MCSD Visual Basic 6 Desktop Exam Prep Exam 70-176 [With Contains a Specially-Commissioned Exam Simulation]

by Michael V. Ekedahl

Assuming a familiarity with Visual Basic, this study guide helps practicing programmers as well as those preparing for the Visual Basic Desktop exam to acquire the needed skills and tools to create... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576102602
• ISBN13: 9781576102602
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
• Length: 1025 Pages
• Weight: 3.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Good book for learning how to write Visual Basic code

This book is one of the only certification books that covers the actual Visual Basic language and how to write code. All other books focuse almost entirely on the specifics of the product and the intrinsic controls. This book is definately meant for those with previous coding experience as the Summary on this page says "Assuming a familiarity with Visual Basic...." The section on object-oriented programming (OOP) is indeed interesting since this is the only certification book that address this topic. OOP is how VB is written in the real world of software.To summarize, this book addresses real world topics that real developers use all the time. Other guides focus on irrelevant topics that are nover used in a production setting. It seems funny how this book is better than any of the other "Microsoft Certified Professional Approved Study Guides", yet this book does not have that label. perhaps the authors cared less about that label because they knew they were writing a book for real developers, rather than people looking for a quick way to get an MCP title.

Maybe it is not for VB beginners

This book goes into details to cover MCSD exam #70-176. Maybe it is not for VB beginners, if you are, you may need to read "New Rider's VB 70-176 and 70-175" first. The contents ia good, but the presentation is not as good as the New Rider's book. There are 2 set of VB #70-176 tests on CD-ROM, I like them.Answer to the "No Answer" review message:You can find the answers to the questions of each chapters on CD-ROM. You need to install Adobe 4.0 fron the CD-ROM to you machine to read/print this answers.

Good Preperation, Maybe TOO DETAILED for exam!

Over 1000 Pages! I can see me use this book later to review some real world problems, that is why I did not give it a 3 star. For the test, it covers a lot, but sometimes it does not cover all that is asked by the Microsoft Exam Outlines. This should not be your only prep guide. I also used the MCSD 70-176 "Fast Track" book and MSDN Cd's.

4 Stars and Counting...

I'm up to the 6th of 17 chapters, and I'm already very impressed. This book will, if nothing else, give you a solid grounding in VB fundementals. Very meaty code examples that are easy to understand, and each chapter walks you through a new programming project that will build on skills and tools you used in the previous chapters. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because I'm not finished reading it yet... give it a try.