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Review title: Don't waste your money unless you really are a "Dummy"
Product review: After reading the first few pages of this book I wasn't sure if the writer was pro- or con-Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. It seems like all he did was tell the reader how bad a product this is. I didn't get this book to read about one persons opinion of the product. I got it to learn about the newest version of Visual Basic and its newest features. All the writer does is tells you all the bad things about it. He claims to have written many books on the subject but he doesn't even know what IDE stands for (see page 23). There have been many times I've thought about tossing this book in the trash but it's gotten pretty amusing at times to see how bad the author is at this subject. I have to admit that all of the book is not bad - he does explain some of the new features but overall I'd stay away from this book at all cost and invest in another book either from Wrox or Microsoft Press
