I learned a lot. The book showed many ideas with just the right amount of explanation, not too much and not too little. I would recommend the book. This book was practical, showing enough theory but ensuring you could try out what you learned. Like most Dummies books, there were many examples but almost no problems listed to test your understanding.
Excellent intro to electronics components, circuit diagrams, basic projects, and setting up tools. I really enjoyed the way the not only explained how things work but what their uses are and how each use differs. Very intuitive due to fun understandable explanations/analogies and easy to speed read.