----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Richardson" <danr@w...>
To: "pro_VB_dotnet" <pro_vb_dotnet@p...>
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 9:00 AM
Subject: [pro_vb_dotnet] Voice your opinion and win a book!


> (Please reply directly to me at danr@w..., do not reply to the list.)
>
> At Wrox, we are always striving to provide high quality books to best meet
> the needs of the reader - you. Initially we are interesting in finding out
> a little more about you and how you learn through our books.
>
> In order to help us to do this I'd like to ask you to spend about 5
> minutes answering the following questions. Feel free to add as much or
> little information as you like as all the feedback you give us helps us
> improve.
>
> All completed questionnaires will be entered into a prize draw for the
> Wrox book of your choice!
>
> Rather than reply to this list, please send your thoughts directly to me
> at danr@w...
>
> Thank you for your time and help.
>
> Daniel Richardson.
>
> A) Your Background
>
> A1) Q - What is your current job title?
>     A - (Please insert answer here): Software Developer
>
> A2) Q - Please list the main job titles you've had over the last 3 years.
>     A - (Please insert answer here): Software Developer, MSl Program
manager, Programmer Analyst, Programmer, Contract Programmer
>
> A3) Q - How long have you been programming?
>     A - (Please insert answer here): Vb 5+ years commercially, with Pascal
and dbase 19 years
>
> A4) Q - Which technology/language do you use most often at the moment?
>     A - (Please insert answer here): Visual Basic.NET
>
> A5) Q - Please list the main technologies/languages you've used over the
> last 3 years.
>     A - (Please insert answer here): VB.NET, Vb 6, MS SQL 2000, MS SQL 7,
MS Access 2000, Crystal Reports
>
> A6) Q - Which user groups are you a member of?
>     A - (Please insert answer here): none at the moment - very interested
>
> B) Migration between Technologies and Languages
>
> B1) Q - Are you learning or thinking of learning a new technology/language
> at the moment? If so, what?
>     A - (Please insert answer here): C#, ASP.NET
>
> B2) Q - In the past, why have you learnt new technologies/languages?
>     A - (Please insert answer here): Market place changes
>
> B3) Q - How do you learn new technologies/languages? What
> materials/sources/techniques do you employ?
>     A - (Please insert answer here): Read read read, attend conferences
>
> B4) Q - What are the biggest difficulties you have when learning new
> technologies/languages?
>     A - (Please insert answer here):  learning how to use the new tools,
how to handle errors and exceptions (ie why and how to fix)
>
> C) Books
>
> C1) Q - When did you buy your first Wrox book?
>     A - (Please insert answer here): several years back
>
> C2) Q - When did you buy your last Wrox book?
>     A - (Please insert answer here): May 2002
>
> C3) Q - Please list the Wrox books you own in our "Professional" series.
>     A - (Please insert answer here): VB.NET, ASP.NET, Active Server
Pages+,
             .NET Enterprise Development inVB.NET From Design to Deployment
            visual basic 6 Business Objects
>
> C4) Q - Please list your favourite programming books by other publishers.
>     A - (Please insert answer here): Visual Basic, Programmer's Guide to
the .NET Library, Powers and Snell
                Jeffry Masterson's recent Microsoft Press books
                Database Programming with Visual Basic.Net by Carsten
Thompson
                VB.NET and .NET Platform: An advanced guide by Troelson

>
> C5) Q - Where do you generally buy programming books? Please list the
> websites, bookshops, etc.
>     A - (Please insert answer here): Borders Bookstore mostly, Barnes and
Noble occassionally
>
> Thank you for your time and help.
>
>