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Title: Visual InterDev 6 Unleashed by Paul Thurrott ISBN: 0-672-31262-X Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 23 April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Finally a book you can learn from.
Comment: This book is a gold mine for anyone trying to use Visual InterDev. It covers all of the related technologies that most other books simply ignore. There are quality examples about DHTML, CSS, debugging, security, data access, JavaScript, VBScript, MTS, Index Server. There are chapters dedicated to building real life web sites with catalogs and e-commerce being the focus. It also contains a complete reference section for HTML, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, T-SQL and the Scripting Object Model. This book is an InterDev Bible!
Rating: 4
Summary: Not for beginners, but excellent for an intermediate user
Comment: Considering the importance of Visual InterDev 6, and the marketability of VI6 certification, I am puzzled by the scarcity of good books on the subject. Thurrott, et al., have produced one of the better ones. It is a compendium of VI6 topics that cover all the necessary aspects of VI6 development. Rather than introducing the reader to the mechanics of the interface, the book is true to its stated assumption that readers already "have a basic understanding of the product." Perhaps the authors took this too much to heart in their chapter layout. For example, in the very beginning of the book are the topics "Creating Cross-Browser Web Applications", "Using Dynamic HTML" and "Programming the Scripting Object Model". Now, these are certainly important subjects, but if you are attempting to learn VI6 from scratch, these topics seem to come out of nowhere. If, on the other hand, you have been using VI6 for a short time, and have already read an introductory book, such as Microsoft's "Using Visual Interdev 6" or Sams' "Teach Yourself Visual Interdev 6 in 24 Hours", then Thorrott's book seems to start in just about the right place.
WEAKNESSES: First of all, I must state that when I read a developer book such as this, I use the concepts discussed in the text to create my own sample code to test those concepts. I seldom copy the text examples onto my system, and seldom test the sample code on the accompanying CD. (Most CD's that are shipped with books contain very little that might interest me. I would prefer that the publisher keep the CD, and lower the book price. Besides, placing the examples on a publisher's web site, rather than on a CD, allows them to be corrected dynamically.) So, I can not comment on the issue of the examples working as is. My own examples, created using the text as a guide, worked fine. So, speaking of the book alone, its greatest weakness is in chapter to chapter flow. Each chapter seems to work well in covering its designated topic. I did not find this to be a significant distraction. Another area of weakness was in the amorphous arena of browser support for specific features. While I realize that this is a moving target, simply stating that Netscape and IE interpret stylesheets differently is inadequate.
STRENGTHS: I loved the simple example of creating a VB component for Web data access, then running it within Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS). Since all component discussion emphasized the importance of custom marshalling of parameters, rather than utilizing class properties in DCOM, the component examples were already suitable for MTS, which prefers stateless objects. VB old-timers, who are accustomed to programming object classes will appreciate this.
A great strength in the text is the frequent clarification of particular techniques that work and those that don't -- based entirely on the experience of the authors. And there are wise and bold assertions of which technologies to avoid. I was particularly pleased with the inclusion, in the appendixes (I guess they're not 'appendices' any more.) of over 300 pages of quick references (7 in all) covering HTML, JavaScript, VBScript, Active Server Objects, ActiveX Data Objects, T-SQL, and the Scripting Object Model. Although none is in great depth, they usually provide all the necessary info to jog the memory of someone who is already familiar with their subjects.
For experienced VB developers, this book provides the essential guidance needed for breaking old habits when making the transition to web application development. And since many intro books on Active Server Pages (ASP) tend to encourage the intermingling of VBScript and HTML, Thurrott, et al., provide the antidote, and the reasons why. There is a lot of wisdom here.
CONCLUSION: While this is not a particularly good choice for a complete beginner at VI6, it is an excellent book for an experienced VB developer who needs to sort out the plethora of options and approaches available in VI6, or for the novice who has already made it through one of the beginner books and needs to move on. For the most advanced VI6 gurus... you're in virgin territory.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best book yet on VID6
Comment: Nothing earth shattering to say in this review. VID Unleashed is the best book I have read on VID6--hands down. Competent chapters on the scripting object model, the VID data environment, and the database and query designers. Several hundred pages of good reference material on the SOM, HTML, DHTML, ADO, etc. Good stuff.
My only complaint is that there is an obvious switch from one writer to another between chapters.
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Title: Practical Visual InterDev 6 by Michael Amundsen ISBN: 0789721430 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 26 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Microsoft Visual Interdev 6.0 Programmer's Guide by Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 1572318678 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 06 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself Database Programming with Visual InterDev 6 in 21 Days (Teach Yourself -- Days) by Robert Crouch, Michael Amundsen ISBN: 0672315637 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 13 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself Visual Interdev6 in 24 Hours by Tom Archer ISBN: 0672316420 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Visual InterDev 6 for Dummies by Bill Hatfield, Oyer, Aaron E. Walsh ISBN: 0764500104 Publisher: Hungry Minds, Inc Pub. Date: 23 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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