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Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 2008 in 24 Hours: Complete Starter Kit (Sams Teach Yourself -- Hours) | 
 enlarge | Author: James Foxall
Publisher: Sams
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 86301
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1 Pap/Dvdr
Pages: 576
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.9 x 1.4
ISBN: 0672329840
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.2762
EAN: 9780672329845
ASIN: 0672329840
Publication Date: May 26, 2008
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Product Description
In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you will be up and running with Visual Basic 2008. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds upon a real-world foundation forged in both technology and business matters, allowing you to learn the essentials of Visual Basic 2008 from the ground up. Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks. The Q&A section, quizzes, and exercises help you build and test your knowledge. By the Way notes present interesting pieces of information. Did You Know? tips offer advice or teach an easier way to do something. Watch Out! cautions advise you about potential problems and help you steer clear of disaster. Learn how to? -
Use the powerful design environment of Visual Studio 2008 -
Design feature-rich interfaces using components such as tree views and tabs -
Create robust applications using modern error-handling -
Draw fast graphics using GDI+ -
Build a database application using ADO.NET -
Distribute a Visual Basic 2008 Application -
Manipulate the Windows Registry -
Create, read, and write text files -
Use event-driven techniques to build responsive applications DVD Includes: Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition On the Web: Register your book at informit.com/title/9780672329845 for access to author code, examples, updates and corrections as they become available.
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 Poorly named book November 24, 2008
D. Seholm
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is more on windows forms than it is on VB, there are 5 chapters on the language in this book... and one on debugging. There is a whole chapter on docking windows and changing fonts and font colors etc. If you are a programmer that wants to learn VB or even windows forms this book is like pulling teeth. This book should be titled windows forms with visual basic for dummies.
Unfortunately this is the best book on VB I have come across yet, and when it comes to microshaft front ends VB is just the better language. C# is a good but lacking at the same time, visual c++ makes people want to punch bill gates in the face, and J# is based off of java which means it should not exist. So for GUI's you are stuck with VB and this ridiculous mislabeled book.
I come from the c/c++ systems programming world and have extensible back ground in C# as well, hopefully that puts a perspective on weather this book is going to be a root canal for you as well.
 Easy to follow Instructions November 3, 2008
R. Wadsworth (Yorkshire U.K.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have Just started learning Visual Basic.
This Book covers in detail all that I wanted to know about getting My first applications op and running.
R.W.
 Most Excellent book! October 17, 2008
R. Mikesell (Ft. Worth, TX)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have never written a serious book review, but I feel compelled to document that after a few false starts with other books, THIS IS THE BOOK I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR! I paid more than I had to when I bought it at a bookstore, but I don't even mind. I was able to bring it home with me and start immediately! My enthusiasm for Visual Basic.NET has been restored.
The book is very straight forward and to the point but not cryptic. The concepts are presented in a very easy to understand format. The book helps you build an excellent, practical, example of a program and I appreciated the Summary, Q&A and Workshop sections at the end of the chapters.
Great book, Thanks!
A superb book for beginners August 16, 2008
Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States(cashbacher@yahoo.com))
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is obvious that no subject as complicated as Visual Basic can actually be taught in 24 lessons, each of which is designed to be completed in an hour. Therefore, to criticize any book on that basis is to miss the point. These books should be called "Teach Yourself the Fundamentals ..." but that of course is not as catchy a title. When I examine such books, my standards of evaluation are based on the topics covered in the context of what is a reasonable set of necessary knowledge.
In that area, Foxall succeeds at a high level. The fundamental GUI objects, their properties and methods are covered as well as the events that they are associated with. Variable, functions, subroutines, arrays and most importantly, objects are introduced to significant depth. Control constructs such as the if - then and loops are covered as well the basics of error handling via the catching of exceptions.
If you are interested in getting a quick and effective introduction to Visual Basic and do not want to take a formal class, then this is the book for you. All you need is the motivation to learn, as the Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition is included with the book.
Great book for beginners July 14, 2008
J. Carlino (Cary, NC United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I love this book! The only programming I had had was Basic back in 1984-85 so obviously I am starting from the beginning. I needed basics (like general definitions, logic of how programming works, and specifics for how the Visual Basic works) so I could understand the programmers I work with. After reading and going through the exercises in this book, I can speak the same language and I've even been able to do automation for my quality assurance testing.
BTW - took me about 2 1/2 weeks to get through it all ;-)
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