Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Ditto what the other reviewer's said!

This book was just what I needed to get started in MS Visual Basic 2005. It is well-written. The book included disk of sample programs that has been extremely helpful. The exercises in the book actually worked and taught me what I needed.The earliest chapters are the best and most useful. Then Halvorson goes off on database and internet techniques that are redundant with programs like Access and FrontPage. But I guess some people will find them useful.I have found, however, that I am now looking for another book to take me to the next higher level. So this is a good starter, but it is not everything you need in the long run.