I managed to talk my boss into purchasing "Professional Excel Development" by
Bullen et al. I had picked it up earlier in a bookstore and realized that it
would be an excellent tool for work.
In the introduction, the book claims that it aims to provide a "de facto
standard text that explains the commonly agreed best practices for
architecting, designing and developing applications" in Excel.
I've taken that phrase to heart. It seems quite definitive.
My questions, though, is how well did the authors do? Are there elements of
the book that professional develops find lacking? Or are there things that
Professional developers find too rigid for work "in the trenches."
Are there other books that should augment our library? (I also talked the
boss into J. Walkenbach's Formula book and his VBA book. We don't have his
Excel Bible, though.)
So is Professional Excel Development truely the definitive text, or just a
very good reference book?
Thanks in Advance,
E.Q.C.