ISBN:0672310147Book Description
Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ in 21 Days, Fourth Edition,is your key to unlocking the power of Visual C++ for creating applications. Using the proven Sams Teach Yourself in 21 Days format, you'll be guided through all of the concepts associated with Visual C++. At the end of 21 days, you'll be well on your way to writing applications from scratch with OOP source code. With Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ in 21 Days, Fourth Edition, you will: explore ActiveX controls and the Component Gallery; understand the essential principles of designing and developing programs in Visual C++; use the Visual C++ tools to create applications quickly; write successful, professional applications; and create your own ActiveX(TM) Controls.
- Provides all the training needed to write code in just days
- The hands-on approach makes the reader learn by doing-not just reading
- Question and Answer section sheds light on common programming problems /p>
Reviews From AMAZON.COM
A great Introduction to Visual C++ and the Developer Studio
Here it is the year 2005 and I am still using the Visual C++ 5 compiler that I purchased way back in 1998 - I am finally starting to learn Visual C++. This said, I have accrued a significant collection of Visual C++ and MFC books and I can attest that this is one of the best introductions - you can't compile any mistakes as the author has documented every step he has taken to complete the App Wizard code using the resource editor, normal editor, and the Class Wizard. One downside is that a later chapter relies on a resource purportedly available on the Web but no longer available. Whether the source code is even available on the Web I can't say - I typed in all of the clear listings presented in the book. Finally, because this book relies on the App Wizard, not necessarily a bad thing in itself,
it doesn't teach MFC theory and practices as well a book presenting stand alone MFC compilations. However, this is simply not the orientation of this particular book - MFC being a huge subject and the book serves as an excellent introduction to the Developer Studio and Visual C++ in 21 lessons which can readily be completed in, say, 10 days if one is dexterous. Highly recommended. I believe there is also a second book written on this same topic titled, approximately, More Visual C++ in 21 days although this book is difficult to find and it's merits I cannot comment on. This book is also relevant to Visual C++ 6 - it just does not exploit any of this version's enhancements.
I believe this is helpful to a target audience. ME!
I thought this book was useful because I was the one targeted. By the way you can use this with Visual C++ 6.0 The target audience are NOT C++ beginners. The target audience is actually people who need to be walked through the various features of the MSVC product interface. For this particular target audience, the book excels (read the other reviews with this in mind). The author repeats the project startup steps (initially this irked me) for the people who need to do a specific task, like writing a DLL (You know you're the one). MSVC 6 gives you extra wizards for DLLs BTW. I would recommend this book to people who already have C++ experience, and need to learn yet another NEW interface from Microsoft. If you ARE a C++ beginner, the end of the book (Appendices) has information which explains to you what variables are, scope, classes, structures, etc... The information is limited, but if you are a real programmer you should be able to muddle through. You should step through every example and after it works, continue to tweak it so you can see how the tweaking affects the program.