Doug M. Champigny said
This book provided me all the important information and techniques on how to develope relational databases. The authors really got to the guts on how real databases work. For instance, using two or more tables in a dataset, creating relations with these tables, using data binding controls where certain combo boxes are bound to a different table in the dataset. So, one can develope a user interface where certain textboxes and combo boxes are connected to other tables all on one form. I actually created my own mini database from this book. All the code worked like a champ. Keep in mind that one should download the application files from their website for each chapter. Once you run the programs for each chapter, you will understand the concepts the authors explain about the code. Make sure you have a minimal background on your standard VB.NET because the authors are not neccesarily going to hold your hand throughout the book, but they do come close.
Joe said
I'm basically a Java programmer and I already own Murachs's JSP which is a class in itself. I had to involve in a project at my company which is totally developed using VB.NET. I came here to amazon to look for some books on Vb.NET and ADO.NET and I knew Murach should have written a title on this. My guess didn't go wrong and I just bought this book 2 days ago. I was able to master the basics of ADO.NET(first 6 chapters) in just 2 days which is really unbeleivable. This book is really amazing. This is truly geared towards a beginner and also serves as a reference for experienced.
Murach's idea of explaining the concept on the left hand side and examples for the explanation on the right hand side is really awesome. The topics are clearly illustrated with appropriate examples.
I'm now truly a fan of Murach's pen!
K. Luong said
this book is more of a guide to teach someone how to program, but when you are alone and stucked, you can't find any solution.
Charles R. Parrish said
The seller responded promptly to this transaction and book was in excellent condition! Would use again and highly recommend to others....
Ali Mutlu said
I took on the project of constructing a database application to track our customers since there was nothing out there off the shelf that would do exactly what we needed done. I had not programmed in 12 years and did not know a first thing about VB.NET or object-oriented programming. The book is so well structured that I managed to build a database application from the ground-up while learning to program all over again within 6 months - it would have taken shorter but the only times I could dedicate to the project was nights and weekends. And guess what; after I beta-tested the program and ironed out the bugs, the program never even crashed once! On average 15 concurrent users are on the program and enter about 200 transacions daily. This book helped make my project a success.
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