Computer Book Reviews
Page Two of TwoNew Riders' Official World Wide Web Yellow Pages by Marcia Layton
New Riders, September 1998.Trade Paperback, 502 pages.
ISBN: 0735700052
Ordering information:
Amazon.com.
The 1999 edition of this print guide to
websites provides numerous website
reviews for a wide collection of subjects.
Each website review contains the name
of the website, the web address and a
brief description of the site. In addition
to the reviewed website each subject
category also includes a list of URLs
for more websites related to that
category. Some of the topics covered
in the World Wide Webpages include
animals, business, education,
gardening, health, music, parenting,
relationships, sports and travel.
Also included in the book are the
top picks for each category, mailing
lists and newsgroups.
A handy book to have in front of you
while you are surfing the Net.
Visual Basic 6 Interactive Course by Mark Spenik, Andrew J. Indovina, Pierre Boutquin and David Jung.
Waite Group Press, September 1998.Trade Paperback, 1130 pages.
ISBN: 1571691332
Ordering information:
Amazon.com.
This course on Visual Basic provides a complete
text to learning and programming in Visual Basic
6 as well as online quizzes & tests through
the eZone online learning facility. The eZone
also provides mentoring and student interaction
and allows you to print a personalized certificate
of completion if you pass the online course.
Instruction in the book covers beginning and
advanced programming concepts including:
the Visual Basic interface, object-oriented
programming, variables, functions, subroutines,
GUI, classes, ActiveX controls, debugging,
file system controls, databases, Windows API
and the Visual Basic OLE. An enclosed CD-ROM
includes source code, samples and third party
software.
This is a complete course on Visual Basic 6, packed with valuable instruction, examples and source code in addition to the online eZone that allows you to test your progress. A great way to learn the Visual Basic language. Aimed at beginning and intermediate level programmers.
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