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Comprehensive guide to developing Internet applications with Visual Studio.NET. The Book of Visual Studio .NET surveys each .NET server and related technologies, with a focus on Visual Studio 7 (VS7). Hands-on examples cover building forms, data retrieval, moving to COM+, and implementing web services. Other key issues and solutions include upgrading from Visual Basic, source control services, and remoting…. More >>
The Book of Visual Studio .NET
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Other reviewers of this book who have suggested that it has the wrong title are correct. It should have been titled ‘A Developer’s Introduction to .NET’. It touches on a lot but barely skims the surface of anything. I bought it as a web designer wanting to get into ASP.NET, but the chapter on ASP.NET was just a tedious walkthrough of creating a web form, with pages and pages of minute instructions – add this control, then this one etc. – when all that space could have been devoted to explaining the core concepts.
The book is poorly written, haphazardly organised and plagued by small errors. One example:
‘Visual Basic, for all intensive purposes, has arrived, and it’s just as powerful and flexible as any other .NET language.’ (Does he mean ‘for all intents and purposes??’) Then two paragraphs later: ‘Furthermore, because VB lacks flexibility and power…’ Where was the editor?
Another perpetually annoying error is the author’s continually referring to ‘diminishing’ a variable in VB, when the correct term is ‘dimensioning’. A small point, but one that adds to the perception of a lack of care.
For someone wanting the quick heads-up on .NET, then maybe, otherwise, avoid it.
Rating: 2 / 5
As a Visual Basic user from many years ago I bought this book to help me get to grips with the daunting IDE that Visual Studio presents. The danger for a new user is missing the fabulous new Wizards and other time saving things that are pre-built into VS but are sometimes tricky to find for the uninitiated.
This book discusses .NET in detail but to be fair I knew about .NET’s principles before. What I wanted was a guide to USING VISUAL STUDIO. And this is really not it. As an overall handy text for a newbie to .NET it is great but I don’t think the title is right.
Rating: 2 / 5
Excellent example of practical uses of Enterprise Services. This isn’t the focus of the book but I was pleasantly surprised to find this nugget.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book offers tons of sample code that actually works. Some of the examples introduce new ways of looking at the middle tier such as implementing the middle tier as a combination of assemblies, Stored Procedures, and XML. I believe the author did a great job of teaching how all these technologies are implemented with Visual Studio.NET.
The book also covers Enterprise Services which I have had a hard time finding good documentation.
Rating: 5 / 5
Visual Studio.NET is a very practical and easy to use guide into the world of .NET technology. The author gives clear and easy to follow steps to the implementation of multiple .NET technologies using Visual Studio.NET Overall, the text is helpful for both beginners and advanced users. If one has any need to learn .NET technology, this is the book to purchase.
Rating: 5 / 5