- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (21 Feb 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0672321491
- ISBN-13: 978-0672321498
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 18.8 x 2.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 731,454 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book is focused on "getting the concepts" as well as teaching how to apply OOP concepts in the new version of Visual Basic. The reader is not expected to have any mastery of a given OOP language. In fact, the stress of having to learn the syntax of an OOP language, without first having a strong conceptual foundation about the OOP paradigm, often prevents the programmer from doing effective Object Oriented Programming at the language level. However, a beginner¿s knowledge of the Visual Basic language is a definite plus.
About the Author
Richard J. Simon is cofounder of MillenniSoft, Inc., a software development and consulting company that specializes in custom application development with the latest technologies for Windows and the Internet. Before starting MillenniSoft, Richard was a CTO for more than eight years in a software development company that specialized in client/server development with n-tier technology.
In 1985, Richard started consulting and developing custom PC software applications. By 1989, he was developing Windows applications for some of the largest Fortune 500 companies in the United States. Richard has always been on the cutting edge of technology and spends his time researching and developing new technologies to bring to market. He has authored Windows 2000 APISuperBible (Sams Publishing, ISBN: 0-672-31933-0) and tech edited several books on Windows development.
Ken Cox is a technical writer and Web developer in Toronto. A Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Ken is a frequent contributor to computer books and magazines dealing with Microsoft technologies. During six years with Nortel Networks, he was the senior technical designer on the documentation department's multimedia team. Ken's technical writing has won several awards from the Society for Technical Communication. Before turning his interests to computers and things high-tech, Ken had a successful career as a broadcast journalist in Toronto and Quebec City for Canada's top radio stations and news networks.
Leslie Koorhan is a certified trainer and developer in New Jersey. He works with Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Visual Studio. Leslie is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) using Windows NT 4.0, and a Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA). He has been a computer professional for many years and has worked in the PC arena for nearly two decades. As such, he has used many development products over the years; most recently Visual Basic and has been involved in Internet technologies such as ASP, XML, and XSLT. Leslie has done courseware design, written a book on Access, and written articles for several publications. He can be reached at lkoorhan@earthlink.net
Ken and Leslie served as both contributors and technical editors for this book.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
huge improvements needed...
18 Dec 2002
Format:Paperback
this book attempts to teach the reader how to develop VB.net applications using object-oriented methodologies.
While it tries in meeting this objective, it falls short in a few areas.
First, the codes in the book seem to be different from what you get, even when you follow the authors' guidelines religiously. Some lines of code just appear almost from nowhere; some of those that are accounted for are mysteriously rearranged in the book.
The authors' coding styles are neither here nor there. They do not seem to be within easy grasp of the VB.net newby or at the league of the blackbelt category.
Secondly, there are several omissions and inadequate explanations in the text. The authors obviously know their jobs. But they have difficulty imparting that knowledge to their readers. 21 chapters in a book of 360 pages mean each chapter, including the code snippets and screenshots, occupy less than 18 pages. Not that I am a fan of fluff, but I believe that adequate explanations would require many more pages.
Thirdly, a few explanations are simply wrong. E.g. you don't save files with .visual basic extension, but with .vb; neither do you write:
While it tries in meeting this objective, it falls short in a few areas.
First, the codes in the book seem to be different from what you get, even when you follow the authors' guidelines religiously. Some lines of code just appear almost from nowhere; some of those that are accounted for are mysteriously rearranged in the book.
The authors' coding styles are neither here nor there. They do not seem to be within easy grasp of the VB.net newby or at the league of the blackbelt category.
Secondly, there are several omissions and inadequate explanations in the text. The authors obviously know their jobs. But they have difficulty imparting that knowledge to their readers. 21 chapters in a book of 360 pages mean each chapter, including the code snippets and screenshots, occupy less than 18 pages. Not that I am a fan of fluff, but I believe that adequate explanations would require many more pages.
Thirdly, a few explanations are simply wrong. E.g. you don't save files with .visual basic extension, but with .vb; neither do you write:
Me.TextBox.AcceptReturn = True
Me.TextBox.MultiLine = True
.......
But you write:
With Me.TextBox
.AcceptReturn = True
.MultiLine = True
.......
End With
I gave it three stars because it gives the reader a bird's eye-view of what OOP looks like in VB.net. But that's how far this book can go. If you really want to learn OOP in better details, you will need to use additional resources--either one that is geared to the newbies, or one that is aimed at the gurus out there. This hermaphrodite of a book defies easy placement.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Where's the 2nd Edition?
9 Jan 2003
Format:Paperback
This book is not well written, it looks like the book was based on a Beta Version of Visual Studio .NET, and was never validated against the final release version of VB.NET.
I like creating the programming examples from the book, I find that helps me to learn the product better and faster, however, I could not get the programs to work correctly when entered from the book.
I stopped reading the book after the first chapter, because the information is incorrect.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
disappointed...
5 Nov 2007
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Sorry guys but I thought your book was not comprehensive and it confused the heck out of me when I read it couple of years back. (John Sharp- C# step by step is an excellent book to learn OOP).
I took this book as a teach yourself/ intro to OOP and unfortunately the authors didn't do a good job with their intended audience- people trying to learn OOP. Plus there were multiple bugs in their code, which was not helpful.
I took this book as a teach yourself/ intro to OOP and unfortunately the authors didn't do a good job with their intended audience- people trying to learn OOP. Plus there were multiple bugs in their code, which was not helpful.
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