve for further practice and to expand the lesson's main ideas.

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Meet the Challenge of Any Database Project with Visual Basic and ADOMastering Database Programming with Visual Basic 6 offers highly focused coverage of the techniques that make Visual Basic the ideal tool for database development. Assuming no prior experience with database programming, this book teaches you every aspect of the craft, from GUI design to server-side development to middle-tier implementation. Rather than waste your time with outmoded data access technologies, it takes you straight to the leading edge--ADO 2.5--helping you build database applications that will meet your organization's needs now and into the future. Coverage includes:
* Understanding data access architectures and technologies
* Understanding relational database concepts
* Getting acquainted with SQL, including the most important features of SQL Server 7 for the VB programmer
* Understanding ADO and what it offers your database application
* Using the visual database tools
* Using ADO 2.5 to access databases from within your VB applications
* Getting the most from SQL Server using T-SQL and stored procedures
* Simplifying client application coding with stored procedures
* Constructing data-aware classes
* Implementing middle-tier components and data-bound ActiveX controls
* Supporting remote data access
* Encapsulating database operations with ActiveX controls
* Accessing a database from within Web applications using Active Server Pages
* Building applications that work with Internet Information Server and Microsoft Transaction Server
* Mapping data structures to hierarchical Recordsets and making the most of disconnected Recordsets ... Read more

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Don't judge the book by it's cover!!
Don't expect you'll become the master of VB6 database programming by buying this book!!

Unsatisfied
This book was not written with teaching in mind. It is a great reference book but if you are not familiar with coding in VB then you definitely need to buy another book! This book gives you great reference to what objects do but doesn't clarify at all on how to do them. It will tell you what you need to do to update a database's records but not how to code them.

I've seen better books written for teaching. THis is not a teaching book.

If you're serious, ignore this book
I am an experienced programmer, and needed a book to enable me to understand ADO database programming in VB. I bought this book, and have regretted it. The examples are incomplete and miss important stages out. Its approach is confused and confusing. Having now done what I set out to do in VB/ADO, I can honestly say that very little of the contents of this book can be applied without extensive tinkering.

Oh, and by the way, the examples on the CD are fiddly to get running as well.

Useful overview of db development
I would recommend this book to those who want to understand the db development environment without being bogged down in too much detail.
However, once you need to get to lower level work for real development this book cannot substitute for more specialised volumes.

Overall recommended.

dan

Mixed emotions
I am using this book as the selected text for a second course in Visual Basic.I am about half way through the text.The main objections I have to the book are that the author jumps around between SQL server and Access, often without telling you which one ( or even which of several example databases) he is using.As a result, the code often does not work with the DB you are using.Also, most often,the author only gives code for Access or SQL server, not both, so you spend A LOT of time trying to convert code to get things to work.Lots of times, the author leaves code lines out expecting you to have learned it earlier.If you don't have SQL server, you are going to have a hard time with this book (eval copy is supplied on CD but I couldn't get it to install on win 2000 pro - fortunately I have SQL 7 on another NT 4 machine).Despite these complaints, I am learning a fair amount by persevering and the book does cover quite a bit of material...you just have to spend a lot of time figuring out what he is really doing.Finally, you have to plan to use the complete code supplied on the CD to decipher the text.The text leaves out things that only become clear by extensive examination (and, many times, modification) of the code on the CD.In conclusion, I am finding the book useful and I am learning how to use ADO (author skips DAO etc. as being outdated) but it is more painful than I would like. ... Read more

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Get the expert insights, indispensable reference, and practical instruction needed to exploit the core language features and capabilities in Visual Basic 2005. Well-known Visual Basic programming author Francesco Balena expertly guides you through the fundamentals, including modules, keywords, and inheritance, and builds your mastery of more-advanced topics such as delegates, assemblies, and My Namespace. Combining in-depth reference with extensive, hands-on code examples and best-practices advice, this CORE REFERENCE delivers the key resources you need to develop professional-level programming skills for smart clients and the Web. ... Read more

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Excellent
I really enjoy Balena's delivery of the material. If you want extend your comprehension of the .Net framework and not just another crib sheet for the Studio designer this is the book to get. Highly recommend.

The Best Dot Net Framework Book Period!
This is by far the best vb.net coverage for the framework!I concur with the 4 and 5 stars and figure the 2 and 1 stars are folks that can't read the contents page.If you are a professional programmer or intend to become one then this is a must have book!The only thing I can say this book is missing is a chapter on CodeDom namespace.I keep going back to chapters on Collections and Reflections every time I need to do some work in that area.I don't do Reflections every day.This book is a hard read cover to cover but individually each chapter will get you 90 to 95% of the way.I have switched to C# programming about 3/4 of a year ago and wish this book was in C#. I know there is a C# book of the same title and plan on reviewing it too.I will say this about this book all programming books should have to come up to this level of perfection!!This is a Five Star book!Also, this book is still current today it still covers most of the framework that has not changed. If you are new to the .net world or are a c# programmer most of these examples will help you out. The big difference is in the generics syntax which is the reason I switched to c#.If you are doing ASP.net or ADO.net then purchase a book that covers those topics! If I had only one book in .net this is the one!I am a long time member of the Columbia SC, Enterprise Developers Guild. Our user group's focus is on .net technologies and the vb.net and c# languages.

Book Review for the CEDG: (http://www.columbiadevelopers.org/)
Silverlight & Dot Net Rocks! Jerry Merchand

How Windows XP really works.
This book was written by two men who were an integral part of designing and implementing the Windows XP operating system.For the general reader:
"fugget about it"!.For those with a good knowledege of operating system fundamentals, a book that will allow you to become more knowelable about operating systems.

Great VB book for serious VB Programmers.
This is a great book.It has a lot of techniques that you would not normally use in your day to day programming tasks.It covers the language properly. Every chapter has actual code that works and that you could use in your projects.The author is definitely a master, and this book proves it.
The book helped me to pass the MS Exam 70-536, .Net Framework 2.0, Application Development Foundation. Most of the exam topics are covered in it.
The organization of the book is good, starts with the basics, slowly going to advanced topics.However I think this book is definitely not for beginners, they will get lost in some chapters.
Overall, I give it 5 stars, it is a great book, well written, well organized, a great reference that every VB programmer should read and have it on their shelf.

Good Book
I had a case dealing with Version Tolerant Serialization, after searching the web; they all came up short. I double checked the book later, and found the answer I needed. That 1 time more than paid for this book.

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Despite repeated attempts, including failed products, Oracle has been unable to create a development tool which will solve the problem with getting information out of the database and into the hands of managers and users. But, now here is a source to build quick and effective programs for inputting information into an Oracle database or creating reports. The book has been technically reviewed by the Microsoft developer support team and by an Oracle employee to insure the highest possible level of technical accuracy.Amazon.com Review
Aimed at programmers who are familiar with Visual Basic andwho have been exposed to Oracle, this instructional text covers thepopular Oracle/Visual Basic client/server combination from beginningto end. The book opens with a lengthy discussion of the uniquearchitecture of Oracle. The author presents the basics of Oracle'scomponents, database administration processes, and database designissues. By the end of this first part, the reader comes away with asolid understanding of Oracle. The second part adequately coversqueries and store procedures and introduces the reader to Oracle'sPL/SQL.

Next, the author devotes a section to implementing VisualBasic client applications against the Oracle back end. He presentsOpen Database Connectivity (ODBC), cursors, and object linking andembedding database (OLE-DB) as well as discusses the Microsoft JETengine, remote data objects, and ODBCDirect. All of thesearchitectures are critical to expert database programming in VisualBasic. The book also addresses other client design issues, such astransaction control and error handling.

Oracle Programmingwraps up with a section on advanced Oracle techniques that includesOracle Objects for OLE--otherwise known as OO4O. Generous but concisecode examples, smart sidebars on real-world implementation, and plentyof architectural diagrams round out this book. --Stephen Plain ... Read more

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A little Misleading
This book is really the vb programmer's guide to Oracle. This is a good general reference but it does not get into depth on visual basic side.THis book would be good for someone with little knowledge of how Oracle works.

Oracle Demystified, Not Just For VB Programmers
Oracle owns the relational database server market and Microsoft owns the desktop market.Visual Basic is the language of choice for the WinTell development world.One would expect dozens of books available to support this paradigm, but there are not.

I recommend this book to everyone who must use Oracle.The first 10 chapters summarize Oracle better then Oracle summarizes Oracle.Snowdon assumes that the reader is familiar with SQL Server, but he does not assume ANY Oracle knowledge.By the time this book was available I had already written two production class programs for Oracle without the benefit of experienced Oracle DBA's to help me. This book would have saved me hours of frustration had it been available.

I have just purchased Dov Trietsch's, "Visual Basic Oracle 8 Programmer's Reference," so I cannot compare the two.

If you are going to survive in an Oracle environment, you will need to learn PL/SQL, Oracle's extended SQL programming language for triggers and stored procedures.Snowdon has an excellent introduction, but the definitive source is Steven Feurerstein's "Oracle PL/SQL Programming" by O'Reilly and Associates.I DO NOT recommend any of the Osborne books on Oracle, even though they are Oracle's vendor of choice.Oracle makes a big chunk of its money in consulting fees and, in my opinion, the Osborne documentation protects that revenue stream.

Heavy in Theory, Better Examples Elsewhere
If you compare the size of this book with Dov Treitch's Visual Basic Oracle 8 (wrox), you might think you could get further using this book.That may be true if you're interested in doing Oracle dba tasks.But this book is titled "Oracle Programming".

The first 6 chapters, 210 pages, are dedicated to Oracle architecture and administrative tasks, such as deploying an Oracle db.In my opinion, if you're programming you may need to know about 10 pages worth of this info, good luck finding it, and if you're doing dba work on an enterprise server watch out if you've only read these 200 pages.

Then, when it comes to actual programming an app against Oracle the book also falls way short of the wrox title.There is not a single example in the book that actually demostrates how to create a FORM (remember those?) that links to Oracle.Published in 1999 the code is also behind, with large sections of the book dedicated to DAO, RDO, and ODBC Direct.And, as others have stated, the code describing the use of stored procedures is either wrong or out of date.

If you want to read a long book, get this one.There are some good, clear descriptions of the theory behind cursors and the mechanics of the various middleware connection layers.If you actually want to develop against Oracle, get the wrox book!

Oracle, VB, and Rock Stardom
There are very few books with "Oracle" and "Visual Basic" in the title. This is unfortunate for developers that want to gain insights into developing quality solutions with those technologies. This is especially so when the developer does not have the benefit ofOracle / VB experienced peers.Fortunately, however, Mr. Snowdon providesus with a well written book on both subjects under one title.The contentis quite broad and rather simple and the examples are easy to test out. With that being said, this is definitely a great book for the novice (anexperienced VB developer with little experience with Oracle or vice versaor just a plain ol' novice).Beginners could swallow it too, however, thebreadth of content may prove somewhat daunting.The senior developer mayencounter a degree of frustration with the simplicity or generality of someof the content, but oh well I guess...I found the following discussionsvery useful:Oracle physical architecture, data access (specifically ADOand the use of DSN-less connections), calling Oracle stored procedures andfunctions).I should mention that about half of the book deals with basicssuch as database design, SQL, VB, etc.So, if you need to get up to speedfairly quickly and you're not building a monolithic OLTP system then thisis a good addition to your library.Besides, the price is right.I alsorecommend Dov Trietsch's 'VB Oracle 8' from Wrox which is better for themore advanced VB programmer (use of classes and better coverage of ADOespecially in the area of dealing with server sided objects--storedprocedures and server sided PL/SQL cursors).

As a final remark let me addthat Oracle developers with VB skills (or vice versa, yet again) arecapable of commanding large salaries or hourly rates.This is youropportunity as a computer geek to get the recognition you deserve and tolive like a rock star.

Order yours now!

One of the best how-to's I've ever read.
This book is fantastic for moderate to experienced VB programmers that have a need to use Oracle.I don't know what I would have done without it.Because the ADO and Oracle do not mesh perfectly, there are definitelysome tricks to know, especially for using stored procedures (a must in anyenterprise level application).Like I said, a great resource. ... Read more

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This book is the definitive guide to using Visual Basic to create graphics applications and to add sophisticated graphics capabilities to non-graphics applications. An increasing number of businesses and organizations that use Visual Basic are discovering they need to support graphics in their in-house and commercial programs. VB expert Rod Stephens combines theory and technique to teach the fundamentals of graphics programming.Amazon.com Review
Would you ever write a complex graphics application in VisualBasic (VB)? Author Rod Stephens presents a convincing demonstrationthat Visual Basic 5.0 can handle just about any complex graphics task,including bitmap processing, complex scan conversions, fractal imagegeneration, 3-D vector graphics, and even ray tracing.

You'll needto understand VB basics before picking up Visual Basic GraphicsProgramming, but the book's clear writing style and measured pacewill help you master these relatively arcane subjects and add powerfulgraphics features to your programs. The book begins with a quickbrush-up on standard Visual Basic graphics features such as coordinatesystems, graphics objects, and calls to Windows graphics applicationprogramming interfaces (APIs), but quickly moves on to a broadspectrum of bitmap- and vector-oriented topics.

The world may notneed another Photoshop or AutoCAD written in VB, but if any aspect ofyour program could benefit from the addition of complexgraphics--possibilities include anything from an enhanced interface todata visualization--this book can show you how it's done. VisualBasic Graphics Programming also serves as a fine introduction tomany classic graphics techniques that are more traditionally presentedin C. The bundled CD includes all code examples from the book as wellas a large library of useful graphics functions and procedures. ... Read more

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It sounds good, but when the codes do not work
After reading some good reviews about this book, I decided to buy it. When I read it without practicing the
codes, I thought this book is amazing as it covers alot of graphic topics. However, after I did some exercises
by copying, executing, debugging, and testing the codes, I was quite dissappointed in this book. The codes do
not work right away out of the book. (I did not get the bundled CD-ROM). Some sub procedures or functions contain
undeclared or undefined variables or constants. Moreover some calls to sub or function contain extra parameters not listed in the function declarations. It took me a great deal of time to figure out the values of them,
and oftentimes I just gave up. I doubt that the codes in the book were modified to a certain point so that users
cannot just easily copy the codes and execute them. Therefore, users have to find some workarounds. Some graphic and
mathematic techniques are interesting; however, some of their codes are not commented and thus are at your effort to
find out. Some techniques such as logical pallete are not applicable if users use newer monitor, video card, and operating system.

Well-Done Stephens!
This book includes a lot of ideas and concepts that extremely serve graphics programmers. I really found this book very useful, and it gave me new ideas that enhanced my way in programming. Besides it gives the readerfull illustration for some problems in descriptive geometry and numericalanalysis. REALLY Well-done Rod! Adel

Excellent reference
This is a good book for anyone with some knowledge about Visual Basic who wants to know how to make better graphics in the language. It starts off with the basics--lines, API functions, etc. Later, it has sections on morecomplex topics, such as ray tracing and higher-dimensional graphics.

Rod Stephens is a very good teacher for an apt student
This is a very good programming book, especially in teaching graphics techniques.It starts out a little over simplified, but eventually it evolves.The first few chapters you build a simple graphical applications. Then luckily you start over with a more organize application.

RodStephens has a great style of teaching and this is only the first book Ibought by him three years ago.All his other books are very useful.

However as another critic here said the code it not in ready to run formfor other applications.If you are an apt student and programmer theconversion is not difficult. This is a teaching book, building complexclass function libraries was not it's goal.You will have tons of fun withthis book and all his others.

thank you...thank you...thank you ....but!
I'm a developer in development company and one of the languages I using it is the : VBx language. I searched for all VB source code in the internet, that teaching the graphics techniques, but no way, then I found this bookit's very good, covering all subject that you want to know, specially themathematical formula, which is unavailable for programmers in one book, Cprogrammers will not have peace now in multimedia field.

But I have twocomments about this book : 1- All examples in the book are not designed tosupport the JPEG,GIF image format, when the book work in VB5 . 2- Someexamples not working and giving this message "This monitor does not supportpalettes.". But again I can say thank you and I'm happy to have this bookin my computer library. ... Read more

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Windows Game Programming with Visual Basic and DirectX is the only game programming book on the market that pairs the ease of Visual Basic with the power and flash of DirectX applications.The book is written to teach the skills and thoughts behind game programming, with hands-on examples and a simulation game project that results in a complete application at the end of the book. Topics such as artificial intelligence, animation, sound effects, background music, and multiplayer setups will be covered in detail and put to work in the hands-on game project.

Amazon.com Review
Written for the more knowledgeable Visual Basic programmer or hobbyist, Windows Game Programming with Visual Basic and DirectX presents the fundamentals of game design in Microsoft Windows from start to finish. Based on author Wayne Freeze's easy-to-approach framework and source code for an underwater virtual mall, this book introduces essential game programming concepts and the relevant DirectX APIs you need to get started with custom game development.

Although this book relies on the older VB6 standard and makes no mention of Microsoft's new VB .NET, the text really focuses on the DirectX API, the foundation of graphics and gaming on the Windows platform. The author walks the reader through the steps required to design and code a game, from defining features to designing 2-D and 3-D artwork to implementing a computer simulation in code. There's good coverage of 3-D content design with the Caligari trueSpace design tool, which is used to design virtual scenes. Freeze's sample game for a virtual mall starts out simply with basic 3-D rendering and introduces features like user input, music, and sound in subsequent chapters.

Besides giving a tour of essential DirectX APIs like Direct3D, DirectInput, and DirectSound, the author also provides background material on game design concepts like random numbers, simulations (used extensively in computing today), and finite state machines. The heart of this text shows off the design choices made in the author's own case study. By the end, his virtual mall is enhanced with moving customers, special "cheat codes," and even a popup newsletter that displays game state. Though certainly not the most action-oriented game you're likely to see, the virtual mall shows off the power of computer game simulations (like SimCity) to good effect and also provides an approachable example for getting you started on your own creations.

Game programming is legendarily difficult and extremely challenging. This title fills a useful niche by providing an accessible and entertaining introduction to game development without getting bogged down in extensive math (or gnarly DirectX APIs). It's a worthwhile choice for getting started with games and graphics in Windows and VB. --Richard Dragan

Topics covered: Introduction to game design (including technical features, user interactions, cheat codes, and "Easter eggs"), DirectX services, 2-D and 3-D graphics quick-start tutorial (including rendering basic Direct3D scenes), graphical content design with Caligari trueSpace and Adobe PhotoShop and Illustrator, texture mappings, saving and loading game state, 3-D rendering techniques, random-number-generation techniques, programming strategies for computer simulations (including multiple servers and queues), custom VB6 code for a simulation framework, case study for a virtual mall (including simulated stores, customers, and money), user input with DirectInput, adding game commands, background music and sound effects with DirectSound and DirectMusic, editing WAV files, game maps, finite state machines, saving and loading games, and adding features for more playability. ... Read more

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Too superficial
Very dissapointed. The help file of the SDK (8.0) makes a better job at explaining the principles. I found the book evasive as far as DirectX is concerned. Third part tools discussion make the essence of the book. May be of some interest about writing a game, but *almost* irrelevant about DirectX. You don't want consider this book if you already know some very basic DirectX stuff.

Explanation is not so good
I expected a thorough explanation of DirectX when I bought this book. I want to know what CLIPPER is, why we have to use it...etc. There's so much cryptic terms to learn in DirectX - DDSCAPS_OFFSCREENPLAIN, DDSCAPS_PRIMARYSURFACE, DDSCL_ALLOWMODEX, BltFast, Blt just to name a few. The book does explain how to set up DirectX so that we can use Direct3D etc, but it does a poor job on explaining them succinctly, instead it spends too much time on third-party graphics tools. The explanation on the 3D coordinate space, vertex, points etc is very short.
The explanation on the logic of the game is very boring, to be objective, it doesn't help me much. Overall, I'm disappointed.

worth its weight in gold
In the context of showing you how to make a simulation game, this book shows you how to load meshes from outside sources like 3dsmax. What's more it's done simply and clearly explained. It also shows how to make your game scriptable and is a very good example of how to make your code object orientated. Every thing talked about in the book while shown in the use of a simulation game would apply to any other type of game with a little creative thinking. This book is a must, the price seals the deal.

However, it's not without its faults. One thing to remember though is that you will need to refer to the cd, because the author cut the size of the book by only showing the relevant portions of the code to the topic in the book not the whole picture. However since the code makes use of a debug log you can't run the code from off a cd. You need to copy it to a space on your hard drive first and then open it in vb and run it. Lastly the modeling package featured in the book seems to be another me too product.

Good, but better with add-ons.
Wayne S. Freeze, Windows Game Programming with Visual Basic and DirectX (Que, 2002)

First and foremost, a warning. Freeze's book, despite its publication date, deals exclusively in Visual Basic 6. If you're using VB.NET, a lot of this stuff is going to cause you to wonder what on earth Freeze is on about. I strongly suggest reading Keith Sink's DirectX 8 and Visual Basic Development in conjunction with this, and asking a lot of questions on a lot of VB.NET tech support mailing lists. (Microsoft's documentation on how to go from VB6-VB.NET with DirectX is not nonexistent, but it is such that nonexistent would have been better.) Given that .NET had already been in prerelease for over a year by this book's publication, one would think that, at the very least, the publisher would have made it very plain somewhere on the cover that the book dealt in a technology that's not compatible with the next generation of the language. An unforgivable oversight, especially if you happen to spend the full retail price for a copy of this book.

That aside, Freeze's book is quite good in the way it introduces the reader to the new, and largely esoteric, combination of Visual Basic and DirectX (the latter technology was exclusively the realm of C++ programmers until 2001, when DX8 began to include VB wrappers). He's not afraid to use repetition to get his point across, and he does so in a laid-back atmosphere that's quite different from what one sees in most how-to programming manuals.

Freeze teaches the VB/DX intersection through the programming of a SimCity-style games called SwimMall, which is in and of itself at least worth a discounted copy of the book. Needless to say it's not a commercial-quality game, as one would expect from a single person programming such a thing while under the pressure of a book deadline. But the routines and ideas therein are just the thing to spark the imaginations of novice game programmers; no matter what genre a person is working in, there are certainly routines here that will help a programmer out in various ways. Much of this code is easily ported to any other type of game framework.

Very good stuff. Just remember the admonition in the first paragraph if you're working with .NET and haven't used VB before. (Actually, I recommend Sink in conjunction with this book anyway; the atmospheres of the two are a pleasant mesh, and when you can't find a niggling piece of information you need in one, the other is sure to have it.) *** ½

A great book for all
"Windows Game Programming with Visual Basic and DirectX" is one of the best sources for game programming with Visual Basic. It is rare to find a nice VB book these days, and this one covers everything to make a sim kinda game. you make a mall and try to run it, teaching you how to Program games on the way. This is a must have for any Game programmer that wants to use VB for thair game. ... Read more

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The author team of Julia Bradley and Anita Millspaugh remain the guiding light for countlessstudents around the world in Programming in Visual Basic 2008. How better to master the most popular object-oriented programming language than to use the bestselling textbook? Be at the cutting edge of technology with examples, feedback questions, and a full Hands-On Programming Example. Apply the concepts yourself with Case Studies and Exercises. Screen captures, step-by-step exercises, and thorough appendices ensure that Programming Excellence Begins Here. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (6)

Good
Was shipped in a timely fashion and I received the book as it was stated.

What were they authors thinking?
I'm a current college student and into my Advanced Visual Basic class, and I must say, WOW! This book was so hard to follow that I just decided not to use this book for my class. The chapters are very unorganized, and I just can't see anyone learning any advanced concepts with this book. If you are looking for a good VB book that covers both basic and advanced topics, get "Pro VB 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform" written by Andrew Troelsen, which does a remarkable job of explaining important concepts. Throw this book in the trash, you won't regret it!

This is the first textbook I will NOT keep after class is done
Wow..This is the first textbook I've ever had that I will gladly throw away when class is over.I have a WHOLE bookshelf of books from previous classes that I refer back to.This won't be one of them.I will never touch this book again.Chapters 3-5 on databases are a mess.Reading it is a mess.Trying to understand it is a mess.The Database interaction is taught using one method, then gears are switched and then it is all switched again.There is no coherency to this method.My VB class (including instructor) all agree on this.The class tried to go by the book and it just pushed our class out by 2-3 weeks and we are now playing catch up.I am suspect of any further information later in this book due to the problems in those chapters.

A breakdown in the separate ideas being presented is necessary before throwing it all into an application and then left wondering why it doesn't work.

There is just no logical progression in how this book is laid out.It is like throwing paint on a wall and trying to figure it out..Needs more organization!I can't turn to any particular section in each of those chapters and see a logical progression.

Something like..

Step 1..What are the different parts to the database app..Tableadapters..Bindingsource..Dataset..What do they do.
Step 2..Do a simple database application..
Step 3..add some ideas on what can enhance it.Filters..More complicated binding of fields..
Step 4..add those ideas to the application..
and so on..

Also would be nice to have more diagrams showing what all is happening here?

Also, what is up with the brief commenting of the code in the examples?A chapter before/after the code example is so much less informative if you have to keep dissecting the code examples to see what the author is referring to.

I will make sure my review of my class includes that the class was crippled due to the textbook and I will implore the school drop it for any future classes.

Oh... Appendix B is pretty good.Well thought out and a good recap of introduction to VB. The same care should have been paid to chapters 3-5.Maybe I'll rip out that appendix and keep it.

Good Service
Needed this textbook for College class and it was delivered in the time frame I was given... Very pleased..

Bad book, Dont buy!
Horrid book, I had to purchase this for my Advanced VB Class, and I'm upset at the dramatically horrible organization and coverage this book presents. I do not recommend this book for anyone who wants to actually understand advanced fundamentals of programming with Visual Basic .NET (Personally, stick with C#, its industry standard). Go find a WROX or WILEY book worth your time to read, and your money to spend... Universities, please look elsewhere. ... Read more

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Programming Visual Basic .NET, Second Edition is the complete guide to application development using Visual Basic .NET.Entirely rewritten by .NET expert Jesse Liberty, the new edition of this tutorial will be essential reading for the millions of Visual Basic programmers looking to make the change to Microsoft's .NET programming environment.Thorough, entertaining, and easy to follow, this book provides a comprehensive and detailed overview of the language, object-oriented programming, and the .NET Framework, and goes even further--you'll learn how to create Windows and Web applications, as well as Web services.A comprehensive introduction to the Visual Basic .NET language, this new edition covers topics of greatest concern to VB6 programmers who wish to make the transition from traditional Visual Basic 6 programming to the new object-oriented, component-based world of .NET.Loaded with practical examples for intermediate and advanced programmers, Programming Visual Basic .NET focuses on turning you into a proficient .NET developer. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (9)

Great book for an overview of Visual Basic .Net
I am an experienced VB6 programmer who was familiar with Object Oriented concepts since I have also programmed a little bit in C++ and Java. This book was perfect for me. It gave me a great overview of the language and reinforced the object oriented concepts.

I use this book as a reference for day to day programming but I also keep
Programming Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Core Reference)
by Francesco Balena
handy for detailed explanations.

kind of disappointing
Some of the code examples in this book are laughably wrong.Especially the section about declaring arrays.There must be at least a dozen different kinds of errors in the section about declaring arrays.The author even gets wrong that the number you give in an array declaration is the upper-bound not the size.It makes you question how well the author really understands the language.Also, the book skimps on certain important areas, such as dynamically adding event handlers.Overall, I'd say this book is not that great for an introduction (too many errors) and lacking as an advanced guide (not enough detail).So I'm not really sure who it would be useful for.

Good book to start with VB but don't expect anything more !
This book is BOTH good and bad ! This is DEFINITELY NOT for those people who are learning to program and need a VB.Net book that starts with explaining what the CPU and RAM are !

WHY GOOD - It is a great introduction to VB.Net for experienced programmers (experienced with VB6 or other programming language). The fundamentals of the language cosntruct (like the usual If clause, While loop etc.) are nicely condensed into one single chapter (Ch 3). Every chapter in Part-1 of the book explains one or more related language concepts in an easy to understand manner. Until the end of Part-1, all the code examples can be done using Notepad and compiled with the Visual Basic command line compiler (You do NOT even need Visual Studio.Net !). This is very good since it focuses on learning the language concepts rather than forcing you to get familiar with a strange IDE if you have not used Visual Studio before. Though there are some obvious errors in the code samples in Arrays and Strings chapter, they are no showstoppers in understanding the underlying concepts. Overall the part-1 of this book helps you to get upto speed on VB.Net very quickly. I did not read Part-3 yet, but I expect the treatment to be similar to Part-1, since Part-3 also deals with more theoritical aspects like Part-1.

WHY BAD - I read every page of this book until Part-1 but Part-2, where each chapter deals with things like Window forms/Ado.Net/Web forms (which themselves are separate books on the market), can be very intimidating as the author tries to cover a lot of ground in a very short space. For example, the code example in Chapter-13 for Windows forms, is gargantuan for a first time Winform program to be developed in Visual Studio.Net. Moreover, the code download from the author's website is also not of much use since the author had hidden some code to save space in the book and uploaded the same thing in his website also !

Overall, a good starting point to get into VB.Net but don't expect to learn everything about .Net with this book alone ! If you are already into VB.Net and looking to learn more about ADO.Net or Web forms, then this book is definitely NOT for you !

Need more content
Overall it's a decent book VB language. However if it has more contents/examples on Windows Form will make it a lot better.

C# programmer learns by code sample
Probably the best way to learn how to code in any language is to program with the examples in the book.I'm an experienced programmer in C#, but needed to get up to speed on VB.NET quick for some consulting work.I won a copy of Programming Visual Basic .NET 2nd ed. at a "WeProgram.NET" .NET user group meeting, and started reading it immediately.I skipped reading most of the explanations and went straight to the code (serious coders will understand this urge!).Even without reading much of the text, the code examples, while unimaginative, were selected well enough for me to pick up on the language, including its idiosyncrasies.I also like the fact that, for the text I did read, he explains why he is doing things a certain way.This would be really helpful for someone just learning to program or making the transition to .NET.

The only problem I really have with the examples is that it did not make clear what code was part of VisualBasic interop.Since I am now coding in two .NET languages, I don't want to have to remember CInt for one language and Convert.ToInt32 for another.I know this book is geared toward experienced VB6 programmers, but let's start doing things the .NET way.That's why it's here. ... Read more

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This guide is designed for both newcomers and advanced users, providing novices with fundamental programming principles and Visual Basic, and for experienced Visual Basic programmers, a section is devoted to practical techniques for solving real-world problems from companies including Microhelp and Cresent software. ... Read more

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Due to the immense popularity of Palm OS devices, demand for Palm OS applications has increased dramatically. Visual Basic is one of the most popular development platforms in the world. Until recently Visual Basic developers were not able to create applications for the Palm OS platform. By integrating into the Visual Basic environment, the AppForge Basic compiler has brought Palm development right into the main tool used by millions of VB Programmers. In fact, Visual Basic in conjunction with AppForge is fast becoming one of the favorite development environments for the Palm OS.The book provides a framework for application design, developmentand installation for the Palm handheld. It is written primarily for corporate software developers, software architects, middle-ware developers and engineering managers who need to understand the strengths and limits of programming on the Palm, and how to integrate Visual Basic language Palm applications into their corporate IT infrastructure or product offerings.Some of the covered topics include:

Complete coverage of Palm user interface and database programming techniquesData Synchronization including how to build, test and install a conduit using Visual Basic and COMWeb Clipping applications and how to interface those applications to Microsoft's Active Server Page framework.Programming Visual Basic for the Palm OS is the onlybook designed to help the Visual Basic desktop programmer to break into the Palm market. With Programming Visual Basic for the Palm OS, Visual Basic programmers can become Palm programmers almost over night. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Good book
Good book from two perspectives: if you use AppForge for Palm development then this is a complete (slightly dated) book, or if you use MS VB6 for conduits or Palm-flavored web applications with IIS. Almost everything in the book is backed up with running code.

As an aside, I am not sure if the previous reviewer actually read the book or tried to run the code. There are very few typos in the chapter mentioned (which is online) and I didn't see any errors. For me, the code worked fine; the book specifically mentions VB6 and service pack 3.

A highly recommended self-teaching tool
Collaboratively written by computer experts Matthew Holmes, Patrick Burton, and Roger Knoell, Programming Visual Basic for Palm OS is a solid and reliable programmer's guide to designing effective applications, transferring data to the PDA, building security through data encryption, and much more. Focusing especially on using AppForge to write programs, Visual Basic for Palm OS also covers SQL databases, Piedmont, and a great deal more. Step-by-step instructions, sample programs, excellent diagrams and comprehensible flowcharts make Programming Visual Basic for Palm OS a first-class reference and a highly recommended self-teaching tool.

Not much help for Conduit development
This book is directed at users of AppForge for VB6. AppForge is an excellent VB add-in that lets you quickly develop Palm apps in VB. You don't need a book to help you develop in App Forge.
AppForge is very weak, however, in the Conduit and installer areas since it offers no help unless you buy the Professional version for [price] which includes the Universal Conduit. Again, if you've got that, you don't need this book to develop the conduit.
Writing a Conduit on your own is tough and I was hoping this OReilly book would help. Sadly, all the relevant conduit info. from chapter 4 is available for free on the OReilly web site [URL]. Chapter 4 is poorly written and organized, has typos and errors and the sample code you download from the web site will not load or compile in VB6.
I was hoping the book had much more than the sample chapter I saw on the web site. I was disappointed. If you're looking for help with Palm Conduit development in VB6, look elsehwere.

Conduit Coverage
This book was VERY well written.Especially it gives great examples of building and debugging conduits.Unfortunately, it completely bypasses talking about how to build as installer for the conduit.

I bought the book specifically to build conduits and this left me only 50% satisfied. ... Read more

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Published just in time for the first release of Visual Studio .NET, Programming Visual Basic .NET is the complete guide to application development using Visual Basic .NET. Targeted at programmers with some priorprogramming experience, the book covers the major areas of application development for Microsoft's new .NET platform.After starting with the traditional "hello world" application, the book discusses the two basic building blocks of any .NET application built with Visual Basic--the Visual Basic .NET programming language and the .NETFramework.The remainder of the book focuses on the three major kinds of applications that can be developed with the .NET Framework: Windows Forms applications, ASP.NET applications, and web services. In each case, the book shows you how to build an application using Visual Studio .NET as well as using a text editor and the Visual Basic command-line compiler.Amazon.com Review
Suitable for Visual Basic programmers of all levels, Programming Visual Basic .NET is a solid, one-volume tutorial of basic and advanced features, with good coverage of new support for Web development. Whether you have been working with VB for years or are coming to VB .NET from another language, this book's no-nonsense tour will get you working with VB .NET with a minimum of hassle.

This title's compact format has to be one of its most appealing features. After covering the basics of what's new in VB .NET, the author digs in with a fast-moving, authoritative tour of all essential language features in the new version. This language tutorial really shines as it covers topics such as basic language statements, data types, and variables and defining classes using properties, methods, and inheritance (and more advanced bells and whistles). Short code excerpts illustrate just how to program quickly, and many readers will find this material useful as a reference for day-to-day questions about specific language features as they come up in real projects.

Of course, .NET has a brand-new set of APIs too. The author concentrates on basic Windows Forms and Web forms programming. The section on basic database ADO.NET (including bound controls) is a standout and will get you started with these essential programming APIs. Coverage of Web services will put using this new approach to building distributed systems within reach of many readers. (Here, the author provides some advice for creating effective distributed Web services.)

By focusing first on the language itself, this book will help virtually anyone get started with the latest version of Microsoft's most popular programming language without getting bogged down in the many details of the .NET platform. With plenty of detail for the expert, yet entirely approachable for the beginner, this title will serve both as a reference and a tutorial for getting onboard with this new version. It provides a valuable and timely resource for the aspiring VB .NET developer. --Richard Dragan

Topics covered: Introduction to the .NET framework and Visual Basic; in-depth tutorial to VB .NET (including keywords, data types, operators, and expressions, classes, interfaces, exception handling, delegates and events); the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), the Common Type System (CTS), garbage collection, overview of built-in .NET namespaces; Windows Forms, building MDI applications, basic graphics programming with GDI+, using common controls, menus, event handling, basic Web development with VB .NET (server controls, validation, maintaining state and application-level settings); creating custom controls, Web services (including WSDL and discovery), ADO.NET database programming (SQL Server and OLE DB APIs compared, the DataSet and DataReader classes, grid controls); references to .NET attributes, exceptions, and math functions. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (6)

Excellent Introduction to core .NET topics
I've only read the first 100 pages but I've seen a number of important examples where the author distills key concepts in a few pages or even paragraphs that would take other authors an entire chapter("Delegates" as one example) and yet the author's explanantion is still clearer. This book is not for programming beginners, its for intermediate or higher programmers making the transistion to .NET. This book is still useful in 2006 to explain some key concepts in VB .NET although there have been minor changes in the language since it was written.

An Excellent VB.NET Guide and Reference
Programming Visual Basic .NET does an excellent job of covering all of the language elements and associated .NET framework topics that a developer will need to become an effective VB.NET programmer.This book is successful by getting straight to the point and tackling the issues that programmers need to understand the new language, how it fits in with the .NET framework, and how it differs from Microsoft's previous incarnations of Visual Basic.

In the early chapters Dave covers all of the important VB.NET language constructs and the .NET framework with a clear tone and effective examples.The chapters on Windows Form development are particularly helpful in understanding GUI programming in the language, and how to take advantage of the many new features in .NET including control docking and anchoring, and menu programming.He covers both using the tools in Visual Studio.NET, as well as exploring the creation of Windows Forms through code.This type of in depth information is very helpful for any developer who really wishes to know and understand what's going on behind the scenes of Windows Forms.

The later chapters are similarly well presented and explain the important aspects of additional technologies of the .NET Platform that are central to successful application development.The chapter on ASP.NET does a great job of explaining user controls, form validation, and security in ASP.NET.I've found this information critical in designing solutions that target the web.While the chapter on ADO.NET is perhaps not as comprehensive as the rest, I found the information to be quite helpful and informative enough to implement complete data access solutions.Similarly, the chapter on programming web services in VB.NET has been a great help in understanding how web services function, and their importance in communications across the internet.

Overall I find this book to be a great introduction to the Visual Basic .NET language itself, as well as a great tool for understanding how to use Visual Basic .NET to harness many of the exciting features of the .NET platform.

Great Comprehensive Book
Excellent book with a comprehensive view of using VB.NET to develop Windows-based and Web-based solutions, including Web services.

The second chapter in the book, "The Visual Basic .NET Language" was particularly helpful with an in-depth view of the VB.NET language constructs and keywords.The third chapter explains the .NET CLR, assemblies, garbage collection and other concepts new to .NET very clearly.

This book is excellent for programmers moving from classic VB to VB.NET, people new to the VB.NET language, and as a language reference for more advanced users.

Good book...not great
While this book does contain a little bit for everybody, it's not presented as well as in some other books.Some great explanations and examples, but most are at a very introductory level.

The chapter on ASP.NET is well organized, and everyone interested in using ASP.NET will learn something.There is a great section on data validation and a clear explanation on how to use the Application, Session, and Cookie objects.ASP developers should have little trouble ramping up to ASP.NET quickly.Be aware that the coverage of ADO.NET is sketchy at best.

All in all, Programming Visual Basic .NET is a good book.Not the best book you'll ever read on the subject, but a good beginning level book.If you've every had any experience with Visual Basic or ASP, most of the examples will be very easy to pick up on.However, you'll want to pick up at least one additional book to cover some of the gaps left by this book.

Clear, comprehensive guide
This book does a great job helping existing programmers move into .NET quickly.The book's organization of topics and sample applications are also great.I'd recommend it highly. ... Read more

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Programming in Visual Basic.NET, by best-selling authors Bradley & Millspaugh, maintains the strong pedagogy that has been used to teach students how to program in Visual Basic since VB 4.0. Instructors and students like this book because it does not just teach Visual Basic, it incorporates basic concepts of programming, problem solving, and programming logic. Programming in Visual Basic.NET has been completely revised: including the text, website, and instructor's materials.s. ... Read more

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This book was also used in a college course I had...
This book is only good for getting your feet wet with VB.NET... it gives you lil intros into different aspects of .NET

I would recommend getting a different book, I just dont think its worth the money for the amount of information you get (not much)

Not good for online classes
I am currently an online student at a local university.I attempted a class using this book.Another reviewer put it beautifully, "the book doesn't explain how it got the code listed at the end of the chapter" and understanding how to get there could prove to be a long night!While I've never programmed before except playing with some basic programs as a kid, I felt confident I could pass the class with work and dedication.I spent more than twice as much time online than I would have taking a campus class and still didnt' "get" it.Because I've been able to achieve success in other subjects that aren't my strong suits, I feel that the blame must rest with the book and the lack of continuity in the exercises. In fact, I noticed that the class will be using a different book this fall.Wonder why?!

If you've programmed before, then this book might be okay; if not---don't attempt to learn with this one.

Hard to follow
As a beginning student taking visual basic.net I found this book to be confusing at times. The coding examples given do not build on one another, but they pertain to the same subject at hand and so it seems they should, but if you try to type in what they give you for an example your code will not work, and you will be forced to re-read the chapter to find out what they left out in the example just so that you can see what their poorly explained sample code is supposed to do. Sometimes they do build on one another but that is not pointed out. Examples are given as several small, sporadic chunks of code instead of one complete peice that you could go though to trace the sequence of events (very important to learning it)There are very few screenshots in each chapter. Code examples given are poorly explained. At times, code examples are given that throw in new, unfamiliar characters or commands that are not explained for several pages later. So you are sitting there thinking that you missed something and you are forced to reread the chapter again.
These chapters take 3 or 4 hours to show you how to do something that a teacher could show you in 20 minutes.

A Visual Tutorial for a Visual Language
Visual Basic .Net programming (in fact, any Visual Studio programming) is a very visual process. As such, it requires a visual guide to learning the language and the development environment.

This book is one such guide, and does its job as well as a book can. However, even that is not enough to make learning VB.Net painless. There are so many diagrams in the book that it ultimately ends up being long and tedious. But I don't fault the book, as it's the best I've ever seen for this type of subject. It's just that a book can't do justice for the language as well as a classroom.

For self-study, I would recommend not a book but a CBT (computer-based training) course. Instead of making the student wade through pages and pages of screenshots, a CBT course animates the process of creating a program, and tests him or her at key points along the way. However, CBT courses aren't cheap. As a paper alternative, this is the only book I could recommend for the beginning Visual Basic student.

Used in college course
I'm taking a visual basic class at my local community college this semester and we're using this book. I really like it and it's laid out well and is particularly good for looking things up when you need a reference guide. There's a program at the end of each chapter (they give you the full source code along with the psuedocode and form design so that you can create it all yourself). There have been a few minor mistakes that we've found but otherwise the book is excellent for learning VB. ... Read more

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This book addresses the needs of the beginner and advanced user. Socha starts with a gentle approach to Visual Basic suitable for first-time programmers and then builds on the essentials of object-orientated programming, explores advanced topics, develops useful algorithms and more. For experienced Visual Basic programmers there is an entire section devoted to practical techniques for solving real-world problems. The companion disk contains sample programmes from leading companies including MicroHelp and Crescent software. ... Read more

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Sams Teach Yourself Game Programming with Visual Basic in 21 Days teaches the reader the art of game programming from the ground up. The reader is assumed to have basic programming knowledge that he wishes to apply to the creation of basic games. Upon completion of the book readers will have learned to build eight games including card games, puzzles, and strategy games, each focusing on a specific task and building the reader's knowledge and skill level. The final week is a culmination of the skills learned in the first two weeks where the reader builds a complete game incorporating sound, animation, etc.

Customer Reviews (23)

A good book to get the juices flowing
This book is aimed purely at beginners.It doesn't really teach game programming thru 20+ chapters of indepth topics, but instead it teaches via actual games created in MSVB.The writting style is very simple to understand and most of the code works straight off of the pages (not common).If you are new to the scene of game programming or want to get some creative juices flowing to get started on your first game, this book is definately for you.

Good Overall Game Examples For Any Language
This book goes through the details of many types of games, from card games to rpgs.These examples are good no matter what language you wish to program in.So if you are looking for game ideas, then this might be a good place to look.It comes with code for each game/example, and visual basic is easy to follow along with.They go into detail and explain all the code that they show you, which gives you good insight into some of the framework and details you need to think about before programming any game. I did not give this 5 stars because, if you are a knowledgable vb (or any language) programmer, then you could probably put these games together on your own without this book.Visual Basic is not a great language for programming games, but the simplicity of the language makes it simple to learn the basics of design and framework

Good Book For beginners
I learned VB 6 in the classroom so I had a basic knowledge of vb. I learned a lot about game programming from this book. I even learned a lot about VB. I like the way he explains the code. Also the exercises help reinforce what he covered in each chapter.If you are a person that learns by doing I recommend this book. He only spends a little time on DirectX. The introduction to AI was not very good. The flaws in the code were ok because I knew enough about vb and debugging to fix them.

Good Beginner's Book and that is it.
If it is your first time programming anything in VB, this book is for you. The code is too easy follow. The farthest it goes is the VB standard toolbar. It dabs in directsound and API & DX are in the appendix. The author doesn't think too highly of VB's potential from gaming. Although, I do think this book would strengthen a beginner's understanding of VB6.

A must have for any one wanting to program games
If you are new to programming games and you want to start in the right derection go with this book. even though when you start it is kind of slow it gets going and on chapter 13 you are ready to create you first full game. there are some things that i would get ride of but for any one new this is highly recommended. Even if you are advanced its still fun to read and has great ideas to start you off on your new game. also a great reference for VB Game Programmers considering theres only like 4 good Vb Game Programming books out there. ... Read more

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Take your pick: you may either read this book cover-to-cover, or just refer to it when you want ready-made solutions of "drop-in" code. Either way, Database Programming with Visual Basic .NET, Second Edition will teach you to master ADO.NET programmatically and from within the VS. NET IDE.

You will learn the concepts of disconnected data access with ADO.NET. You'll also learn to create tables, constraints, projects, stored procedures, views, and triggers. The book will explain how to use SQLXML 3.0 with SQL Server 2000, and how to incorporate message queuing into applications using MSMQ 3.0.

Author Carsten Thomsen, a recognized Microsoft MVP, carries over one of the most popular features from the first edition: the real-world sample application that he built throughout. With this example code, you can connect to SQL Server from your choices of SQL Server .NET Data Provider, OLE DB .NET Data Provider, or ODBC .NET Data Provider. Exchange Server 2000 data manipulation is also covered, with original working code. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (46)

nive work
A simple yet detailed book written by a very talented writer. I read the first edition and the second edition is by far a much better book, in particular in the way the material is presented. It does look as if the author needed some experience with the first book to really write some good stuff and he certainly delivers with the second book. I hope he'll do third with the new whidbey stuff coming out.

My favorite chapter is 19 and if you need a book that teaches you about database programming with VB .net and ADO.netb then this book is for you.

Good and detailed book
This is one of the better books I've read on the subject of database programming and in particular using the .Net framework. It starts off in a slow pace explaining the details of disconnected database programming and then chapter by chapter it explains how to work with ADO.net and it then rounds off with some 'extras' in teh form of SQLXML and Exchange Server connectivity. Really good book.

Neat and tidy
Very detailed book and extremely neat and tidy writing. Not so much more to add other than this is a great way of getting to know ADO.net and otehr database technologies and techniques.

Good precise writing
Although this is a somewhat old book, ie. it covers 1.0 of the framework its still an excellent book about many types of data access with .net, especially ado.net. I can recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn ado.net

Yes, this is the book I have been looking for
Been through a great number of ADO.NET books, but this is the only one so far that really covers everything I need. Not only does this book cover ADO.NET very well, including the exceptional tables in the appendixes but it also gives me msmq and sqlxml and thats good value. The authors writing style is conscise and accurate and not too dry nor does he fill the book with stupid remarks like some other authors. ... Read more