Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Enterprise Developer's Workshop [With *]

This book is an excellent reference book for the MCP Exam (152) over Interdev and Web Technologies through Microsoft. Unfortunately, it only covers about 70% of what is on the exam...good news is that it is the best study guide out there I have found as of Aug '99.

This is a great book for gathering info on how to tie in Enterprise level concepts with InterDev 6. If you need a book specifically ON InterDev 6.0, look elsewhere. If you are an experienced developer with enterprise concepts to worry about and advanced Web projects on the go (from Microsoft's point of view...of course), then this book is a great read, and like another reviewer mentioned, an easy read. InterDev 6.0 however, remains the central subject throughout the book, on which other subjects tie into fairly nice. To the Author: Excellent job on bringing Enterprise computing to the audience in a clear and descriptive manner.

I'm about half-way through this book, and can't put it down. The author writes in casual and easy to grasp language. The example he uses throughout the book is a real-world business example. Since the first chapter, I've learned something new and useful with every chapter, from browser choices for my target audience, to databases for the backend. The subject material is great for the programmer who is just getting into web applications, and those already doing it. If you develop or want to develop web applications, this book is a MUST HAVE!

This is a necessity if you would like to pass the Microsoft 'Web apps with InterDev' test. Duthie does a great job of explaining every topic, and I was extremely impressed with how easy he makes it all sound. But if you want to learn VID, then buy a different book.

The book is about 30% code (and it looks like MSP even got the formatting of the code correct). It helped me get the excess ASP code off the page and into the proper place (server-side and stored SQL procedures) so that my enterprise applications scaled without performance degredation. Good code samples (included on CD, too), and the guy can write well. Also provides some 'good practices' background before delving into the applications.