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• Jerry Lee Ford, Jr. is an author, educator, and IT professional with over 16 years' experience in information technology, including roles as an automation analyst, technical manager, technical support analyst, automation engineer, and security analyst. Jerry has a master's degree in business administration from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. He also is the author of 13 other books, including VBScript Professional Projects, Microsoft Windows Shell Scripting and WSH Administrator's Guide, Learn VBScript in a Weekend, Microsoft Windows Shell Scripting for the Absolute Beginner, Learn JavaScript in a Weekend, and Microsoft Windows XP Professional Administrator's Guide. He has over five years' experience as an adjunct instructor teaching networking courses in Information Technology. Jerry lives in Richmond, Virginia, with his wife, Mary, and their children William, Alexander, and Molly.

• Written for the beginning programmer, so no prior programming experience is required or assumed.

• Readers will learn entry level programming techniques using the WSH environment and VBScript as a foundation.

• Using a games-based approach and real-world scenarios, the book covers programming basics and how to create scripts that automate common Windows tasks.

• Includes a collection of sample administrative scripts that can be used as a foundation for developing more complex scripts that will automate an assortment of Windows tasks

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 11 Ratings

Not perfect, but useful - 2007-10-13
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I had done some programming 20+ years ago and wanted an introduction to VBScript. The idea of a review of current programming practice seemed like a good idea, too. There were some interesting errors in the code in a few lessons, as I found. They provided practice in debugging, for what that was worth. The lessons are pretty clear and I found some interesting ways of modifying the scripts as given. It worked for me.

Without question, the best book for practical application of vbscript! - 2007-07-06
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This book is chok full of learning projects that solidify the concepts presented. The cd that comes with the book includes an editor tool that has proved invaluable. I'm getting a second copy as mine has gone missing.

VBScript - 2008-02-09
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This item has served its purpose. It provides insight about the newly release VB Script explaining the features and how to effectively use them.

not what I had hoped for - 2007-12-31
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The examples are wrong which is making things harder to understand and the web site for the book doesn't have an amendment section but it does have the scripts which seem to be working, so far anyway.

I know just enough about scripting to steal somebody else's working script and get it to work for my needs but I was looking to get a true understanding of VBSripting.

I have not yet completely finished the book but I feel I have wasted my money.

I'll update when I have finished but want to give others a heads up.

Not for the absolute beginner, not even for a beginner - 2007-11-02
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Have to admit that I decided to learn VBScript - It seemed to be a powerful language and I've come across it many times in my work with networking and desktop computers. Having programmed mainframe computers for 30+ years, used basic on PCs, and published and supported many web sites for the last 10 years, I decided to purchase as many books as possible to teach myself this language and keep some for reference. I was disappointed. I expected a clear, simplified, and example-driven approach to this subject. Instead I found it confusing, un-engaging, and I lost interest in it after a few pages.
If you are in the same boat as I am and want to learn the language, try VBScript for the world wide web (visual quickstart guide, about 150 pages) by Paul Thurrott. Of the 7 books that I got, it is the absolute best for a beginner and will teach you what you need in order to get you started.
I did not give 1 star to the book because I have written two books and I know the effort that sacrifice that goes into writing one.

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