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Summary: Only for MFC users
Review: This book relies heavily on Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), the title should really be "Introduction to MFC, using Visual C++". Here is my experience: I have an extensive background in application programming (mostly Macintosh) and needed a book to help me get a Windows app up and running quickly. I started with this book and got something going, but soon found that MFC just makes life more confusing. MFC is not well documented, and to do anything you have to set up multiple objects and it is always mysterious what they are doing. Often, they can ONLY do the very simple things that they have been designed to do, and modifying them is a big chore (or impossible given the lack of documentation). After struggling to get my app to do simple things, I tossed it out and started from scratch using direct calls to Windows, using Schildt's Windows 98 Programming as a guide. This is working much, much better (though there are still simple things that need better documentation like how to deal with child windows).
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Summary: The best book I have read on basic MFC!
Review: This book should be read by everyone wanting to learn MFC and C++ programming. It is written in a good tutorial form, with many exciting examples, and a complete introduction to the C++ programming language. The only minus is that it doesn't cover the really advanced sides of MFC and Visual C++. If you want to learn MFC from the novice's point of view, read this book!
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Summary: Has a few pros, but many cons
Review: This is NOT a book for someone beggining C++ UNLESS they are familiar with the C language.
I dont care what anyone says, it does not go into any detail at all for beginners.
The best quiality about this book is that it appeals to anyone wishing to learn to use the wizards.
Its is very confusing, has many typos, and hardly goes into detail about what the code does.
Itll show you some code to type, then say what the code does, but it wont explain how each line of code works.
WASTE OF MONEY ( I got mine free from a friend )
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