The following reviews are from Visual Basic 2005 How to Program. 3/e (nearing completion), where we have that chapter back from review. If the chapter is not back from review yet, we've included the comments from the sister book Visual C# How to Program, 2/e. The bookwide testimonials are also from the sister book—we’ll have these for the VB book shortly.
Chapter 24 Data Structures (from the sister C# book)
"This is a strong chapter that explains data structures with a clarity that is hard to come by. When a student struggled with data structure topics, I always sent them to the library to read this treatment of data structures. Now that we’ve adopted a Deitel text for one of our programming texts, it has become a de-facto resource for our data structures class."—Gavin Osborne, Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology
"A fantastic treatment of data structures—algorithms and implementations are clearly explained."—Catherine Wyman, Devry-Phoenix
Chapter 25 Generics (from the sister C# book)
"The chapter on Generics provides a solid basis for understanding this new language feature. The examples are progressive and logical."—Peter Bromberg, Senior Architect Merrill Lynch and C# MVP
"Generics made easy through a step-by-step analysis of code examples. Each definition presented in the chapter is easy to understand and complete."—Stacey Yasenka, Software Developer at Hyland Software and C# MVP
Chapter 26 Collections (from the sister C# book)
"Excellent introduction to .NET collections."—José Antonio González Seco, Andalucia's Parlamient
"This chapter provides and excellent presentation of collections"—Catherine Wyman Senior Professor, DeVry University-Phoenix
"This was a clear, east-to-follow chapter. The code examples provided straightforward illustration of the important concepts."—George Bullock, Program Manager at Microsoft, Microsoft.com Community Team