Learn VB.NET

Yeah there are a few errors and he apologized. I had the pleasure of having him as a professor. His book helped me a lot (regardless of the errors). All the students that used his book actually loved it. I don't think it should have been longer. It was straight to the point, no need for excessive garbage. I was very blessed to have him as a professor he's one of the best that's out there, because of the things he taught me I graduated as the Top CIS student in our class/school.. ---FYI, All students loved Chuck he never got below a 95 on student evaluations.

LIke most books, this one, has strengths and weaknesses. Let me start with strengths: 1. Easy to read and follow. 2. Explains very basic concepts so the reader can understand 3. Lots of summary charts to help a beginner quickly find stuff. 4. Chapter review questions. 5. It gives a ,very brief, intro to data structures and algorithms...something I have NEVER seen any VB book do!Weaknesses:1. A few typo's.2. WAY to short...I think another 100 pages of detail could have ben added easy.3. A few code errors..not sure if they are typos or errors...In short this book is very good to get a beginner started, but you will have to then go to some other book to take you to the next level...probably something like Murach's VB.Net book.

If you want a book that teaches you the basics from the ground up, I highly recommend this book. If you are an Advanced Programmer don't even bother. This book is for newbies and a great book for them at that. If you want a refresher or just starting out this book is well worth it.

I thought this book was perfect for a beginner. It gave just enough details without going to far or to deep for a raw beginner. I cannot give it five stars because it had a couple of typos, and the website where you are supposed to download the code, does not exist. However I typed in most of the examples myself, and they worked just fine....My one suggestion is that with the Web applications the author should have stated that you must have IIS or Personal WEb Server running to get the web apps to work. All in all it was an easy to read introductory book. It gave me enought of a start to allow me to move into VB.Net.

I found this book to be a very easy to follow introduction to VB.Net. With no prior VB knowledge at all, I was quickly writting a variety of VB.Net applications. The book has plenty of full fledged code samples spelled out for you step by step. If you want to learn VB.net in a hurry, I recommend this book.