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For
experienced developers, you may want to skip the first two chapters. Chapter 2 gives an overview of
realational database, how to use the
database to retrieve and store the data.
Chapter 3 covers methods for connecting to several different data
source such as SQL Server, Excel, and XML.
Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 have lots of examples in reading and
displaying the data using Data Reader and Data Set objects. All the examples in the book use Data Grid
control for displaying the data.
Later in the book, it discusses ways of using the data grid control
for creating,inserting, editing, and
deleting records. I tried
several of the examples in the book and they worked fine. That is one thing I have come to like
about the WROX press books is their examples are very understandable and easy
to learn from.
Also, the experienced developer
who is interested in learning the subject matter may find many other sections
in the book boring because they will go through material they already
know. It would be very nice to see a
book such as this that can cover the subject for people who are already
experienced as developers.
This book is well written and
has the information that a junior programmer can use on his/her first
programming language and the VB.NET/ASP.NET fundamentals for the experienced
programmer to get a first look.
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