Doing Objects in Visual Basic 6

by Deborah Kurata

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1562765779
• ISBN13: 9781562765774
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Que Pub
• Length: 646 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.8" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Professional Software Design Methodology

The whole first half of the book presents a complete OO design methodology (GUIDS) that really helped me keep organized and focused. The problem was that as my programs got longer and more involved they became confussed with redundant code and new features and bugs creeping in.

Good book for Object Oriented Programming

This is a good book for beginner and expert. For those who want to learn on how object oriented ptogramming (OOP)concept and how to apply it to VB, Please buy this book now.A part of it, u will learn about class, an how to make use from the class to create object then what u can do with the object.Basicly, what i can conclude, many effort have been done to write this excellence book. You will never regret to buy this book. thank you

Nothing is to basic when it comes to OOP:

I could not put it any better then what Eric T. Nielsen stated earlier in the comments.The book is very clear and to the point. I hate to be maintaining the code of what others stated about this book such as; "nothing new....", "..waste of time....", "this is only a..." , "not intended for" and "weak".Keep it simple, read Kurata, then Balena (MS Programming VB 6.0).

Great jumpstart into OOD concepts and how they apply to VB6!

I agree with some earlier reviews that this book may be preaching to the choir for many established developers. However, if you're a relatively inexperienced developer or new to OOD concepts this book is very well written and worth picking up. I appreciate Kurata's discussion of the development process from a OO perspective. This goes beyond the coding specifics, which can be found in many other books, and gives a process that can be used as a guideline for future projects. In an Op-Ed article in Aug/99 VBPJ the writer discussed why VB gets a bad rap. The author of the article states that essentially it's because of all the "programming wannabe's" never learn anything about application design, they just learn syntax and how to create code. By studying this book, and some of the books referenced by it, and utilizing some of the techniques you can avoid the pitfalls of becoming just another VB Hacker.

Essential Reading for Every VB Programmer

There are lots of developers out there that know "HOW" to jam classes, API calls, data object model references, collections, early/late binding, web functionality, tiered approaches, etc. etc. into an application that is convoluted, ill conceived, and un-maintainable. What Kurata is about is the "WHY", "WHEN", and "HOW BEST TO" of developing information systems. Her approach, and her writing style, is pragmatic and clear. Some of the best and most respected developers I know are planning to grab copies of the latest revision of her book, which is updated with all the latest features of VB6 and the new data access tools and paradigms, as soon as they can get their hot hands on it. Not to be missed.