CORE Visual C++ 6

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Summary: OK Mfc book
Review: Coming from a unix background, I found there to be many books that cover various Windows programming topics, but few that actually cover the intricasies of the VC++ IDE and debugger. That it also covers many of the VC++ specific programming topics was a huge plus. This book was just what I was looking for.

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Summary: OK Mfc book
Review: I was looking for a book on Visual C++ 6. I have plenty on MFC. This book covers MFC ok (Prosise' "Programming Windows with MFC" is still the best, imho). The first chapter is MS overview (advertising) of Visual Studio. The second states the obvious about the debugger. Chapter 19 covers scripting for the IDE. All the rest is MFC. The index (10 pages as compared to 27 in Prosise) includes very few classes or member functions limiting its usefulness as a reference. The author does have some useful information on Win98 and MFC scattered about, though. I suggest this book as a survey to those new to windows programming with mfc. There is little said about Visual C++ itself.

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Summary: Trust me, it's horrible!
Review: Some books are difficult to read, some books are easy to read. This one is easy, but it hardly teaches you anything.... it may give you overview of what Visual C++ has to offer. But to learn how to actually do it, you have to have another book. Don't waste your money on this book.

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Summary: Terrible Book!
Review: This was the worst programming book that I have ever purchased. It did not go into any detail of any of the topics it covered. It barely touched on anything. Don't waste your money on this piece of garbage.