Success, of course, comes at a price. This is by no means an easy language to master, and that's where Professional Visual Interdev 6 Programming comes in. It starts with the easy stuff, opening with a comprehensive tour of the interface before exploring areas such as debugging and integrating databases with Web sites. Complex functions for the real power users such as Design Time Controls are well explained with an assortment of nicely chosen and comprehensive examples.

It's particularly worthwhile to look at Chapter 12's case study of how to build and operate a Web search engine using COM components. The guidelines given can be easily scaled up to provide multiple-field searching of thousands of records with very little slow down--perfect for sites with large volumes of data and Web traffic. #

Professional Visual Interdev 6 Programming is a welcome addition to Wrox's "Programmer to Programmer" range and should prove invaluable to wannabe--though not beginner-- developers. --Steve Russell