Visual Basic 2010 How to Program (5th Edition)

I purchased the text for a Course in Vis Basic.NET and as with most Deitel titles--this book delivers the goods if it is read and studied carefully. The only caveat would be to not purchase a used book if you desire to use the full text, since fully one-half of the text is only available after registration with their website--(. . . once a the product has been registered---the new owner of the "used" text must PURCHASE the rights again). So, in short, try not to pay more than it's worth.I do recommend the book for anyone who wishes to learn about the .NET framework of code development----I found it somewhat refreshing that MS has found a "fairly" simple approach to unifying their coding framework in the .NET paradigm---especially in light to manner of Deitel's approach to live code.Give the book a try and you will not be disappointed (with caveat in mind!)

This book borders on unintelligible. Multiple concepts are dumped into the same paragraph and are poorly explained or not explained at all. There seems to be an ignorance on the part of the writers to the idea of pacing the information so individuals new to programming can digest it and learn to apply it in a functional environment. My class has discovered inaccuracies in the exercises and we have not even passed midterm yet. It's one of the worst text books I have ever had. Even the layout and design of the book itself contribute to its illegibility. The book is physically small, the text is crammed together and the use of color (just blue and black) makes everything look like one big run on sentence. The PowerPoint slides that accompany the book offer no new information or explanation. They are the book made into PowerPoint and even use the same art and graphics. Just awful.

This was required text for a programming class in a non CS major. I am fairly technical, and caught onto many of the topics quickly. I have taken one CS course prior to this, Java.In a full semester, my professor barely got us through 9 chapters because so many people were having a hard time understanding the concepts. Much of this can be contributed to none technical individuals trying to program, however I think some of it can be contributed to the book as well. I found that I skimmed the chapters for bold, underlined, and italic text, then used online resources to actually teach me the concepts. I did turn back to the book when I need syntax, but that's about it.I would recommend this book for developers looking to pick up VB, but in all reality, if you're already a dev you could pick up VB by just skimming some of the free online text. There are also better books out there for established programmers like the one by Stephens.If you're new to programming all together, you'll still learn a lot through the first 4 or 5 chapters, but expect to look elsewhere for any additional question you may have.

Awesome book! Lots of exercises and useful stuff. I wish I could have time to do every exercise.

I purchased this book to help teach someone Visual Basic. While the book covers a number of important topics, it is not very well written or easy to follow for beginners. Almost every concept in the book could be explained more clearly, it's almost like it was written in another language and passed through translation software. If you're looking for a beginning VB book, I would recommend "Beginning Visual Basic 2012" by Bryan Newsome.

So far the book has been helpful for learning the basics of the program. However, I'm finding at times that they try to cram too many things on a single page and it makes it difficult to understand what they are talking about.

frustrating book, programming is about programming techniques, not learning code by heart

It is a very well written book. I recommend that you do every assignment at the end as I did. Also, look online for some VB tutorials. I found this site very helpful -> [...] in addition to the book.

Unfortunately I cannot recommend buying this book. Having followed the registration instructions (to the letter) for accessing the online chapters I ended up at a 404 page not found error on the Pearson Higher Education website with a less than useful message: 'We're sorry your needle got lost in our haystack!'.Should have bought the Wrox book instead. Will not be buying another book from Deitel & Deitel or Pearson Higher Ed.Update: I have since emailed both Deitel and Deitel and Pearson Higher Ed around 6 times. No joy, not even the courtesy of a reply or an acknowledgement. I can only imagine that they are trying to push customers to the newer editions but unfortunately not every organisation runs the very latest versions of everything.