- Paperback: 408 pages
- Publisher: Imprint Unknown; 1 edition (4 Jan 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0028642317
- ISBN-13: 978-0028642314
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 18.6 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #32 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Programming > Introduction to Programming > .NET
- #33 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Programming > Microsoft Windows > .Net > Visual Basic.NET
- #35 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Programming > Introduction to Programming > Visual Basic
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This text teaches the fundamentals of Visual Basic - and programming in general - for beginners. It uses a clear set of concepts and logical series of lessons to help the reader apply important programming principles as they learn.
About the Author
Award-winning author Clayton Walnum started programming computers in 1982, when he traded in an IBM Selectric typewriter to buy an Atari 400 computer (16K of RAM!). Clay soon learned to combine his interest in writing with his newly acquired programming skills and started selling programs and articles to computer magazines. In 1985, ANALOG Computing, a nationally distributed computer magazine, hired him as a technical editor, and before leaving the magazine business in 1989 to become a freelance writer, Clay had worked his way up to executive editor. He has since acquired a degree in computer science and has written more than 40 books (translated into many languages) covering everything from computer gaming to 3D graphics programming. He's also written hundreds of magazine articles and software reviews as well as countless programs. His recent books include The Complete Idiot's Guide to Visual Basic 6 and Teach Yourself Game Programming with Visual Basic in 21 Days. Clay's biggest disappointment in life is that he wasn't one of the Beatles. To compensate, he writes and records rock music in his home studio. You can reach Clay on his home page at http://www.claytonwalnum.com or via e-mail at cwalnum@claytonwalnum.com.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am very new to programming and have not had much prior knowledge in VB.net. I found this book concise and clear for the first time user. I will not delude you in thinking that once you have read this book you will be designing databases with ease and writing full blow programs that would be worthy of a top 100 software title. But it will help in the quest for basic understanding of VB.net.
It starts off with the basics and you then progress in-depth on to more of the features. It gives you some examples of programs in which you can write yourself and see how it all works.
In conciliation this is for the first time user with no or little knowledge. It will also get you asking and wanting more. A good first stop.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Extremely Good for all Beginners
21 Aug 2003
Format:Paperback
There are many visual basic.net books out there but this one explains the basic of vb.net very well. I will recomend all beginners to go for this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Are you really an Idiot???
5 Jan 2005
Format:Paperback
Simplistic in the extreme... don't expect to be able to do much with visual basic after completing this book. A quote from the book:
"By the way, a Visual Basic .NET program uses an asterisk (*) to represent multiplication, not a X symbol as you might expect."
New topics are covered in just enough depth to become familiar but useless. This is a painless introduction to the topic... however the real pain will come when you try utilizing all the knowledge you've gained and discover that the depth of your understanding isn't sufficient really to do much more than write trivial programs similiar to the trivial examples presented in the book. For example: scrollbars are introduced as stand alone objects without mention of how they might be made part of a window.
"By the way, a Visual Basic .NET program uses an asterisk (*) to represent multiplication, not a X symbol as you might expect."
New topics are covered in just enough depth to become familiar but useless. This is a painless introduction to the topic... however the real pain will come when you try utilizing all the knowledge you've gained and discover that the depth of your understanding isn't sufficient really to do much more than write trivial programs similiar to the trivial examples presented in the book. For example: scrollbars are introduced as stand alone objects without mention of how they might be made part of a window.
good beginners title
6 Feb 2009
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i dont quite remember it, im reviewing a long time after i havent touched it, but i do remember that i enjoyed it.
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