Visual Basic 6 and Client Server Gold Book (High Performance) - Softcover

MacDonald, M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1576102823 ISBN 13: 9781576102824

Publisher: Coriolis Group,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

Covers valuable concepts such as architecture, design, and development, alongside language reference information.

About this title

From the Author

Visual Basic Enters The Client/Server And Internet World
This book was a labor of love for me and Kurt. Between us, we have some 40 years of real-world experience in developing high-powered business systems. We spent months tearing apart Visual Basic 6 and have put together a practical, no-hype book showing you how to create scalable, reliable client/server applications with VB6 from traditional two-tiered architectures through robust, Internet based n-tiered systems. The book comes complete with dozens of working code samples.

VB6 is a solid tool but there are bugs and pitfalls. We have found most of these and show you how to avoid some and work around the rest.

The book begins with three chapters providing an overview of network issues, database platforms, database design, and usage of SQL. Chapter 4 compares and contrasts the many different database access models available to the Visual Basic developer.

In Chapters 5 and 6, DAO and RDO are covered in depth while Chapter 7 is a tutorial on the new ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) and OLE DB. Chapter 8 shows you techniques for converting from DAO and RDO to ADO.

In Chapter 9, you are shown more advanced ADO techniques and the beginnings of an object-oriented approach to database programming. Chapter 10 continues this with the creation of local and remote business objects, Automation, and so on. Chapter 11 then delves into advanced database techniques from transaction and concurrency management to the creation and usage of stored procedures and triggers.

Kurt takes over for Chapters 12 through 15 where he shows you how to create Internet based applications using IIS, DHTML, XML, and so forth. Kurt goes far beyond what you will see in most books and takes you farther than I think Microsoft probably envisioned.

Kurt and I are very excited about this book. We think you will be too.

About the Author

Michael D. MacDonald (Whitinsville, MA) is an independent computer consultant working in Internet and client/server development. He has developed in languages from Fortran to APL, Assembler to Visual Basic, PowerBuilder to C++. Michael is a recognized industry expert in client/server and Internet development, and a widely published author, instructor, and public speaker.

Edition details

• Publisher: Coriolis Group,U.S.
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1576102823
• ISBN 13: 9781576102824
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 750