um, yeah, i'm really really tired, so, i guess this is a good place for this post, anyhoo...
i'm in the market for a good qbasic programming book... right now i'm looking at getting this
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det...42-3836608
is that a good one?
if somebody knows of a better book, or the best book.. pleas lemme know befor i buy this one...
I dont really think you should buy a "qbasic programming book". I mean there are tons more resources on the web. But you are keen on buying a book then I guess this one would be good enough.
don't bother with a qb book, there are plenty of resources on the web, just like the guy above me said.
I'd say don't waste your money on a QB book, qb is (I know this will course anger, but lets face the facts people) a dead language, it is abandonware nowadays. Save your money for a c++ book or something *Proudly pats c++ for dummies which i recently bought*
If you want a Qbasic book, then this one is fine.
Quote:.....i'm in the market for a good qbasic programming book.....if somebody knows of a better book, or the best book.. pleas lemme know befor i buy this one...
The best book that I've seen is FREE.
Go to
www.ethanwiner.com
About 3/4 of the way down on the homepage is a description of Ethan Winer's famous book called "Basic Techniques and Utilites Book". When he wrote the book he was considered the foremost authority on Basic programming, including QuickBasic and QBasic.
After the description is a table of files you can download. Create a separate directory and download WINER.ZIP into it. If you don't have WinZIp or PKUNZIP, the download table also includes a free copy of PKUNZIP. To unzip it do:
PKUNZIP WINER.ZIP
I'm sure you will be pleased with this book and examples.
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Actually I kinda found him confusing..Don't know why, it's probably just me.
Ethan Winer's book is for people aving a good base in programming.
You can find plenty of tutorials on different aspects of QB in the net:
http://www.petesqbsite.com is a good repository for them. It has also an archive of QB e-zines, 50% of its content ae tutorials.
You have tutorials too in QBNews. Another source are the snipets in the ABC repository in this site.
At
www.qb45.com they used to have a good collection of tutorials, I don't know if they have them online now.
I have a programming book not specificly about QB, but about programming in general. It deals with project theory, program set up, rules, hints and tips in program development and teaches you quite a bit.
The book is called
The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master. (note, as I said, it's
not about programming, it's about the theory behind the
how to program). I find it a nice book
wow neo, thats exactly the type of book i'm looking for, somehting that will help me no matter what language i wanna code in.... and i could use all that free info floating around to learn more about syntax
only thing is, daaang its expensive!!!
I'm downloading - no wait - have finsihed downloading that e-book. I think it may help me hone my skills a bit more.
>anarky - Could do with a good hone right now.
Quote:Ethan Winer's book is for people aving a good base in programming.
You can find plenty of tutorials on different aspects of QB in the net:
http://www.petesqbsite.com is a good repository for them. It has also an archive of QB e-zines, 50% of its content ae tutorials.
You have tutorials too in QBNews. Another source are the snipets in the ABC repository in this site.
At www.qb45.com they used to have a good collection of tutorials, I don't know if they have them online now.
Antoni,
Yes, you need a fundamental understanding of Basic programming to appreciate Ethan's book. However, the specifications, coding examples and included programs have been thoroughly checked out. Remember that this book was widely published by PC Magazine.
As you say, there are many tutorials available on different sites, but many have not been carefully tested, and therefore contain bugs. I can show you several examples.
Most tutorials are written by one particular programmer, and never validated by another programmer. They are just published and made available "as is" --- caveat emptor.
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