Title: Good primer, but exercises unhelpful
Product review: Peter Wright's book does a better than decent job of instructing the reader in VB programming. However, the beginning reader will be infuriated to discover that successful completion of the end-of-chapter exercises is often impossible without going on a wild goose chase though online help. Depending as they do on concepts not covered in the chapter from which they supposedly follow, the majority of the exercises do not help the reader feel as if he or she is progressing in the language. In this respect, Peter Wright's book is best used alongside a print copy of the programmer's reference.It will be greatly beneficial to newbies when a book is published that truly does instruct the reader in all aspects of the language. As it stands now, one has to purchase two or more books in order to feel somewhat competent at VB programming.
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