Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: The Language

Get the expert insights, indispensable reference, and practical instruction needed to exploit the core language features and capabilities in Visual Basic 2005. Well-known Visual Basic programming author Francesco Balena expertly guides you through the fundamentals, including modules, keywords, and inheritance, and builds your mastery of more-advanced topics such as delegates, assemblies, and My Namespace. Combining in-depth reference with extensive, hands-on code examples and best-practices advice, this CORE REFERENCE delivers the key resources you need to develop professional-level programming skills for smart clients and the Web.

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The Best Dot Net Framework Book Period!
This is by far the best vb.net coverage for the framework! I concur with the 4 and 5 stars and figure the 2 and 1 stars are folks that can't read the contents page. If you are a professional programmer or intend to become one then this is a must have book! The only thing I can say this book is missing is a chapter on CodeDom namespace. I keep going back to chapters on Collections and Reflections every time I need to do some work in that area. I don't do Reflections every day. This book is a hard read cover to cover but individually each chapter will get you 90 to 95% of the way. I have switched to C# programming about 3/4 of a year ago and wish this book was in C#. I know there is a C# book of the same title and plan on reviewing it too. I will say this about this book all programming books should have to come up to this level of perfection!! This is a Five Star book! Also, this book is still current today it still covers most of the framework that has not changed. If you are new to the .net world or are a c# programmer most of these examples will help you out. The big difference is in the generics syntax which is the reason I switched to c#. If you are doing ASP.net or ADO.net then purchase a book that covers those topics! If I had only one book in .net this is the one! I am a long time member of the Columbia SC, Enterprise Developers Guild. Our user group's focus is on .net technologies and the vb.net and c# languages.

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How Windows XP really works.
This book was written by two men who were an integral part of designing and implementing the Windows XP operating system. For the general reader:
`fugget about it`!. For those with a good knowledege of operating system fundamentals, a book that will allow you to become more knowelable about operating systems.

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Great VB book for serious VB Programmers.
This is a great book.It has a lot of techniques that you would not normally use in your day to day programming tasks.It covers the language properly. Every chapter has actual code that works and that you could use in your projects.The author is definitely a master, and this book proves it.
The book helped me to pass the MS Exam 70-536, .Net Framework 2.0, Application Development Foundation. Most of the exam topics are covered in it.
The organization of the book is good, starts with the basics, slowly going to advanced topics.However I think this book is definitely not for beginners, they will get lost in some chapters.
Overall, I give it 5 stars, it is a great book, well written, well organized, a great reference that every VB programmer should read and have it on their shelf.

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Good Book
I had a case dealing with Version Tolerant Serialization, after searching the web; they all came up short. I double checked the book later, and found the answer I needed. That 1 time more than paid for this book.



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a great book
I made an international request for this book and in the ship info they told me that the delivery of this item would be delayed,,. but it didn't. i got this book sooner than expected.

it was a geat thing that i got this book before the estimated delivery date!!

thanks
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