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Title: Visual Basic(r).NET: The Complete Reference by Jeffrey R. Shapiro ISBN: 0-07-213381-3 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 04 April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Examine the code in the book...
Comment: the first code example doesen't even work!
He must have tested it in the beta version because his examples are sloppy, and poorly organized. I would have liked to have seen more code. In some spots his explinations are overly simple. In some spots it seems like he doesn't know what he is even talking about so he just fills in with techno-jargon. Mostly the code is just plain disappointing, what does work, needs to be re-worked so that it is not so buggy, for example, he uses implicit class declarations to demonstrate inheritance, then talks about the importance of strong type declarations. It goes on and on like that. His code on the web is not any better.
Don't waste your money, I think that I will get a Wrox book next.
Rating: 5
Summary: Project Lead/Software Developer
Comment: You have to read this book, before you spend thousands on a VB.NET course.
I read Mr Shapiro's first VB.NET book in late 2001 and made up my mind that I needed to make the move from VB to VB.NET asap. I am a VB/ASP programmer still struggling with OO design concepts and patterns, and I find his insight into the software development and design process quite remarkable indeed.
He writes with a wit and with metaphors I have not seen elsewhere, and made tackling the complex subjects much easier more me. You'll be chuckling at some of the stuff he says. I find it hard to learn from computer books and prefer classrooms, but reading even the first 30 percent of this book, has saved me a bundle in time and money.
I am more concerned about code than classes and figured that the new OO in .NET would put me off. But I was especially pleased to see Mr Shapiro tackle stuff like merge sort and quicksort and then place them in context with various .NET "features" like delegates, and interfaces. Incidently, if understanding interfaces and delegates has you scratching your head, this is the only book I found, browsing at the bookstore, that devotes a whole chapter to each subject respectively. At first I thought his notes on why Sun hates delegates would not be much use to me but they go a long way to understanding why .NET has delegates and interfaces and Java only has interfaces.
There is also a very comprehensive linked-list example in this book that shows you exactly how to implement interfaces, like IEnumerator, and IList, stuff which very few seem to understand and which are very alien to a VB programmer.
No book is perfect. There are a few typos in the text which are clearly last minute changes the publisher forgot to correct. The source code examples compile without issue. I will be looking for his next book for sure.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book!
Comment: Simply put, this book is amazing. In order to take fully advantage of the .NET Muscle, you need a full understanding of the .NET Framework. This book will take you there. The chapter that covers the differences between Value Types and Reference Types is hands down the best I've read. Mr. Shapiro has a gift for writing, so be sure to take advantage of it.
- MKP
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Title: Visual Basic .NET Programmer's Reference by Dan Rahmel ISBN: 0072195347 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 26 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: ASP.NET: The Complete Reference by Matthew Macdonald, Robert Standefer ISBN: 0072195134 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 21 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Language Reference by Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 0735615527 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 06 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the .NET Framework Class Library by Mike Snell, Lars Powers ISBN: 0672322323 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 02 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $64.99 |
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Title: Visual Basic .NET Tips & Techniques by Kris Jamsa ISBN: 0072223189 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 29 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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