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I'm a fan of O'Reilly reference books. I have a large assortment of their Pocket Reference books. Usually they are great because they condense the really important information into a format I can easily read on my desk and carry from place to place. Given the usual quality of the books, I recently bought this book by just looking at the title. I'm moving to VB.NET and I thought it would help. BUT...

VB.NET Language Pocket Reference IS USELESS and a WASTE OF MONEY.

Here's a list of complaints:

• Table of contents (TOC) is mostly one level deep (not helpful)</li>

  
  

• TOC sections like "Information" and "Interaction" are not helpful</li>

  
  

• Reference section of the book is NOT ALPHABETICAL</li>

  
  

• Organized by category, but category name does not appear in the page header</li>

  
  

• Probably incomplete--I couldn't find anything on "Delegates"</li>

  
  

• No index, which is really needed because I cannot find anything</li>

  
  

I wish I could get my money back.