CRZadeh said
I'm a C/C++ programmer, but for some reason I had to learn VB too. I tried two different books (both with good ratings), but as far as I'm concerned this book is ways better. I recommend it to all those programmers who really want to start using VB as their second (or first) programming language.
C. D Smith said
Because Visual Basic 6 remains a very useful programming environment for me. Mr. Balena's style goes way beyond a tutorial through menu creation. He tells us about pratfalls of the Microsoft environment ( while writing for Microsoft! ) and useful ways to work around limitations of the environment. If you are still using VB6, like I am, this is a useful reference. We might want to start looking at .NET, eh?
SEAN O'BRIANT said
Good book for the novice with some experience programming but new to VB 6. Walks through the differences between other versions, and has some nice documentation.
I would recommend.
anonymous said
code snippets are fragmented and some variables are used without
naming their types, causing confusion in many cases.
the chapters on classes and objects and databases are worthless:
i'm glad i didn't learn objects and databases from this guy.
many explanations are needlessly lengthy and confusing.
i've documented with profane remarks so many problems in this book that are simply not sharable.
C. A. Kirst said
This book is a must have for any VB 6.0 programmer period. So buy it.
Not only is this book extremely informative, but Balena writes excellently. The way he communicates the information help's make the info stick in your head.
As for the informative part Balena covers all the major bases in depth and some of the more obscude/advanced topics to get your feet wet. He also shows you different and more efficent ways to write code.
If I had one complaint is that his code is not the most readable, Balena seems to center more on condensing his code and making it as efficent as possible rather than making it readable. He attempts to offset this with comments.
But that is also a postive about the book Balena covers different ways to write a statment to make it most efficent.
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