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|  | Authors: Tim Patrick, John Craig
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
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Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
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Pages: 713
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 0596101775
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.268
EAN: 9780596101770
ASIN: 0596101775
Publication Date: September 21, 2006
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 Imparts the basics of pros and cons to the solving process. December 11, 2006
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Over 300 common and uncommon tasks Visual Basic 2005 programmers face often are arranged in a solution-oriented set of examples which is based on 'recipes' and formulas but includes code, examples, complete solutions and even advanced projects. Particularly valuable for .NET developers as well as novice Visual Basic students, the Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook offers up a set of recipes for solving a wide swatch of common problems - and imparts the basics of pros and cons to the solving process.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
 A good reference for all skill levels October 29, 2006
Jerry Dixon
39 out of 39 found this review helpful
There are a many, many reference books out there. Some are good, and some are not. Most are arranged in the "standard" way. They contain one or more chapters about each of their chosen topics. Readers are expected to read these chapters in order to learn what they need. This book, however, is a bit different. It presents hundreds of "recipes", each solving a real-world problem. Some "recipes" are less than a page long, while others span many pages. The cool part is this: most of these recipes stand on their own. You don't have to read them in order. You can choose the recipe that corresponds to your particular need, read it, and apply it to your own program. Sweet.
The real worth of such a book lies in the quality of the recipes. Having hundreds of recipes available does one no good unless those recipes are actually used. I have to admit that at first I was skeptical. The first recipes were well beneath my skill level. The topics were explained well, but they were still very basic. The recipes became more interesting as I progressed through the book. Things got really interesting when I reached the chapter on graphics. From then on, I was sold.
Of course, those first chapters weren't interesting to me because I already knew the material. My son, who is very much a beginning programmer, was a different story. I asked him to read the first recipe and to write the example program. He found it quite interesting and helpful. In fact, this is the first book that I've found that he will actually read. That, of course, makes this book much more useful than all of the others.
I gave this book four stars instead of five for one reason; object disposal. All throughout the book, the authors show how to use objects that should be disposed. They don't, however, show you how to do this until halfway through chapter 14. Because the independent nature of these recipes, it's possible that someone might never read chapter 14. Those people might think that they are writing good code, but they would be wrong.
So, go buy this book, and don't forget to read chapter 14.
Those code snippets are fabulous... October 21, 2006
Jeanne (Denver)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
excuse me, you call them recipes! This is a VB Cookbook. I found the code, especially around the graphics topics to be INVALUABLE! It saved me so much time and effort. John & Tim must be masters at their trade to have put together such an all encompassing book. Masterful. I highly recommend it!
Great book. Got something for everybody October 12, 2006
MSS (NZ)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
You got to know the basics of Visual Basic before using this book. This book is a very good reference for learning Visual Basic 2005 and also for the advanced developer. It's good for beginners when you are in the stage of "How do I do this...". It's also includes updates for VB6 programmer who are upgrading to Visual Basic 2005 alerting them about the code breaking changes in Visual Basic 2005. The problems discussed are real-world that you may have faced or will face in your development.
I have this book for a few days and I really like it. It like a How-To book for developers. The book uses the problem-solution approach. All the problems are listed in the index so you can quickly find the recipe that you need. Each topic/recipe has got 3 sections. First is the "problem" which lists what you want to do. The second section is the "solution" for the problem. You will need to download code for the book. You can download the code for the book from the oreilly site. The third section is "discussion" where the authors have explained the solution for easy understanding.
This book has got something for everybody from beginners to advanced developers. It's got a lot of time saving solutions to the development problems that you will face. You can also call it a code library with good documented code that you can use in your development. It's the sort of book that can keep handy next to your workstation(You never know when you are in a fix and you need it or you can just pick it up to learn something new that you can use later).
Following are the recipe caregories(chapters) in the book
1. Visual Basic Programming
2. The Development Environment
3. Application Organization
4. Forms, Controls, and Other Useful Objects
5. Strings
6. Numbers and Math
7. Dates and Times
8. Arrays and Collections
9. Graphics
10. Multimedia
11. Printing
12. Files and File Systems
13. Databases
14. Special Programming Techniques
15. Exceptions
16. Cryptography and Compression
17. Web Development
The authors have done a very good job with this book. You can see the full table of contents in the O'Reilly site. There is also a sample chapter in PDF format available on the site.
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