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Summary: Doesn't teach progrmming , doesn't do much else either !
Review: Keep your dollars . A big font and generous line spacing are selected for this weak title . My guess is the word count is about 1/3 or less than the usual ' big fat reference ' . Certainly , theres a great deal more left out than included . The text is promoted as the Developer Studio Visual C++ ' workshop manual ' . Don't expect any detail on Compiler Options , Macro design with VBScript , the build process and associated files and directories . The author barely touches any of that .Coverage on setting the compiler is minimal . Macro VBScript coverage doesn't even stretch to a map of the editor's object model ! Some properties and methods are mentioned , far more is left out than included . No wonder the author goes into some detail on how to use the MSDN for help . No FAQ section ! No Troubleshooting-Common-Build-Problems section ! "Link","Linker" or "Linking" do NOT appear in the index ! I quote [from page 18] an example of the author's pitch : "When the cursor passes over a hypertext link in the MSDN window , the cursor assumes the shape of a pointing hand (Fig 1-10) ." I guess this statement is for those Visual C++ programmers who don't know how a mouse behaves on a hyperlink ! There's plenty more of this nonsense . Yet more ' explanations ' ,step by step , through the Wizards , and yet more example programs . The accompanying CDRom is ' packed ' with a piddling 6.59 Mb of content [includes release.exe files of the 'projects'] .
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Summary: make sure this is the book u want..
Review: OOps I was looking for a book about C++ syntax, instead i mistakenly purchased this. This book is NOT about the C++ language it's a book about aspecific C++ dev environment MS Visual C++. If you need something like this, great, but if you have had experience with one of the other Visual Studio components you won't have much use for this book. I did'nt.
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Summary: Good info on using Visual C++ 6 and Developer Studio
Review: This book gives an in depth tutorial on using Visual C++ and Developer Studio. There are a lot of useful tricks for using the built in editor, and Project Settings. It is not a C++ or MFC tutorial.
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Summary: A good intro book for Visual C++ v6.0
Review: This book is a good introduction book to Visual C++ 6.0. It is written in the not so technical style so the reader does not get lost in the details. Recommend to all who have not used the Microsoft Visual C++ before.
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Summary: It worth its price.
Review: This book is a guide to the environment of VC++. Not a book teaching you how to program. It is a fairly good book. Of course, probably all the information in the book are available in MSDN. I give it 4 stars.
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Summary: Average book
Review: This book is a quite good one to learn a bit of C++ pogramming, but for more details I would read a better book like "Teach yourself Visual C++ in 21 days" or other books you can buy at amazon!
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Summary: This book is exactly what I was looking for.
Review: This book is for programmers who knew C++ and window programming. I must switch from borland C++ to VC++ and this book made the whole process really easy.
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Summary: If you want to learn how to use VC6IDE (Not C++ Language OK)
Review: This book is not for learning Language C++, If you want to learn how to use the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) this is an excellent book. I thing that those who did not like the book was because they pretend to learn C++ Language or they are familiar with other development tools such a Borland C++, my apologizes for those that aren't familiar with Microsoft technologies. Ivan Torres 18 June 1999
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Summary: Good Developper Studio Presentation
Review: This book is very wonderful for any Visual C++ 6 programmer who wants to get more aquainted with the user interface. Unlike any other book, it presents and explain many features of the DevStudio creation, including Appwizard, ClassWizard, etc. Although it's full of very usefull samples, it doesn't cover C++ because that's is not the purpose of most/all books of this kind. You can get a lot of help from using this book.
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Summary: Nobody I work with likes this book
Review: This book was a great disappointment. Many of the examples deliberately bypass the automation features of VC++6 so that the reader has a lot of typing to do to try them out. While this may lead to better understanding of what's going on, it's not a lot of help to a new user trying to get started as quickly as possible. I also found it badly laid out, for example finding out how to create a tabbed-dialog screen was very frustrating until I learned that the author refers to these as Property Sheets. There's no mention of tabbed dialogs in the index, and once you know that you should look for "property sheet", the information provided is sparse. If you want to try to create a DLL, forget it... there's 4 pages on how to tell the AppWizard to set up the project, and a couple more about debugging, but zip about what the call and return sequence is for a DLL function.
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