Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 24 Hours

I found this book to be a great introduction to Visual C++. You must have a basic understanding of C++ and OO to appreciate the book. I found it a quick way to jump into VC++, but it requires effort from the reader, the programming language is not handed to you on a platter, but that is how we learn best.

This book is the best book I ever have. If you buy a windows programming book with 1000 pages, you are rather go to msdn.microsoft.com where has at least 10 times as thick as your book. Making various windowns objects work is the first rule in windows programming, especially for a starter. After that, the online help and microsoft web site are what you really need. This book straight forward give you sucessful first steps for various window objects. When you finish this 439-page book, you already have the ability to build a window application with all basic windows objects inside. This book definitely deserves 5 stars.

I am wondering that how can a book less than 500 pages and still cover with lots of topics in the vC++ 6.0. It would be a great start book for some one (like me) who has experience in windows and C++ programming(like BC++ Builder or OWL) and want to migrate from Borland's side to Microsoft's side in the shortest time. Your boss will love you, if you use such a good tool to cut the learning curve down.

At the ripe old age of 40 I am embarking on a change of career from an engineer to a programmer and have very limited experience of C,C++.I Have attended the following courses :- C++ Primer C++ for non C programmers C++ & MFCI have not yet written a line of commercial c++ code.I have just bought your Visual C++ 6 starter kit I have spent a fortune on various C++ books and attended expensive training courses too. Your book is by far the best I have ever seen, I cant put it down, it fills in all the gaps and consolodates most of the theory learnt on the recent courses where other books fight shy of supplying syntax. Thank you, Thank you Thank you

I'm a new C++ programmer, and I bought this book after a friend recommended it. It has lots of great info on things that other books didn't - like fonts, document/view, and printing. I didn't have a problem with any of the examples - I don't know what book some of these other reviewers were reading!