Visual Basic 2008 How to Program

By Paul J. Deitel and Harvey M. Deitel

Book Overview

Appropriate for all basic-to-intermediate level courses in Visual Basic 2008 programming. Created by world-renowned programming instructors Paul and Harvey Deitel, Visual Basic 2008 How to Program,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 013605305X
• ISBN13: 9780136053057
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 1415 Pages
• Weight: 4.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.5" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

A Very Good Job for a Very Difficult Subject

Writing a text book on programming is not an easy job. The writer(s) of this book have done a very good job, but it's not perfect, and there might not even be a perfect book about programming in the market. I would not give most other writers the high marks I give this one, although at the moment it's only four stars. Clear, detailed, and comprehensive writing are the three pillars for a text book. This is especially difficult since you have to use English grammar with computer language grammar. The two grammars are at odds with each other. I'm at Chapter 12 at the moment--polymorphism. Up to this point, the book has addressed each pillar very well. And up to this point, my only criticisms are for the names (meaning, the identifiers) used to label variables, methods, objects and such. I know and understand that the names selected for each identifier are used to support the pedagogy, and I appreciate that, but they have made the reading go slow. In addition, the use of compound and complex sentences should be avoided with such identifiers to make reading comprehension easier. This is an area that can be improved for a next edition. Chapter 12 is where this book begins to fall-apart. The editor really neglected it. It is written as poorly as any of the worst programming books on the market. I hope it's just for this chapter. Here are its problems: It has errors. It uses pronoun references that that are undefined. The discussion does not differentiate between class code and client code; you have to rely on the example for clarification. Many sentences refer to too many pronoun references that will make your head spin and lose you. For example, one sentence has five subjects...good grief! You'll find yourself drawing images on paper to keep up with the discussion, yet ultimately unsure that you understand what was described. One last matter before I close, the price is very high, maybe too high. I'll try to update my criticism after I finish the book.

A detailed and comprehensive book on Visual Basic 2008

This is a detailed and comprehensive book on Visual Basic 2008. There are many examples and case studies (gradually developed) for a reader to hone his Visual Basic programming skills. He also gets to see how Visual Basic 2008 ties in with stuff like WPF, WCF, AJAX and LINQ. The reader who has worked through and mastered the book will be well-equipped to harness Visual Basic 2008 to develop real-world applications. A much easier book for a beginner is Simply Visual Basic 2008. Both books are highly recommended for anyone wishing to learn Visual Basic 2008.

Excellent Book!!

The book is excellent in presenting a topic and then breaking it apart piece by piece so that you gain even further insight into what is being presented.