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By Steven Roman, Ph.D., Ron Petrusha, Paul Lomax
December 2002
Pages: 150
Series: Pocket References
ISBN 10: 0-596-00428-1 |
ISBN 13: 9780596004286
(Average of 4 Customer Reviews)
The VB.NET Language Pocket Reference offers the convenience of a quick reference in a convenient size. With VB.NET, you're working with a very different framework and language than VB6; you'll welcome a reference book you can use easily and take anywhere. With concise detail and no fluff, this guide presents syntax and brief descriptions of each Visual Basic .NET language element.
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It knows net and OOP, September 30 2005
It really looks at this book it pleased my more experienced pupil of programming in vb.net and said that the people to read a book of these already have that to have in mind the Guided programming Objects and to know the concepts of net.
The book is serving pair that it if prepares for a future course of games in vb.net...
Good info marred by terrible organization, August 04 2005
I have to agree with Doug. Grouping entries by type is like a dictionary that groups definitions by part of speech.
- Best Case It becomes tedious to find entries when it is clear which category they belong to, since you first have to locate the category, then the entry within that group.
- Worst Case When it is unclear what category an entry appears in, each potential category must be located, then searched for the entry.
The entries in this book may be OK, but the organization is so frustrating that the quality of the content frequently doesn't matter.
VB.NET Language Pocket Reference Review, March 19 2003
O'Reilly Customer Service was very responsive to my previous negative readers review. I was treated very fairly. It's nice to know the O'Reilly stands behind their books.
I do recommend "C# and VB.NET Conversion Pocket Reference". See my reader review of that book for details.
VB.NET Language Pocket Reference Review, March 12 2003
I'm a fan of O'Reilly reference books. I have a large assortment of their Pocket Reference books. Usually they are great because they condense the really important information into a format I can easily read on my desk and carry from place to place. Given the usual quality of the books, I recently bought this book by just looking at the title. I'm moving to VB.NET and I thought it would help. BUT...
VB.NET Language Pocket Reference IS USELESS and a WASTE OF MONEY.
Here's a list of complaints:
- Table of contents (TOC) is mostly one level deep (not helpful)</li>
- TOC sections like "Information" and "Interaction" are not helpful</li>
- Reference section of the book is NOT ALPHABETICAL</li>
- Organized by category, but category name does not appear in the page header</li>
- Probably incomplete--I couldn't find anything on "Delegates"</li>
- No index, which is really needed because I cannot find anything</li>
I wish I could get my money back.
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