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Excel 2003 Programming: A Developer's Notebook
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Excel 2003 Programming: A Developer's Notebook

by Jeff Webb
August 2004
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
312 pages
8h 30m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Organization

Developer’s Notebooks try to communicate different information than most books, and as a result, are organized differently. They do indeed have chapters, but that’s about as far as the similarity between a notebook and a traditional programming book goes. First, you’ll find that all the headings in each chapter are organized around a specific task. You’ll note that we said task, not concept. That’s one of the important things to get about these books—they are first and foremost about doing something. Each of these headings represents a single lab. A lab is just what it sounds like—steps to accomplish a specific goal. In fact, that’s the first heading you’ll see under each lab: “How do I do that?” This is the central question of each lab, and you’ll find lots of down-and-dirty code and detail in these sections.

Some labs have some things not to do (ever played around with potassium in high school chemistry?), helping you avoid common pitfalls. Some labs give you a good reason for caring about the topic in the first place; we call this the “Why do I care?” section, for obvious reasons. For those times when code samples don’t clearly communicate what’s going on, you’ll find a “What just happened” section. It’s in these sections that you’ll find concepts and theory—but even then, they are tightly focused on the task at hand, not explanation for the sake of page count. Finally, many labs offer alternatives, and address common questions about different approaches to similar ...

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