Murach's Visual Basic 2005: Training & Reference
by Anne Boehm
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Author: Anne BoehmEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08-30
ISBN: 1890774383
Number of pages: 844
Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates
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Book Review: Great first Visual Basic 2005 book
Summary: 5 Stars
I have always found that the best programming books are ones that can be used as a reference when you just need syntax or usage examples or as a training manual when you want complete procedures and techniques for creating applications. Murach books are the ideal solution to both needs, whether it involves writing code for the mainframe or windows applications.
The new Murach Visual Basic 2005 book is a valuable guide for the beginning and experienced Visual Basic programmer by providing well written explanations on the basics of using Visual Studio 2005 features and Visual Basic language essentials. Murach Publishing uses a unique "paired-page" format with the right page giving a summary of the technique being presented and the left page giving a more detailed explanation.
Section one begins with a Visual Studio walkthrough including new features such as code snippets and Visual Basic's My feature which simplifies the code needed to accessing .NET framework classes such as the registry. Section two provides the language basics in data manipulation, control statements, exception handling, class creation and usage, basic debugging, and collections including the new .NET 2.0 typed collections which when used prevents run-time errors by not allowing different data types to be added to the typed collection.
Once language essentials are covered it's time to use databases. Section three consists of 5 chapters beginning with an introduction to databases and continuing with ADO.NET. This section has been largely rewritten for the new ADO.NET 2.0 classes which if you are familiar with ADO.NET 1.x shows you how much easier it is to attach and use a database. Visual Studio 2005 has new features such as the Data Source window and Smart Tags and new controls like the SQLDataAdapter and DataGridView that make database application programming almost intuitive and greatly reduces the amount of code the programmer has to write.
Section four concentrates on rounding out your knowledge of object-oriented programming making your applications more robust and flexible. The new features of Visual Basic 2005 in this section are partial classes which allow you to split a class across multiple files and generics letting you create your own typed collections with added functionality.
Finally section five presents techniques required for using text and binary files including the new My.Computer.Filesystem object, working with XML files, enhancing Windows Forms, and deployment with XCOPY and Click Once which lets you install an application via a link on a web page.
I can honestly say that Murach's Visual Basic 2005 is a solid choice for a first book in a programmer's Visual Basic library.
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