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Title: Fast Track Visual Basic .NET by Rocky Lhotka, Billy Hollis ISBN: 1861007124 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc Pub. Date: 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: No fluff. Just solid gold nuggets.
Comment: I'm switching from VB6 to VB.NET, so I bought 10 books. This one is hands down the best. Some "authors" just paraphrase Microsoft's weak documentation, others present their 600 line MyButterflyCollection objects just to explain how to set fonts programmatically. Not these guys. They actually did original thinking and material organization and figured out how to feed the reader a lean, fighting diet of golden informational nuggets. The book is so concise and simple, you can read it without even sitting at a computer. My hat's off.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great introduction into the real world of VB.NET
Comment: Fast Track Visual Basic.NET is an excellent follow-up book to the successful Public Beta version. I constantly use this book in the first instance, rather than the larger Professional Desktop books - because it provides me with concise & pragmatic explanations of the key technical issues in a manner that is intuitive.
Back in early 2001, when Visual Studio.NET public beta was released I rushed out and bought a copy of VB.NET Programming With the Public Beta & C# Programming With the Public Beta. Recently I had the pleasure of working as a technical reviewer on both of the sequels: I am a time-poor developer and architect and rely on ensuring that I have access to quality information and value greatly a concise real-world professional explanation.
Generally, as busy developers, we do not have the time to read a book from cover to cover but I found that the Fast Track book is actually well-suited for this because it is so well written and full of interesting issues; although it is also great to use simply as a reference book. But what really sells me on this book is its professional and friendly atmosphere; the craftsmanship of the authors; choice of content and clarity of explanation.
A risk facing many VB.NET developers is that they will not comprehensively understand full Object Orientated programming nor the broader functionality of .NET; having been nurtured on legacy VB's. A C++ or Java developer moving to C# will have an enormous advantage over a legacy VB developer; however this book provides an excellent chapter that simply and clearly articulates the new object-orientated capabilities of our language in a manner that quickly offers the opportunity to bridge the gap.
Apart from the expected syntax and ADO.NET chapters there is excellent discussion of creating a Windows Service, Installation & Deployment and the big issue of Interoperability and Migration (invoking COM and calling Windows API's and using the migration wizard).
The book is full of explanations that simplify complex issues, that are well supported by short, realistic & pragmatic examples and offers a comprehensive understanding of our new & very powerful development paradigm.
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Title: Fast Track ASP.NET by Brady Gaster, Marco Bellinaso, Kevin Hoffman ISBN: 1861007191 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Visual Basic .NET Class Design Handbook by Andy Olsen, Damon Allison, James Speer ISBN: 1861007086 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc Pub. Date: 15 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Fast Track C# by Julian Templeman, Jon Reid, Neil Avent, K. Scott Allen, Syed Fahad Gilani ISBN: 1861007116 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Coding Techniques for Microsoft(r) Visual Basic(r) .NET by John Connell ISBN: 0735612544 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 12 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Fast Track ADO.NET by Kevin Hoffman, Donald Xie, Kourosh Ardestani ISBN: 1861007604 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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