Learn to Program Visual Basic Examples

Just wanted to take a moment to say I have all of Mr. Smiley's books. I have yet to say thanks to Mr. Smiley. These books are written in a manner that relaxes on while reading. He has a program (the China shop) that you follow along with throughout his series. This book (Examples) is the exception to that series. Mr. Smiley does a dialog as if he is on a TV show where he will answer caller's questions. I am working on several programs for my college and I can not tell you how many time I have used this book as a reference. It answers many common sense questions. If you are a beginner, get this book. Thanks, for your effort John.

This was my 4th book on Visual Basic, and I liked it so much that I immediately bought all 4 of John Smiley's books on VB. He takes an interesting but dry subject matter, and makes learning it fun by using a "virtual" TV show to answer common questions and problems. The book is full of examples to help the user understand what is happening within VB, and the reader ends it with a better understanding of the elements of programing. The key to this book, and what makes it so entertaining, is the conversational method that he uses to reinforces the concepts he is teaching. This conversational method makes the reader feel that they have sat in on a question and answer session, and have 'understood' the material. A very good second book on VB, as it will reinforce the main concepts, and make them a resource that you will understand.

I will again add mine to another list of great reviews for one of John Smiley's books. As I mentioned in my review of his initial work "Learn to Program with Visual Basic 6", I was not familiar with John's writing until I read that first volume of the LTP series. But I am now hooked on "Learn To Program". "LTP Visual Basic 6 EXAMPLES" is another gem by this author. He is the first, in my opinion, to put great effort into anticipating all the questions novice programmers will ask as they write their earliest programs. As a result, the reader finds himself asking "Why can't other authors and their distributors be this thorough? I can actually learn this all on my own."So many programming writers and their publishers seem interested in only "Rapid Publication Development" with their titles. Guess it says something about how interested they really are in helping the average person flatten the programming learning curve. Gee! $$Wonder$$ what their real motivation is. Well wake up and smell the coffee all of you. Take a page from John Smiley's book/books and truly learn how to write a self-help guide. He is the best author in this sector of the technical books market - by far.

I thought I had found most of the bugs in VB, but was I ever mistaken! John Smiley's book sure will save me a lot of heartaches... not to mention midnight oil! And doing it in a radio call-in show format... I loved it! I almost thought I was reading one of those best selling novels and here I was learning even more about VB. Pure pleasure, what a great read!!!

If you're not familiar with John Smiley's style of teaching than you're in for a treat! He uses a call-in cable TV show as a setting for 100 of the most common Visual Basic questions asked by beginner and intermediate users alike. This book is unlike any other that I've read on the subject. While many authors will try to cram as much info as possible into their book, Professor Smiley has a much more laid back approach. He explains the answers in easy-to-understand language without "talking down" to you or filling your head with a lot of jargon. The best that I can say about this book is that I've learned more from "VB 6 Examples" than I have with any other VB book that I've ever read. Highly Recommended!