Visual Basic 2005 Demystified

• Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Number Of Pages:   333
• Publication Date:   2005-11-28
• ISBN-10 / ASIN:   0072261714
• ISBN-13 / EAN:   9780072261714

There’s no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects

Visual Basic 2005 Demystified fully explains the language and its libraries and applications. You’ll even learn to create a Visual Basic program without writing code. This self-teaching guide comes complete with key points, background information, quizzes at the end of each chapter, and even a final exam. Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for advanced students, this is a lively and entertaining brush-up, introductory text, or classroom supplement.

The book has 15 chapters. I had to stop reading it in the middle of the 8th chapter because the quality of exposition had degraded to such a low point. The gaps of missing information in the author's explanations grew so big that the material became confounding (and further reading became intolerable). Very disappointing. Imagine using a map to get someplace that's many miles from where you're starting and what you know, and imagine that the map increasingly omits various pieces of directional information. The author did present solid explanatory development and details for the first few chapters. My background: I am new to computer programming. VB 2005 is my first programming language. I would NOT recommend this book to anyone who is new to computer programming, unless you would be happy with only the first half of the book being a good learning tool. I am now moving on to Halvorson's "Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: Step by Step, in the hopes that he achieves what Kent did not, i.e. solid explanatory development and details from start to finish.

Author Jeff Kent declares that he hopes he brings a different perspective to his books: a perspective that goes straight to the core concepts of Visual Basic that are explained in logical order. He largely succeeds in doing this, though the approach may be a bit disconcerting to those accustomed to other programming instruction manuals. Kent is a clear, concise writer. He teaches by example. The book is adequately, though not profusely, illustrated. He covers all the major topics of programming in Visual Basic, though he does not profess to cover any of them in extraordinary depth. The disconcerting part is the order Kent approaches his subjects in. Menus are left until late in the game as are the mechanics of file access. Personally - and it is entirely a personal view - I think these subjects should be addressed earlier. However, Kent claims his experience as an instructor leads him to conclude otherwise. As I said, it's a personal view I think. Overall, a pretty good introduction to Visual Basic 2005. Jerry

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