Customer Reviews (12)

"Condensed" Version of Training Kit
I am not going to review the content of the individual books as that is better handled in the individual book reviews. However, I think it is important to point out that Amazon is selling a "condensed" version of the .NET core requirements training kit.

If you have seen the .NET Core Requirements set in bookstores, you remember an impressive desktop collection of hardcover books. The hardcover set takes close to a foot of real estate on your bookshelf. I was disappointed when I received this set because it is priced the same, yet is the "Paperback" version which takes about 5 inches of shelf space.

How can this be if the books contents are the same? I checked the contents of "Developing Web Applications. . ." and it seemes that the contents are identical to the hardback, but I cannot vouch for the contents of the other books. Microsoft achieves this condednsed version by using the thinnest possible paper I suppose.

Anyway, I kinda feel [cheated] because the Hardcover boxed set and the paperback edition have the same list price. That amazon is sending you a condensed version is not clear and you may think you are saving 30%, but you are getting only half the quality....

Weigh this information with the quality of the content (from other reviews) before deciding to buy this set from Amazon.

A good single source for the MCAD certification
This set is a great deal when it comes with the vouchers, but still an OK deal otherwise. The books for the Windows, Web, and Web Services exams are good and they were able, with no other material, to allow me to pass those three exams. The book for the Solution Architecture exam (70-300), however, is useful only as a paperweight. That book is so poorly written, I couldn't even finish half of it! Fortunately, Exam Cram 2 has an excellent book for that exam. Not only is this set cheaper than buying the three good books separately, but the paperback editions in the set are lighter and smaller as well.

Just what I needed!
This kit is a great way to reinforce what you THINK you know and to learn new things. I'm not concerned like some of the other reviewers that the materials are not great for test cramming--these books helped give me confidence to pass the tests because I know the stuff cold! And I've passed the two Core C# tests, each the first time! Thanks Microsoft Press! ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (6)

Fantastic Book
This is one of the BEST books on programming that I have read.
The concepts are explained extremely well. I would definitely recommend this book to VB programmers who want to ge a good grasp and eventually master .net technology and VB.net specifically.

Fantastic Boo,
This is one of the BEST books on programming that I have read.
The concepts are explained extremely well. I would definitely recommend this book to VB programmers who want to get a good grasp and eventually master .net technology and VB.net specifically.

Best Visual Basic .NET book so far ...
Let me just say that I have tons of Visual Basic .NET books which include my previous beloved Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming in Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (what a mouth full) that also author by Mr. Francesco Balena together with Jeffrey Richter.

Well, I don't know why I waited so long before getting Programming Microsoft Visual Basic .NET by Francesco Balena. It has something to do with the fact that I already have a copy of the Framework programming book, or so I thought.

Let's just say after reading countless books on the framework and the .NET idioms etc I still find the concepts somewhat elusive, until one day I accidentally flipped throught this book and it instantly made all the concepts clear to me. I put this book in the same category as Mr. Ted Pattison's outstanding Programming Distributed Applications with COM+ and Visual Basic 6.0 book.

I got to go study now, but will write some more after I'm through with it.

Thanks Mr Balena, and keep playing that Jazz saxophone. By the way, I am a Jazz guitarist as well. ... Read more

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For the several million developers using "traditional" Visual Basic 6, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Step by Step will put the new VB .NET within reach with a very approachable tour of the new version's features used to build traditional client-side software. If you've been put off by the newfangled books on .NET that spin the new VB as Internet-focused and unrelated to your existing expertise, this title shows you how to leverage your knowledge to get going with Microsoft's newest platform.

The salient feature of this text is the author's patient presentation style, which stresses "traditional" VB programming. (While VB 6 did technically support Web programming, the unarguable reality is that most developers have built form-based programs for years.) This volume shows you how to use the same techniques for the new VB .NET. The author begins his presentation here with a clever slot-machine application to get you started. Other early sections cover the basics of VB .NET from a language perspective, including basics like variables, data types, and flow control statements. This handsomely printed volume makes use of two-toned color (in blue) to highlight differences between VB 6 in VB .NET, making it an invaluable resource for programmers making this transition.

Other essential technologies get their due here as well, from basic control programming with Windows Forms, integrating with ActiveX controls, to a very approachable guide to the new ADO.NET APIs for databases. Coverage of how to bind data to a variety of controls, plus using the new VB .NET DataGrid control, will show you how to do all you did in VB 6 in the new .NET. Instead of getting bogged down in details, the author does a good job of presenting what working programmers need to know. Later chapters delve into .NET APIs for working with files, strings, and collections. This title doesn't pretend to cover ASP.NET in any detail, though there is a useful introduction to the subject, as well as how to use the Microsoft Internet Explorer Object to build VB applications that display HTML and other Internet content.

The reality is that most VB 6 programmers will have to learn a lot when it comes to .NET. Before launching into a whole new paradigm of Web development, this book shows that today's VB has a lot to do with the older VB 6 standard. This text will be nearly indispensable for any VB 6 programmers making the leap to .NET. It even suggests that rumors of the death of the traditional client-side VB application may be somewhat exaggerated. This title shows you that the new easier deployment and productivity features of VB .NET may extend the life of such applications in one of the best-available tutorials for learning VB .NET, bar none. --Richard Dragan ... Read more

Customer Reviews (43)

Aimed at beginners to Visual Basic
I found this to be an excellent book for beginners to Visual Basic. As the title states, this book takes you "step by step" through all aspects of Visual Basic .NET. It assumes no prior programming experience with Visual Basic. The book was designed with a variety of skill levels in mind so that new programmers can learn software development fundamentals using real world applications and experienced Visual Basic programmers can quickly master the essential tools and programming techniques offered in the new Visual Basic .NET version.

The book starts off slowly by showing the reader how to create their first simple Visual Basic .NET program. This helps to build confidence and quickly familiarize the reader with the Visual Basic environment. The book is well organized and divided into various parts, such as, creating the user interface, database programming, internet programming, object oriented programming, and more. Each of these parts is clearly presented with plenty of sample code and screen shots.

I highly recommend this book to all beginners to Visual Basic.

Good for total programming beginners. Poor otherwise.
As a professional VB & Web developer, I found this book disappointing. It is aimed squarely at someone new to any kind of programming, and so covers elementary concepts at the expense of advanced issues.

If you are a complete novice to programming, but somehow own a copy of Visual Studio .NET (perhaps unlikely!!), then this may be the book for you. The book covers all the basic programming concepts such as 'if' clauses, loops, and variables in an easy, friendly way.

It is easily readable, with simple, well-explained examples and good use of screenshots. There are no exercises for the reader, to reinforce learning, unfortunately.

It does gives a good, simple, easy-to-follow introduction to Visual Studio .NET, and gives a good explanation of the basic VB.NET tools for creating Windows applications. It does not, though, cover Visual Studio .NET in real depth. The book leaves much of the IDE uncharted. In many places, the author suggests we use the online help for more information.

Worst of all, the book is very weak on web development. For example, it does not even explain how to create a .NET Web Service - which is one of the main benefits of .NET. In fact, the section on Internet Programming hardly gets started at all - covering how to use Internet Explorer as a programming object, how to use hyperlinks and simple form controls, how to get started with IIS, but little else.

Overall, you may well decide half-way through that you need to order something meatier, for when you have finished this 'aperitif'.

A Beginners Book Through and Through
This is a good book for the novice developer. It's more a beginners VB guide than a .NET tutorial. I am taking a.NET class and this is the required book. I was hoping for more. Not enough discussion about .NET. A better book would have been VB .NET The Tutorials by Karl Moore which I have also. The ultimate .NET book in my opinion is Programming Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Core Reference) by Franseco Balena. ... Read more

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Everything changes in the Microsoft .NET Framework and the C# language, including the creation of graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Windows Forms Programming in C# explains the Windows Forms (WinForms) environment to programmers who have some experience with .NET programming, and in the process (thanks to a clear and deliberate expository style) reveals a lot about .NET to less experienced developers. The overall effect is that almost every reader comes away with better knowledge of .NET, not just its user-interface libraries and behaviors.

Author Chris Sells takes care to balance code samples with explanatory text, meaning that most chapters take on a characteristic "code, explanation, effect" style (in which "effect" is usually documented with a screen shot). This approach is effective, and serves both to answer "How do I..." questions and inspire "I should give that a try!" exploration. Once in a while, callouts will link two or more screen shots with a sample of code, graphically illustrating how code affects the appearance of a form and how it's represented in the Visual Studio development environment. On top of his clear teaching style, Sells calls attention to workarounds for shortcomings in the .NET environment (particularly where similar limitations don't exist in Microsoft Foundation Classes), helping to improve programmer productivity in the growing .NET environment. --David Wall

Topics covered: How to use the WinForms environment within the Microsoft .NET Framework. Dialog boxes, drawing, printing, and controls all are covered by means of explanations and lots of illustrative examples, and there's good coverage of the WinForms event model, too. An appendix compares MFC and the .NET Framework. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (53)

The Great Book from the Great Author - EXCELENT BOOK
The book "Windows Forms Programming in C#" will not disappoint you.

This book is targeting both programmers with experience developing in .NET and those who still haven't and who are looking to start doing that.

This book is using C# for explain all topics. You should be familiar and have basic understanding of C# language.

I found the book to be easy to read and I think you can learn a lot about writing Windows forms application from it.
The book is well organized and you will find it useful during your .NET Windows Forms development.

Here, you will find everything that you need to know and learn about developing Windows Forms: basics of using forms, controls, events, multithreaded UI, "no-touch" deployment, data binding, etc ...

Highly recommended.

A Practical Reference to WinForms in C#
In Windows Forms Programming in C#, Chris Sells introduces Windows developers to Windows Forms programming using the C# language. The author is very selective of the topics he discusses, thus not overwhelm some developers with, for example, an in-depth analysis on multithreading and synchronization. Nonetheless, the chapter on multithreaded UI is still thorough enough for understanding multithreading within the .NET framework.

Sells discusses the essential topics, making this book a practical reference to WinForms in C#. His teaching approach in this book is very practical simply because the topics he discusses are what developers need to immediately begin designing and implementing Windows client applications via WinForms in C#. For example, after reading the first three chapters the developer will have a good idea of the layout for a client application. In general, WinForms and C# are relatively simple tools, allowing Sells to discuss the essential topics effectively and leave everything else to MSDN. His discussion on Printing, Controls, Resources, and Applications and Settings is a good reference.

This book is not about the C# programming language. It is about WinForms development in C#. Sells leaves core C# to MSDN. C/C++ programmers will easily understand the C# in this book. Win32 API and MFC developers will quickly see similar concepts including delegate (function pointer) and event (message).

I recommend Windows Forms Programming in C# to all real-world Windows developers.

Kuphryn

WinForm Soup to Nuts
I have purchased several WinForm books but this is the one I use most. Chris does a great job covering the basics while at the same time providing a great deal of advanced material.

Every topic covered is provided with code examples which makes it very easy to understand AND apply.

The only thing missing from the book is a complete sample application that draws everything together. But to be fair the book covers so much material such a sample application would probably be beyond the scope of the book.

If you are trying to decide on a winform book I highly recommend this book. Rest assured this book will help you get to the essence of .net winforms!

Even if you don't get the book, do some searches on Chris and you'll come up with a lot of great .net stuff! ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (27)

Harry Potter for Programmers
Juval Lowy's Programming .Net Components is the Harry Potter for .Net developers. I usually read technical books a chapter at a time, over the course of a month or two; I found .Net Components, however, to be a real page turner. Seriously! I ran through it in a week, devoting any extra time to the text, and I find myself revisiting the chapters that are most relevant to the work I'm tackling. This book includes material on OO design, threading, Remoting, security, versioning, and other advanced topics that you won't find MSDN discussing in this detail or with this practicality. Lowy's combination of .Net framework insight combines with implementation best practices to produce a book for sophisticated software development with .Net. I consider it the best .Net book I've read, and I've read a lot of them.

Best advanced C# book I have seen
While the book is supposed to be centered on ".NET" components, it's really more about C# than anything else. After the obligatory introduction to .NET, JIT, MSIL, and all the other .NET acronyms, the book gets down to business. In fact, this book really begins where a lot of other C# books tend to end: interfaces and inheritance. There is then discussion on version control, including using multiple versions of an assembly in the GAC. While I have seen this type of discussion in other .NET books, I haven't seen it discussed in the depth that Löwy's book does it.

I think the thing I most enjoyed about this book was the chapter on Remoting. Again, I have seen discussions on Remoting in other books (including Microsoft's own MSDN documentation), but no where have I seen as thorough a discussion with as many useful examples as in this book.

Other topics covered in this book include multithreading, asynchronous calls, serialization (including various types of serialization formatters), interception, and security. This book is not for the beginning .NET programmer. If you're looking for a good introductory C# book, pick up a copy of Jesse Liberty's book. If you're looking for a intermediate to advanced text, then this is one of the very best I have seen. More of the "hard" stuff to do in .NET is covered in this book than in any other place I have seen. I can honestly say that this is the best advanced C# book I have ever seen.

Excellent Book for those who are serious about object design
This book is surely not for beginners, but it is great for those who have at least a few years of experience in the industry and serious about component oriented programming. I have had this book for a while and I go through this book whenever I get time. Everytime I go over samples, I learn something new and make me have better understanding in object oriented (author reiterates it as component oriented) programming. Juval Lowy is a respected person in the software engineering industry and his book speaks for itself. ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (42)

Lucid VB
I am a professional web designer and VB programmer. With the release of VB.Net and Visual Studio.Net, I was anxious to jump feet first into the new IDE and language. Having read the Deitel C++ book, I was very pleased to see the similarity in layout and ease of reading.
I would easily rate this book, and the Deitel series, as the best programming text books on the market. I have read many others and I am almost always disappointed in the monetary expenditure. These are easily as good, and better in some areas, as the Black Books from Coriolis.

I would HIGHLY recommend this book to beginning VB programmers, as well as seasoned VB programmers looking to learn VB.Net.

Never disappointed me.
Visual Basic.Net How to program series by Deitel is a second book that I had been long looking for since I had bought e-business & e-commerce How to program by Deitel. I had experienced the first book written by Deitel and it has never disappointed me. Now, the second book, VB.NET is the best of all. I found the book is too useful to strengthen my knowledge and skill. With this book I could do self-study very effectively just because the book has well clearly and carefully written to present its points. If I want to compare to any other books, I feel that VB.NET by Deitel, the author is much more understand our needs in our learning process. As the result, the book offers a great deal for helping me to get good grade. I have borrowed some other books of VB.NET. As, my judgment, I found that VB.NET by Deitel is much more updated, established and experienced than any other book. I have more confident and fun to learn programming if there is a guide by Deitel's books. The book is so diverse to cover many topics and yet all written comprehensively for each topics. Yes, the book worth more than its price. Finally, it saves my time, money and energy to search for a better book of VB.NET.

The Greatest
I just got this book in the mail yesterday, and I love it. It is laid out perfectly for the novice .Net programmer. It is ideal for those of us who learn by doing (i.e. exercises and examples). Most books on programming just pack in tons of examples and text, but no exercises. Not Deitel. They load you up with exercises at the end of each chapter. Also, I like the full color lay-out. The VB 6.0 version isn't in color, so this was a delightful surprise. Some might find this distracting, but to me, it is refreshing. If you want to learn VB.net from the ground up, GET THIS BOOK!! ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (2)

Practical and Helpful
I found this book very helpful. It covers in details some of the quirks of the ASP.NET server controls - namely, that these controls do not work the same in all browsers and provides solutions to working around this issue. The book also contains some very practical coverage of JavaScript integration, Sessions, Cookieless Sessions, IE Web Controls and Caching.

Because this book is focused on the user interface (Web Forms), the programming language of the reader is not extremely important. The book is written in VB.NET. I am a C# programmer and found no significant language barriers in the book. The book's code can also be downloaded in a C# version.

Mission accomplished !
I love this book. This is a step-by-step account of how to build a real ASP.NET web page. No 'snippets' here. The author takes you through a real-world type project from design to code, with complete explanations of the techniques used.

My favorite aspect is that we are taught how to solve problems and create things - not just pieces of a language. This is not just about ASP.NET either. The author explains how and when to incorporate client-side Java script, when to use the HTML controls, when to use the .NET controls - we are learning how to use the best technique for the situation. And as I am learning, that 'best technique'(espcially with UI's) is not straight '.NET', but a combination of server-side and client-side technologies. The example project incorporates the IE Explorer web controls - providing a rare reference on their use.

My only qualm with the book (other than the picture of the author(?) at the begining of each chapter) is the ... retail price. We rapidly approaching the ... average price for a computer book, and I don't think that's a good thing. For over ..., I at least want a CD. But if you really use the book, of course it's money well-spent.

Therefore, I can heartly reccommend this those who know the basics of ASP.NET, and want sink their teeth into creating full-featured, interactive UI's. ... Read more

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Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming is a tutorial. It's meant for programmers who already know an object-oriented language and want to apply their knowledge in the standardized environment provided by the Microsoft .NET Framework. The book, written by Jeffrey Richter, a programmer and the .NET columnist at Microsoft's magazine for its developer community, takes a more or less language-agnostic approach to the run-time environment (though many illustrative examples are in C#). It aims to untangle the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and some of the Framework Class Library (FCL), and generally succeeds, particularly at the former. Richter shares his knowledge of the key classes you can instantiate in the CLR, and the kinds of operations you can perform on and with them.

You can read this book, or individual chapters, from beginning to end. You'll probably find it more helpful, though, if you read individual sections as you encounter problems or develop an interest in specific aspects of the CLR (ideal for those middle-of-the-night "I wonder how it does..." questions). Richter typically lets his code do most of the talking, and he'll often introduce a section with a prose summary of the CLR way of doing something (sometimes with a supplementary diagram) before unleashing a string of quick examples that illustrate variations on the theme. In an unusual and helpful tutorial move, he makes heavy use of the ILDASM utility to show what goes on at compile time. --David Wall

Topics covered: How the Microsoft .NET Framework--in other words, the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and parts of the Framework Class Library(FCL)--runs Microsoft .NET applications, and how to write software for the framework. Shared assemblies, characteristics of CLR types (including their properties, methods, fields, and events), and object orientation all get ample coverage. There's particularly detailed information on text manipulation (including internationalization and localization), arrays, custom interfaces, and the managed environment (garbage collection) in the CLR environment. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (77)

Picks up where the others leave off
This book is an absolute necessity for anyone serious about writing programs targeting the .NET Framework. The author delves far deeper into the inner workings of this new platform then any I've encountered so far. It is not intended to be a tutorial, especially for a particular programming language. Instead, it's an in depth discussion on how the basic framework classes operate internally and how best to manipulate them efficiently and expertly. Virtually all the examples are in the C# language, but this does not prevent VB.NET and Managed C++ users from following the material. In fact, he does point out when the different languages utilize the framework differently and/or how these languages map into the framework. Chapters 2 & 3 did require my reading them more than once. The material is complicated and dense, but he covers it with great clarity and expertise. Just expect to return to it several times. He covers a lot of ground in great detail in these chapters on assemblies and the various strategies available for deploying programs and components. Also, the chapters on manipulating text and the garbage collection facilities are the best and the most detailed I've encountered. Many lights will go off in your mind as you're reading this book. I highly recommend this book to anyone AFTER learning the syntax of their chosen .NET language.

Better be called "Inside CLR"
This is an excellent book like other books from the same author. The book is detailed and makes complex concepts simple. However, the more appropriate title for the book should be "Inside CLR" since the book almost exclusively discuss how CLR works and how C#/VB.NET type/syntax would map to CLR. The book talked little about the classes in the huge .NET Framework Class Library. Saying that, I still give 5 starts to this book because it is a must have for any serious .NET programmer. A solid understanding of CLR is essential to reliable, high performance .NET applications. The book has excellent discussions are how boxing/unboxing works, everything you want to know about methods, memory allocation/garbage collection and CLR hosting. Of course, since .NET is huge, I do not expect a single book to cover every espect of .NET. You probably need to put, in your library, a few more books on various part of the FCL, such as Windows Forms, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Threading and remoting. However, this book is the foundation and the place to get started.

Best Book
This book is the absolute best book for the .NET Framework. It is strange that the used book price ($6.5) for the same book with CD and Poster, The Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming in C# Collection, is much lower than the used book price ($30) of this book, Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming on July 14, 2004. I recommend the reader to buy the latest version of the book with CD and Poster at much low cost. ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (7)

A Common Sense Approach to ASP.NET
Learning ASP.NET has not been easy for me mainly because all of the books I bought never seemed to get to the step by step process of real-life web app programming. I don't want to read about stuff I'll never use. I need to get stuff done now! I'm only about 2/3 through this book but it already has given me insights into some of the details never mentioned in all the other books on my shelves. Brief but concise explanations of IIS and SQL Server Desktop Engine installation and configuration were very much appreciated. The chapter on database design is excellent. Finally a book that doesn't assume I'm already a relational database expert! I feel like I'm starting to get a much better understanding of OOP as well. I've skimmed through the shopping cart section and so far it seems pretty logical and straightforward. Another big plus - this book is pretty lighthearted and funny. I highly recommend!

A great reading
Written by a web expert, it shows readers how to create the basic, dynamic, and advanced ASP.NET pages in Microsoft's .Netprogramming languages, and explains how to interact with the database using ADO.NET.

The author reviews the fundamentals on Object Oriented Programming with clever and easy to use examples. He also explains how to create web forms and web controls.

The author covers every aspect of developing a Web application including building an e-commerce site or reinforcing the security.

One thing I particularly like in this book is the code published in the two main .Net languages, C# and VB.NET.

Thumb up !

A great starting point for ASP developers moving UP!
As an experienced developer with dozens of web sites developed in traditional ASP, I was delighted finally find a decent 'getting started' book for ASP.NET, VB.NET and C# that I could use myself, and share with my Microsoft-oriented students.

Anyone making the leap from ASP to .NET knows how difficult it is to find a resource that covers enough introductory information to get started, while still presenting more advanced and useful topics -- but this is the one!

Although this book won't make you an ASP.NET guru overnight (NO book can!) -- it will certainly get you far enough up the learning curve to start producing some useful and functional code which may be reused and enhanced later as you skills and competence grow.

This new release -- as for all other SitePoint books I've read -- has proven a pleasure to read, and a joy to use in the real world. Great work! ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (6)

Hard Copy of Online Help
Hey, if you prefer Hard copy (which I do) over scrolling back and forth in On-line help, this is for you (and me). However, was hoping for more examples.

Complete waste of money-no better than the online docs
I purchased this rather expensive set of texts after reading some "reviews", expecting to see an improvement over the dismal online documentation. For all those who have great expectations, forget it. These books are a complete waste of money. They contain the exact information already available in the .Net Framework SDK, and provide ZERO additional useful information. You'd be better off to save the money for the eventual calls you'll need to make to Microsoft to get some real answers. I am not wowed by a lot of pages. It's the information (or lack thereof) that matters.

Give Me a Break
My guess is that most of us who actually don't have the time or liesure to thumb through thousands and thousands of pages looking for that killer class library will continue to sweat it out with MSDN. My question for Microsoft is this:

How many people did it take to put the FCL together and to document it? my guess--a few hundred

AND

What's the average amount of developers in any IT shop these days? my guess-- 3 to 5

Please, Microsoft, tell me how you think that people are really going to be able to tap the power of the bizzillions of classes without wasting their ever-shortening production time? ... Read more

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