| VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition | 
 enlarge | Authors: Paul Lomax, Ron Petrusha
Creator: Matt Childs
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
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Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
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Pages: 552
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.1 x 1
ISBN: 0596004885
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.2762
UPC: 636920004882
EAN: 9780596004880
ASIN: 0596004885
Publication Date: April 1, 2003
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 2nd edition didn't document all the changes in 5.6 April 25, 2007
I've been a big fan of the 1st edition for years and found it very helpful. I use Regular Expressions a lot in Perl and found VBScript's support for RE's a bit lacking (could not extract the submatches). I was pleasantly surprised to find that this capability was added in VBScript 5.5. I bought the 2nd edition of this book because it claimed to cover VBScript 5.6. Imagine my surprise when the SubMatches collection isn't documented at all.
Overall I'm quite disappointed in the 2nd edition.
 A great book for VB Scripters February 12, 2007
This text is excellent for folks working on VBs projects. It contains good examples, great information about syntax and also warnings for "gotcha's" -- it's great!
Very useful VBScript reference July 17, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is not intended for beginners in scripting or VBScript in particular. But for anyone with even moderate programming or scripting, this may be all you'll need to become familiar with VBScript.
Written in the spare, terse style of all Nutshell books, the book is very dense in terms of information. The major aspects of VBScript's versatility are explored (though there are no references to HTML Applications (HTAs)). The major functions are explained and there is a complete reference.
An essential volume for anyone using VBScript.
Jerry
Good Reference Book February 1, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is not the book to learn the basics of VBScript, but it's exactly what I needed; a good reference book. I got tired of trying to find syntax of commands and functions online. Now I have it at my fingertips.
NUTSHELL December 6, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I don't have this book, I've never read it. But the negative reviews for it are out of line. People have reviewed it claiming it isn't for the beginner or for learning VB Script. NO KIDDING!! It is called NUTSHELL for a reason. It is a reference book, NOT a learning book. Don't give bad reviews for a book because you were too stupid to realize you bought the wrong book. That's just as bad as buying a Java book and complaining that it doesn't have any Javascipt examples in it.
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