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—FTPOnline (Read more)

"Highly recommended."
—Readers Preference (Read more)

"This book comes to the rescue by providing a convenient learning pathway . . . highly recommended."
—Midwest Book Review, October 2006 (Read more)

"If you want to understand the rationale behind .NET, and VB 2005 in particular, this is an excellent place to start."
—UK Computer Shopper, October 2006 (Read more)

"The vast majority of readers will find excellent value in this book."
—Denver Visual Studio .NET User Group, July 2006 (Read more)

"A well-written book in the clear, plain English, understandable style of an experienced author who knows his subject thoroughly . . . If you are ready to make the transition from Classic VB to VB2005, this book will be of great assistance to you in that process."
—DevCity, June 24, 2006 (Read more)

Book review written as a dialogue between two programmers:
Tom: No Starch Press...I've heard of those guys. They do that Wicked Cool programming series and the Cult of Mac book, don't they?
Jon: Yep, those are the ones.
Tom: So why this book, instead of any of the other dozens of books on VB?
Jon: Most of the other VB 2005 books are either written for the beginning non-programmer, or for experienced VB.NET users. This one is written for the classic VB developer, one who has experience with Visual Basic prior to the .NET days.
—MacCompanion, June 2006 (Read more)

Jerry Pournelle’s computer book pick of the month
—BYTE, May 29, 2006 (Read more)

Discussion leader plugs book in website forum
—VBCity, May 29, 2006 (Read more)

Article on debugging a web service includes tip from forthcoming Book of Visual Basic 2005
—VisualBasic.About.com (Read more)