Paul Sheriff Teaches Visual Basic 6

by Paul Sheriff

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789718987
• ISBN13: 9780789718983
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Que
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 2.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

He is the Sheriff not the deputy -- Awesome book!

Very good book on VB. I had no prior experience and this book helped me on some major enhancements. I highly recommend this book. It lays out much of the VB language nicely and it's very easy to understand. Great price too!!

Excellent VB Book

I tried several other VB books before. All of them taught me some things, but all of them lost me somewhere in the middle. This one is different, because it teaches by explaining why and what for first. Even if it looses you in details, you can always keep going because the most important material is outlined for you first and stands out. I'm making a transition into Windows programming from procedural languages. For me the book teaches VB, as well as principles of Windows programming.

This is the best beginning tutorial on VB!

Of the five books I've read on Visual Basic, including the two CDs that come with the Learning Edition of VB 5, Paul Sheriff's book is the best.He follows a logical progression of concepts, nearly every idea is accompanied by complete code, and his explanations are concise and coherent. The content is practical. It's easy to see how he is able to make a living training others how to use VB.I bought this book to strengthen my grasp of the basics, and I've learned a lot even while covering what is now familiar ground. I wish I had bought this book first.Sam's Teach Yourself VB 6 in 21 Days was a complete waste of time due to incomplete code references. Paul Sheriff's book is the exact opposite. It offers clear-cut code with a purpose.I will buy a second copy as a Christmas gift for my nephew.If Mr. Sheriff updates the book, I hope his publisher does a better job of proof reading, but that's a minor distraction.

Best beginner tutorial out and a great reference for all !

I started out in VB 5 with the Sam's Teach Yourself series and have been using Wrox books since VB 6. I picked this ridiculously under-priced book up to try (yet again) to better understand class modules, collections and ActiveX control creation. I found myself working thru the tutorials throughout because the examples are so well explained. I picked up alot and I've been developing professionally in VB and ASP for two years. I've since found that this book contains the same material as the first 10 videos in Keystone's Visual Basic 6 course (done by Paul Sheriff). As a first VB reader it is absolutely perfect.

Amongst the best of hand-holding/reference VB books

I am a programmer/consultant in another language and have purchased many programming books over the years. In the VB world (as other languages) I've encountered difficult to understand authorship in many of the books out there. Paul Sheriff's style is not only easy to understand, but the material gets to the heart of the matter in each topic with excellent examples. This book is for all levels of VB programmers as it can be used as a beginners book, yet as a good reference book for more advanced programmers. You don't need the index cards with this one.Hat's off to this one! It's about time! (No, I'm not one of Paul's friends :)