VBScript: Please recommend learning books...

[Namuna]

Amazon returns about 1055 book results when searching for books with 'VBScript' in the title. That's a bit much to try to digest and choose from.

I was hoping for some recommendations. I'm coming from a beginner's aspect.

Thank you.

 

[Electric Amish]

Beginner in VBScript or beginner in general programming.

If you know how to program in other languages I'd recommend O'Reilly's "VBScript in a Nutshell".

I'd never done any VBScript programming, but a lot of programming in other languages. I picked up this book and started right off in VB.

 

[Platypus]

You can't go wrong with O'Reilly's

Though you can go wrong with VBScript 😛

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
You can't go wrong with O'Reilly's

Though you can go wrong with VBScript 😛

Very, very true... 🙂

 

[royaldank]

What are using VB Script for? ASP?

 

[Namuna]

My level of Programming = almost absolute beginner (I've got a little bit of a clue about some concepts, but syntax and proper use needs to be learned)

Yes, mostly working with ASP. We're trying to automate a lot of mundane tasks from a centralized website using VBScripts (in a Win2000 environment)

 

[royaldank]

VBScript isn't all that hard. It's run line by line which makes things easier to debug. You might have a hard time for awhile picking up programming technics, but trial and error will improve that. Picking up an TEACH YOURSELF XX in XX DAYS are pretty good little books. Newsgroups are a good way to learn sometimes. Post a particular problem you are having and usually someone will help out.

 

[StageLeft]

I'd think in your case VBScript book is probably not as good an idea as an ASP book. You can get one of the WROX (Red books you'll see at most book stores) ASP books, like ASP 3.0 for beginners, for instance. I wouldn't recommend ASP.NET at this point, simply because the learning curve on it is head over heels greater than that with old school ASP (IMO anyway!).

 

[Namuna]

Originally posted by: royaldank
VBScript isn't all that hard. It's run line by line which makes things easier to debug. You might have a hard time for awhile picking up programming technics, but trial and error will improve that. Picking up an TEACH YOURSELF XX in XX DAYS are pretty good little books. Newsgroups are a good way to learn sometimes. Post a particular problem you are having and usually someone will help out.

Any particular titles you'd recommend though?

Can't get to Newsgroups from work, Firewall and such.

By the way, thanks everyone, for the replies.

 

[royaldank]

Well, if you're doing ASP, I'm fairly certain there is a Teach Yourself ASP in 7 days. Or something like that.

 

[alkemyst]

If you are already a programmer, O Reilly and Wrox (I normally hate Wrox, but we had some ASP books at work the were ok, however I am sure there are better out there) and the web.

Most of these books break it down by task, so just look up what you'd like to do and go from there.

Once you get a couple programs/functions down it starts getting easy.