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- Publisher: Sybex Inc
- Number Of Pages: 416
- Publication Date: 1999-09
- ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0782125573
- ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780782125573
- Binding: Paperback
Summary: Hoping for instant karma...
Rating: 1
I am a programmer. I currently develop in Visual Basic, HTML, CSS, Javascript, and VBscript. I purchased this book in order to learn ASP, and I've struggled through the first six chapters. I must tell you that, so far, the "book" is garbage. The examples are mismatched (i.e., the pictures don't match their descriptions), and the exercise projects don't work. I followed the examples word for word, line by line, only to find that after the exhausting effort, I accomplished nothing. I thought perhaps it was me at first, but after I downloaded the sample code from the Sybex website, I found it to be identical with the code I had written. When I tried to run the code I downloaded (presumably, this code was written by the author of the book), it also did not work. Chapter 5 in particular is overflowing with errata, only one of which is addressed in the Errata section of the Sybex website. I don't mind telling you, Mr. Jones, that I feel cheated...I hope you are enjoying the [money] that I paid for this doorstop. I could go on all day about this POS, but I must now go down to the bookstore and try my best not to get swindled again.
Summary: Not too shabby
Rating: 4
This was a pretty good book for someone experienced with Internet content delivery and Visual Basic but not both together.
It allowed me to tie my knowledge of both together and often resulted in a lot of lightbulbs over my head.
If you're a VB developer who would like to leverage your skill to get into web development, I'd highly recommend you grab this book.
Summary: good, but caveat emptor...
Rating: 3
This book has been very useful to me so far--the author seems to have a good grasp of the subject. The issue I have is with the code downloads from the Sybex website--it seems to contain a lot of errors--the code for chapter 7 is especially bad. Also, I wish the auther had not included so much ADO in the book; while I understand that ADO was relatively new when the book was written, I do not feel that it was necessary to include so much of it, since the author says the book is for those who already know VB well. As a result I've had to waste a lot of time tweaking the database code to get it to work with my system, and I haven't learned anything new from doing that.
Summary: good, but caveat emptor...
Rating: 3
This book has been very useful to me so far--the author seems to have a good grasp of the subject. The issue I have is with the code downloads from the Sybex website--it seems to contain a lot of errors--the code for chapter 7 is especially bad. Also, I wish the auther had not included so much ADO in the book; while I understand that ADO was relatively new when the book was written, I do not feel that it was necessary to include so much of it, since the author says the book is for those who already know VB well. As a result I've had to waste a lot of time tweaking the database code to get it to work with my system, and I haven't learned anything new from doing that.
