VB Web Review

Once you've learnt the basics of VB, the next crucial step is how to apply it to the business world. Beginning Visual Basic 6 Application Development shows you step-by-step how to design, implement and deploy your application solution. The authors provide a real-world online banking scenario which is used to turn theory into practice throughout the book. The book covers all the steps required in such a project on all three tiers, and covers technologies such as UML, COM, MTS, ADO, and SQL, as well as ASP and XML.

The book covers the basics of component development, and objects in VB, as well as introducing transactions and MTS. After you have got the core knowledge required, the book goes on to the design stages of the application, covering business requirements, technology requirements, UML and component design. Once you have covered the design stages, it then goes on to building the components, and the front-end VB program, and finally the testing and implementation stages. The book then shows you how to web-enable the application using the same components as the VB program.

As you can see, the book covers a vast range of topics and technologies, but fortunately as the book is a combined effort of 7 authors, and numerous technical reviewers, you won't be let down by gaps in the authors knowledge. It's well written, and the examples are , and you'll find it an essential step to significantly increase your programming skills. You won't be disappointed if you buy this book!