Learn the MFC C++ Classes

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Summary: THIS IS THE BEST BOOK ABOUT MFC
Review: FOR ME, THIS IS THE BEST BOOK ABOUT MFC..

READING THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS I HAD LEARNED MORE THAN READING TEN CHAPTERS OF OTHERS BOOKS.

THE AUTHOR'S IDEA, "ONE-IDEA-AT-A-TIME" IT'S THE BEST WAY TO GO FAST. AND NOW, I'M REALLY GOING FAST LEARNING MFC.

OF COURSE THE BOOK NEEDS UPDATING TO VISUAL C++ 6.0, BUT IT'S VERY HELPFUL EVEN WITHOUT UPDATING.

I HOPE MS. SHIRLEY WODTKE WRITE MORE BOOKS ABOUT MFC, OR WINDOWS PROGRAMMING IN GENERAL. I LIKE HER STYLE OF WRITING.

SHE EXPLAINS VERY CLEARLY DIFFICULT CONCEPTS.

EDUARDO
SPAIN

Rating:
Summary: THIS IS THE BEST BOOK ABOUT MFC
Review: FOR ME, THIS IS THE BEST BOOK ABOUT MFC..

READING THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS I HAD LEARNED MORE THAN READING TEN CHAPTERS OF OTHERS BOOKS.

THE AUTHOR'S IDEA, "ONE-IDEA-AT-A-TIME" IT'S THE BEST WAY TO GO FAST. AND NOW, I'M REALLY GOING FAST LEARNING MFC.

OF COURSE THE BOOK NEEDS UPDATING TO VISUAL C++ 6.0, BUT IT'S VERY HELPFUL EVEN WITHOUT UPDATING.

I HOPE MS. SHIRLEY WODTKE WRITE MORE BOOKS ABOUT MFC, OR WINDOWS PROGRAMMING IN GENERAL. I LIKE HER STYLE OF WRITING.

SHE EXPLAINS VERY CLEARLY DIFFICULT CONCEPTS.

EDUARDO
SPAIN

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Summary: This Book Does What It Claims To Do...
Review: I actually used this book in a class taught by Ms. Wodtke. Not only was she unable to answer questions within the scope of the material, but the ones she did answer were wrong. Her book is a direct translation of these worthless lectures. Not only is the text riddled with typos, the examples (if they don't throw an exception) are incompatible with Windows NT 4.0. You can't expect to learn anything practical when the bulk of your time is spent second guessing and correcting her sloppy work. Avoid this one like the plague.

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Summary: This is very good book on MFC
Review: I'm a beginner in MFC, but I have big experience in otber fields about programming.

I think it's a very good book, at least for beginners in MFC.
I have run most of the examples and all them goes fine.
Even those apparently wrong !.

For example, in chapter 1, the example MyApp1, it's OK, because it's possible and safe to call CFrameWnd::Create() from the constructor of a derived class of CFrameWnd!.
MSDN documentation doesn't say that it's not possible.
And the Debugger confirm that !
I mention this to answer one of the bad reviews I read.

I'm studying the book with Visual C++ 6.0.
Of course, the book needs updating.

I like the idea of the author, one-idea-at-time. It's the best way to go fast !.

I hope Ms. Shirley Wodtke have time to update the book

Thank your for the book!.
Eduardo
Spain

Rating:
Summary: This Book Does What It Claims To Do...
Review: Learn the MFC C++ Classes does exactly what it claims to do-- it is beginners book on MFC. I only had a little bit of understanding of MFC, but Ms Wodtke's book helped me to understand the basic foundation classes so much better. She has a very simple approach. I appreciate this and found her book to be very valuable in learning more about the library of MFC classes. I now feel comfortable editing the code.

It is sad to see that some of her students are frustrated by the fact that they cannot grasp the basic concepts of MFC in Wodtke's book. They seem to be pretty upset by this. I have read Prosises and Kruglinski's books, and if you cannot understand Wodtke's book then I don't think that these books will make it any clearer.