The practical, task-oriented approach, along with numerous tips, tricks, and additional techniques, all help to get you up to speed on the most important Visual Basic 2005 concepts and information. In no time, you'll be able to take control of your programming, apply what you've learned in real world scenarios, and get quick results.
What you will learn from this book How to install Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition and then navigate around the environment Various details about the user interface, event programming, and accessing data Ways to write proper programming code by creating additional features for your applications How Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition makes XML processing, data encryption, and notification dialogs smoother processes
Who this book is for
This book is for first-time programmers who are are ready to begin creating their own customized applications with Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. No prior programming experience is necessary.
Wrox's Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Starter Kit gives you the software tools you need to get started. It also provides structured tutorials that walk you through all the techniques you need to begin programming right away. The accompanying CD-ROM includes: Microsoft(r) Visual Basic 2005(r)Express Edition Microsoft(r) MSDN(r)2005 Express Edition Microsoft(r) SQL ServerTM 2005 Express Edition
User review
Sample Application poorly debugged
I entirely agree with Mercedes. Like Mercedes, I have also done a lot of Access and Excel programming. I also found this book a big disappointment. The Personal Organizer application did not work. I also went to the Wrox site and found that other people had the same problem. I really can't recommend this book to anyone because of the problems with getting the Personal Organizer application to work. Definitely not for beginners.
User review
Excellent for beginners!!!
I purchased more advanced titles on VB thinking that I could get up and running quickly. Though books such as `Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2005` by Evangelos Petroutsos are excellent books also, I needed something that I could skim through and get up and running quickly.
If you need is similar to mine, this is the book for you. The explanation are concise, to-the-point, and clear and the examples are simple enough to gain an understanding of Visual Basic. The author touches on all of the major topics such as database connectivity, web connectivity, controls, classes, and even XML.
There is nothing too deep or complicated in this text. It does what the title says it will do; gets you started.
After reading this text I believe that I will be ready to tackle the more complex (and more voluminous) books that are out there.
User review
Kind of confusing for a beginner.
I bought this book because of the CD containing the compiler and SQL server since it took too long to download the free version with my dialup connection. It started off OK, and I was easily able to set everything up. Then I wrote the usual `Hello World' program which proved the installation was OK.
However Chapter 2, with the complex web based starter kit kind of threw me. I followed directions and downloaded the web enabled version but by this time I decided to skip the entire chapter and get on with learning to code.
There wasn't enough information on using the IDE. I couldn't find anything on how to rename a project or to delete one using the IDE. Also, I wish the instructions gave name to each project and gave some information on how to organize all the stuff you write.
I finally came to this site and purchased two more books on VB which I hope to use to actually learn to program.
User review
Excellent book - well worth the money spent
I bought this book to get up and running in Visual Basic 2005 and was not disappointed. The book is well-written by a knowledgable and thoughtful author and is extensive in what it covers. The code and all examples work as stated and I learned a great deal from reading through each chapter and performing the Try It Out exercises. I plan on going through the book again to refresh the many concepts that I learned.
User review
None of the project code works
I wasted two days on the book's project code, only to realize that they do not function. After downloading the code from Wrox's website and trying to use that code, it didn't function either.
