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Books : VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd EditionIn association with Amazon.comRating:  - This is not the one.This book is completely reference oriented. If you want to learn to write VBscript using this book, you will get nowhere. I found the first error in the book within 30 minutes. To be fair, I have not yet found the second one after 10 more hours. The problem is, with 10 hours of intensive reading and searching, I am not able to figure out how to write a simple script to find a file with a known name and check its last modified date and conditionally delete it. Many say it has a good reference section. It may be true, except that a) it is not complete - I found no reference for Subfolder except the container, and b) the examples are plentiful but they are mostly one- or two-liners which show how to use a particular language element, rather than how that element can be employed to solve real life problems. $23.07 and ten hours. That's it. I am cutting my losses. Rating: - Not Beginner FriendlyI was looking for a VBScript book to help me get started. This is not that book. There is nothing about what software must reside on your computer, no instructions about how to get started and there are no correctly written working examples anywhere in the book. In other words, nothing a beginner needs. I guess I should have bought a "dummies" book... Rating:  - An excellent referenceThis was the best book purchase I've ever made (or at least recently). The reference in indispensable. If you write ASP pages or WSH scripts in VBScript, GET THIS BOOK! You won't regret it. Rating:  - Nice reference sectionThis book assumes you know a bit about programming already. They don't spend a lot of time teaching in this book with "how to's". You get this book for the reference section instead, which has examples of how to use the code which are much better than the ones found on MSDN's VBScript Language Reference pages. Rating:  - Can't beat O'Reilly booksGood solid quick reference guide. |
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