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Visual Basic 2005 For Dummies Review by Johnny K
Beware the fluff reviewers - this is a sub-par book at best.
I always click on "See all my reviews" when I don't agree with a bevy of 5 star reviews, and more often than not you'll notice all those glowing accounts of greatness are the only review a person has submitted. I have a hard time swallowing those reviews, especially after having read the book.
There's one thing I can't stand in any type of tutorial/guide, and that's basic mistakes. For a programming book to have a minor typo a couple times is forgivable; for entire blocks of code to be just WRONG is not. This book has plenty of examples of mistakes - just look at his website [...] to see all of them listed. I gave up on this horrible text after finishing chapter 4. It's a complete mess. I found his website after-the-fact and he even says, "I did less than a good job of describing how to [ ... ]. I guess I was drinking that night."
You got an extra star for at least being truthful.
A read-through of this book by someone other than a non-technical editor is in order before sending this thing to print. Disappointing text, not worth the time/$ when there are others that explain the same concepts without being ripe with mistakes.