This revision of Schneider’s best-selling guide is designed for readers with no prior programming experience. It focuses on developing good problem-solving skills, building a strong foundation that will give readers a sustainable understanding of programming. KEY TOPICS: Based on Visual Basic 2008, the book starts with a brief review of the preliminaries of Windows, and then focuses on problem-solving. A broad range of real-world examples, section-ending exercises, case studies, and programming projects gives readers significant hands-on experience. A useful reference for both beginning programmers and those moving from another language and that want to learn more about programming with the latest version of Microsoft’s Visual Basic.
| ||||||||||||
|
There is a newer edition of this item:
|
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Product Description
About the Author
David I. Schneider spent over 32 years teaching at the University of Maryland, and has published an impressive 28 books over the past 18 years. He is the author of several best-selling texts, including his Visual Basic Series with Prentice Hall. Why are his books best-sellers? Students love his extensive use of examples and applications—a concept that stems from his teaching experience and results in books that are "tried and true." His best-selling Visual Basic texts have been successfully used for many years and have received consistent praise from both students and instructors.
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
By Thywolf
Format:Paperback
Book was in good condition, came with CD. Though unluckily I will only need it for about another week or so due to my course I needed it for being over by then.Wish I knew it was going to take a month instead of the 7-14 days I was originally told it was going to take.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
3.5 out of 5 stars
13 reviews
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Barely scratches the surface of VB
Jun 18 2009
By N
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I am rather disappointed in this textbook.
The text does seem to cover basic logic and forms well. However, it doesn't cover objects until the last chapter, and doesn't cover them near as much as it ought to. Furthermore, it takes a strictly GUI approach; the book doesn't cover console applications at all. Finally, despite having Visual Basic 2008 in the title, it doesn't cover LINQ or WPF; major additions to Visual Basic in 2008!
On the whole, I feel there are much stronger introductory textbooks available for VB, and would not recommend this one.
The text does seem to cover basic logic and forms well. However, it doesn't cover objects until the last chapter, and doesn't cover them near as much as it ought to. Furthermore, it takes a strictly GUI approach; the book doesn't cover console applications at all. Finally, despite having Visual Basic 2008 in the title, it doesn't cover LINQ or WPF; major additions to Visual Basic in 2008!
On the whole, I feel there are much stronger introductory textbooks available for VB, and would not recommend this one.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Helpful for Beginners
Oct 15 2009
By Josephine Horne
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you are beginning your programming career, Visual Basic is an excellent start. This book is good for beginners. It is easy to read and follow.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Mixed bag of not-terribly good VB advice
April 18 2011
By Craig Maloney
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book was used for a Visual Basic course that my wife took, so the most experience I had with it was in helping her resolve her programming problems. On the surface, this book looks like a decent introduction to Visual Basic, however it's when you dig deeper into the content that you realize this book is pretty superficial in handling the language. The examples are extremely contrived, and do little more than to show boring GUI changes (look, I made the text green, now it's red). I feel for any student that has had to use this book as a textbook, as it assumes a lot of a priori knowledge of computers and even Visual Basic itself. Overall this book does not treat Visual Basic as something that is fun to learn, but regards it more as a chore that must be muddled through.
›
Go to Amazon.com to see all 13 reviews
3.5 out of 5 stars
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Development > Visual Basic
- Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Introductory & Beginning
- Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Languages & Tools > Visual Basic Introduction
- Books > Computers & Technology > Software
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Computer Science & Information Systems > Programming Languages
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
