Mastering Microsoft Visual C++ 2 Programming, with Disk

By Michael J. Young

This pack shows C programmers (beginners through experts) how to use Microsoft's revolutionary and incredibly difficult 32-bit Visual C++ 2.0 to create professional Windows 4.0 and Windows NT applications. It includes a disk that contains all of the source code and executable programs developed in the book. Procedures, sidebars and pointer notes that refer readers to detailed information within the manuals are included, as well as programming examples, hints and tips.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078211606X
• ISBN13: 9780782116069
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Sybex
• Length: 1251 Pages
• Weight: 4.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.6" x 7.8" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent for someone with no Visual C++ knowledge.

I picked up the book, because I had the Visual C++ program from my workplace. I have had no prior experience with Visual C++. This book, quite literally, walks the reader through the basic programming tools of Visual C++. I look forward to trying out all the examples in the book. A definate must have for those with little or no Visual C++ background. (Works best if you have the Visual C++ program while you read the book.)

Pretty good.

The sheer size and impersonal nature of this book can be intimidating for beginners. But, like the book says--if you know some C or C++ it will teach you Visual C, it does. Just be prepared to have some bookmarks or paperclips handy, because you will flip back and forth quite a bit!!! Overall, a great book, it just requires a bit of time to get through, and when it's done you can heat your house through the winter with it! It is excessively thick, spending maybe hundreds of pages (I didn't count them) of just source code, which is pretty nice, I don't like to get that stuff off the CD--if I type it, I have to pay more attention to what it is putting in front of me!

Excellent introductory text to a difficult subject.

This book provides an excellent introduction to both C++, Visual C++ and MFC. The sections on C++ give sufficient detail to enable the reader to progress further into the real subject matter without becoming bogged down in subtleties which need only be addressed when programming in anger. Several Win95 applications are developed through the text, including simple drawing and text editing samples and with reasonable explanations of the methodologies employed. The book is well laid out and easily followed. Although all sample code is included on the accompanying CD, full listings are contained within the text. Whereas some readers may find this of use, it might be argued that the space could have been better utilised in covering additional topics such as DAO and ActiveX. By the end of the book, the reader has a reasonable introductory knowledge of the subject. I would recommend it to anyone at the setting out on the arduous path towards Visual C++ proficiency. Inevitably, however, having been well weaned, the infant developer soon requires more solid nourishment in the form of more in-depth texts.