Comments on: Book review – Excel 2003 Programming, A Developer’s Notebook http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/02/19/book-review-excel-2003-programming-a-developers-notebook/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:06:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alex http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/02/19/book-review-excel-2003-programming-a-developers-notebook/#comment-23610 Alex Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:34:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1032#comment-23610 <p>Thank You</p> Thank You

]]> By: ross http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/02/19/book-review-excel-2003-programming-a-developers-notebook/#comment-8688 ross Sun, 20 Feb 2005 12:43:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1032#comment-8688 <p>Cheers, i think i'll give this a steer for the time being then.</p> Cheers, i think i’ll give this a steer for the time being then.

]]> By: jkpieterse http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/02/19/book-review-excel-2003-programming-a-developers-notebook/#comment-8678 jkpieterse Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:14:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1032#comment-8678 <p>Well Stephen, you beat me to it.</p> <p>I was just done writing down my review and wanted to post it here when I saw yours.</p> <p>I seem to have come to a similar conclusion:</p> <p>This Book by Jeff Webb is one that only describes functionality that was introduced with Excel 2003.<br> The book discusses automating (from the Excel viewpoint) Infopath, XML maps and lists, Web services, .NET, IRM and security and Sharepoint.</p> <p>Proís of this book:<br> The method used in the book is one that really attracts me: no-nonsense, to the point and ample code samples that nicely show how things are done. The book is an easy read.</p> <p>Conís:<br> In my opinion the subjects are all treated with insufficient depth. After every chapter I was left wondering what else there was to the subject.<br> With the last chapter I wondered why it was in the book in the first place, because it was almost entirely dedicated to Infopath and hardly any relation to Excel was made clear.</p> <p>Conclusion:</p> <p>If you want to get acquainted with Excel 2003ís new functionality and how to put it to use from VBA, this book is a very good introduction. If you need to get in-depth information about the subjects above, get a dedicated book on any of the subjects mentioned.</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>Jan Karel Pieterse<br> <a href="http://www.jkp-ads.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.jkp-ads.com</a></p> Well Stephen, you beat me to it.

I was just done writing down my review and wanted to post it here when I saw yours.

I seem to have come to a similar conclusion:

This Book by Jeff Webb is one that only describes functionality that was introduced with Excel 2003.
The book discusses automating (from the Excel viewpoint) Infopath, XML maps and lists, Web services, .NET, IRM and security and Sharepoint.

Proís of this book:
The method used in the book is one that really attracts me: no-nonsense, to the point and ample code samples that nicely show how things are done. The book is an easy read.

Conís:
In my opinion the subjects are all treated with insufficient depth. After every chapter I was left wondering what else there was to the subject.
With the last chapter I wondered why it was in the book in the first place, because it was almost entirely dedicated to Infopath and hardly any relation to Excel was made clear.

Conclusion:

If you want to get acquainted with Excel 2003ís new functionality and how to put it to use from VBA, this book is a very good introduction. If you need to get in-depth information about the subjects above, get a dedicated book on any of the subjects mentioned.

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
http://www.jkp-ads.com

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