Microsoft Visual C++: Programmers Guide [With *]

Well, after finishing my C++ for dummies book, I was looking for something a little more advanced and visual c++ based. This was a great purchase. It is easy to understand and does not babble on and on about random topics like some of the other programming books I have read. I really enjoyed this book. And for reference, it has an appendix in the back of c++ commands, for those of us that are a bit rusty. I wouldnt say this is the best programming book I have ever read, but I think its a good book to read if you are looking for a programmer's guide to visual c++, as what it says on the cover.

This book is for programmers who knew C++ and window programming. I must switch from borland C++ to VC++ and this book made the whole process really easy.

This book is not for learning Language C++, If you want to learn how to use the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) this is an excellent book. I thing that those who did not like the book was because they pretend to learn C++ Language or they are familiar with other development tools such a Borland C++, my apologizes for those that aren't familiar with Microsoft technologies.Ivan Torres 18 June 1999

As an experienced programmer who used only Borland tools before, I was somewhat confused when my employer switched over to Visual C++. The online help provided with the Microsoft Developer Studio was very disjointed, and did not answer the questions I had about setting up projects, compiler optimization and use of the Wizards. Some of these features are intuitive, others are not. This book got me up and running in a very short time, with minimal pitfalls. This is the book that Microsoft should have included with the Developer Studio, but didn't. I hate that I had to go out and purchase it on my own, but it is a great reference tool for those who are new to the IDE.

This book gives an in depth tutorial on using Visual C++ and Developer Studio. There are a lot of useful tricks for using the built in editor, and Project Settings. It is not a C++ or MFC tutorial.