Teach Yourself Visual C++ 5 in 24 Hours

by Mickey Williams

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672312425
• ISBN13: 9780672312427
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 33 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

good intro to Visual C++ for VB and C++ programmer

I am new to Window Programming, and the project I suppose to accomplish needs to be written under Visual C++ environment. I found this book easy to read; however, I think that it would take longer than 24 hours to finish and understand everything in the book including the excercises. If you do not do the exercise you probably will finish the book in 24 hours, but you have missed the important point. Of course this is not a book for Advance Visual C++ programmer.

GREAT BOOK

YOU MAY NOT DO IT IN 24 HOURS, BUT YOU WILL LEARN IF YOU START AT THE BEGINNING AND READ TO THE END. MIGHT BE A IDEA TO GET MSN'S VISUAL C++ COMPILER IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE IT. STILL, IF YOU WANT TO WALK A LITTLE B4 TRYING TO RUN IN 24 HOURS, LOOK AT JAMSA'S C/C++ BIBLE. IN THAT BOOK, YOU GET IT ALL! p.s. I didn't write it, just liked it.

Interesting but tries to be too broad

It's a solid introduction to MFC programming but don't plan on learning C++ from it. I would rather have a book dedicated to MFC in more depth than a book that tries to explain C++ concepts in a few paragraphs. If you know nothing about C++ do yourself a favour and grab a good C++ book as a companion to this.

This book is not like it seems

I am an experienced Visual C++ programmer but I bought this book as to review some basics, and because I just buy so many programming books -it's a compulsion. This one is not like you would expect from the title : a Learning-Book-For-Dummies. It explains just as much as you need to know AND understand. And it is CONCISE without missing any info .. Read carefully, you will find a LOT in there.

Getting started really shouldn't be harder than this!

After working with VB and some Borland C++ Builder I've just started learning VC++. The problems are getting books that shows you HOW to do things. Usually you get a list of prototypes or incomplete code not giving you the full context. In this book you're being raced through a lot of examples rating form very easy to advanced. You will be able to reproduce all the source code from the descriptons. Of course a book that takes you through so many subjects in "24 hours" is not going to give you all the background needed to fully understand what is happening. But this book in conjunction with online documentation and other "packed with knowledge" C++ windows programming books is going to give you a faster start. Getting started really should'nt have to be harder than this! Terje