Re: GOOD BOOKS OF VB2005

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Thanks Robin,

I actually started my .Net experience reading a couple of books by John
Smiley. They are very basic beginners books, but they got my head wrapped
around some of the ideas used in VB.Net. And when I tried to apply my .Net
learning to an earlier book he had written on Objects, I realized that I
need a LOT of help. :) I never go into a book any longer expecting it to be
perfect. I like that as it then presents me with an opportunity to actually
learn something about error correction. Hopefully, I'll be able to learn
this stuff fast enough to be able to do some good things before I retire. :)

Thanks again,
Bruce

P.S. I'll keep my eye out for those other two books you suggested

"RobinS" <RobinS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hey, I read that book. I liked it, but there were some, um, errors
in it. They don't have Option Strict On, and if you want to code
with that (which generally you do), you have to learn how to use
DirectCast and/or CType pretty early on. There are some other
errors in it too; I recommend you read the Errata online, or you'll
be vexed if you try to type in some of the examples. I picked up a
lot more info from that book than I realized; most of it was
definitely worth going through.


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