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Title: Professional Visual Basic 6 XML by James G. Britt, Teun Duynstee ISBN: 1-86100-332-3 Publisher: Peer Information Inc. Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.42 (19 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: This book has its moments
Comment: Let's face it, there aren't many Visual Basic/XML related books out there right now. My best suggestion is really think about why you want this book. I bought it because I'm primarily a Visual Basic programmer and I had been working with XML over the web, and I wanted to pick up this book and see what ideas these authors had for integrating XML in to their VB app projects. I wasn't working on a relevant project myself and that was part of the reason I lost interest in this book so fast.
This book definitely is not for beginners of Visual Basic and in fact, I would definitely suggest having some prior knowledge of XML even though the first two chapters provide a quick intro to XML. Perhaps this isn't a comment so much about the book as it is about using XML in VB, but having to learn and use the Microsoft XML DOM 3.0 library reference within Visual Basic meant there were tons of examples and lots and lots of code to type up. In fact, the authors actually create a VB program that parses XML code and it is somewhere along the lines of 10 pages of code!
This book has its moments, I liked the sample application chapter to see how it all tied together and if you love examples, you will see TONS of them throughout this book -- if you are familiar with Wrox, half the text in this book is in grey shading (meaning code example). But overall, as other reviewers have also pointed out, it covers a great deal of stuff without doing one particular thing exceptionally well (sample application withstanding). If your boss has definitely said "Mix XML into your VB app!", this book is probably your best choice. But if there was one thing I learned from this book, it's that I'd rather continue to use XML over the web than in my desktop or distributed VB applications right now.
Rating: 2
Summary: Wrox Press has gone out of business
Comment: According to an e-mail I recieved from Wiley, "Wrox Press Book Company was liquidated in the Spring and no longer exists. The books were sold to various companies. Wiley acquired only 34 of the over 350 books and the rights to the www.wrox.com website address. You'll find the complete list of books currently available from Wiley/Wrox Press at http://www.wrox.com/misc-pages/booklist.shtml "
This book is not on that list. That means that the publisher no longer provides support for it, and it will probably never be updated.
I bought this book because it was one of the very few books available that covers using XML in Visual Basic. Altho not the easiest book to follow, it does contain a great deal of useful information. Unfortunately, both VB and XML are changing rapidly, and the information is getting out of date fast.
By the way, don't even bother sending in the registration card that comes with this book. Wiley didn't renew the business reply permit, so the card will just bounce back in the mail.
Rating: 5
Summary: Still a very usefull book
Comment: Although Microsoft has moved on to VB.net, many developers are still using VB6. It has become increasingly hard to find VB6 XML info on, say, MSDN, so a book like this is essential.
The code examples are clear and practical. The book manages to work well both as a how-to and a reference. If I were to nitpick, there are two things would mention. First, because of when the book was published, it does not cover the most currenrt version MSXML. However, porting the code samples to newer versions of the DLL is quite easy. Second, the book does not come with a CD. An HTML or PDF version of the book, with a searchable index, would be sweet.
Overalll, though, this is a good deal if, like so many, you are still working with VB6.
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