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Paperback: 800 pages
Publisher: Sams (14 Aug 1998)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0672312409
ISBN-13: 978-0672312403
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.8 x 4.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)

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Learn Visual C++ through the Teach Yourself series, with sections on: Q&A, Do's and Don'ts, Workshop, Shaded syntax boxes, Type/Output/Analysis icons. Week One starts you with Visual C++. After installing and maneuvering through the components of the software, you'll examine a preliminary program to get the feel for C++ and Visual C++. You'll learn: C++ basics; hierarchies; members, functions, and objects; inheritance; MFC; installing Visual C++, the Visual C++ compiler. In Week Two, you'll look at components of Windows applications and how they are invoked with Visual C++. Topics include: keyboard input; mouse usage; data file handling; lists and serialization; toolbars and status bars; graphics; and projects. Week Three examines the more involved aspects of Visual C++ and Windows applications.

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Learn Visual C++ by building working applications
C++ can be a pretty imposing language to have to use, especially for building Windows applications. However, it doesn’t have to be. Visual C++ provides many tools and wizards that make the task of building Windows applications with C++ easy. Unfortunately, most books on Visual C++ place most of their focus on the language, with little attention given to the tools. As a result, C++ maintains it’s imposing stature.

This book is different. This book was written with the main intention to show and teach you how easy it can be to build Windows applications using the tools and Wizards provided with Visual C++. While other books want to teach you every nook and cranny of the language (and MFC, Microsoft Foundation Classes), this book tries to teach you what you need to know to get up and running quickly.

It is my belief that, once you have the skills to build applications with Visual C++, learning MFC will come much more naturally and easily. As a result, this book focuses on doing, taking you through the building of a running application each day, introducing new concepts each day. Over the course of the 21 days, you’ll learn many techniques and ways of adding functionality, always in a practical, hands-on manner. Once you have finished this book, you should be comfortable performing most typical programming tasks involved in building Windows applications with Visual C++. My goal is that, after finishing my book, you’ll pick up a more advanced book on Visual C++ and be pleasantly surprised at how much you already know.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Book Has Specific Purpose, 19 Jun 1999

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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 21 Days: Complete Compiler Edition (Paperback)

This book does not teach C++ directly, nor does it really get under the hood in MFC. I have a large ammount of experience with C++, and have read some books on MFC as well; with this background, this book served me rather well as a handbook on how to perform routine stuff. Those who are uncomplimentary of this book seem fall into one of two catagories: Those who don't know C++ or MFC and expect one book to quickly teach them both (not possible), and those who understand C++ but want an in depth book on MFC. If you don't understand C++, this book will frustrate you to no end; read a C++ language book first. If you are interested in MFC, then buy a book on MFC. If you already know C++ and are familiar with MFC from a "big picture" perspective, but you want to learn how to use the VC environment and to apply some MFC and such, then this book is not so bad. Errors in the example code prevent this book from getting five stars. All in all, it's a good book, but with a fairly narrow purpose.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The place to start!, 1 Jun 1999

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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 21 Days: Complete Compiler Edition (Paperback)

I've been learning Visual C++ and MFC for about 12 months now. Getting into MFC is hard (don't be fooled!). You can put yourself on expensive courses but if you don't have lots of money then I'd advise buying several books. This book is the one to start with. The examples are small enough but detailed enough so that when you finish them you've actually learned something useful and are encouraged to continue with the next chapter (other books can overload you and guide you into giving up in dispair). I'm doing Visual C++ & MFC full time now but still refer back to this book from time to time. This book is a very good place to start but this is only the start. By the way it doesn't teach you C++ ....you can't learn it from an appendix so if you don't know C++ to a GOOD standard then ignore MFC and Visual C++ until you do otherwise you'll get way too overloaded !!!!

After this book go on to MFC Programming from the Ground up - Herbert Schildt (5 out of 5), then go for The MFC Answer Book - Eugene Kain [6 (yes six) out of 5] along with MFC Internals - George Shepherd & Scot Wingo [5 out of 5]. Good luck!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Very concise, True to the author's statement, 30 Nov 1998

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I found this book to skim the surface of win32 C++ development very well. Let's read that again... the SURFACE of win32 C++ development. I think that most folks take the standpoint that 21 days books don't delve into things deep enough. I agree, but they aren't designed that way either. At today's book costs I read every review I can find b4 I buy. Let's read the author's above comment again. He states that this is a good primer for many of the concepts of win32 C++ programming, with hints of moving on to other books for more depth. I second that. Heck, I even felt when moving into ActiveX the author gave a very good short primer on some complicated technology. "working programmers" may indeed like the fast pace of the text as well as those wishing only to learn the newer features. The book concentrates heavily on the tools available in the environment. I myself wish to know as much as I can about what is going on. I realized quickly that if I was serious about my C++ that a 21 days book wasn't going to do it. No one book will. But for a good intro to applying C++ to windows programming, you could do worse. The first thing I did was pick up my old C programming book from college and bone up on some of the finer points and then I ordered Stroustrups' book. I plan on coming back to this book when I want a good primer on VC++.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book if you already understand another language
I bought this book because I wanted an introduction to Visual C++. I have downloaded many examples of C++ code from the internet in the hope I would be able to write C++ programs,... Read more

Published on 16 Feb 2002

2.0 out of 5 stars Too basic
I bought this book to learn MFC from and it just about managed that. It was OK to help you get started with the wizards but the book was too basic and belabours basic ideas too... Read more

Published on 17 Jan 2001

1.0 out of 5 stars Teach yourself Visual C++ in 21 years (if your lucky)!!!!
As an experienced autodidact, I have taught myself mathematics and statistics. So with a mixture of naivety and enthusiasm I decided to teach myself Visual C++. Read more

Published on 13 Jan 2000

3.0 out of 5 stars Fair introduction to Visual C++
This is an OK book on Visual C++ but you must know C++ before reading it. It is helpful in explaining the MFC but there are better books out there. -LC (Global Mathematics, Inc)

Published on 1 Sep 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok... for learning to use MFC to build simple apps
I'm pretty damn proficient in C++, mainly on UNIX though. This book does an ok job of introducing u to MFC. Read more

Published on 12 Aug 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars A complete waste of money
Having purchased numerous SAMS teach yourself books, e.g Visual Basic (which was superb) I expected more from this. Read more

Published on 9 Aug 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Too many errors in this book
I bought the book "Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 21 Days" (professional reference edition) because I thought the MFC class reference might be useful. Read more

Published on 8 Jul 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolute Garbage
I have been a professional programmer for more years than I care to think about. I am not that familiar with C++ so I decided to pick up a copy of the book. Read more

Published on 4 Jul 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is not well-written
I am a beginner in terms of Visual C++ programming. This book started out fine in the first few chapters but I noticed a lot of typo or just careless mistakes! Read more

Published on 25 Jun 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars What's the point of visual C++?
I bought this book and borrowed the version 5 edition (different author) as well. After reading both I was able to make rinky-dink applications, that could be made 50 times more... Read more

Published on 17 Jun 1999

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