Visual C++6: The Complete Reference

This is the second book I have bought by these authors. I bought this book for the object oriented material that starts around Chapter 16. The first 15 chapters are C++ programming fundamentals and stuff with the Microsoft compiler. (I knew most of that as I have been a C programmer for a number of years).Anyway, to the point. The Object-Oriented material is very complete. The authors explain all of the terminology, then get you programming with easy examples. That built my confidence (which was basically destroyed by some young proggrammers at the company I work for - college guys).The book used good diagrams and good coding examples. The sections on I/O was good. I was initially having trouble getting output formatted until I spent some serious time on Chapter 18. I'm up to Chapter 23 now and I'm going to start writing Windows programs with the Mircosoft Foundation Class libraries. The material looks pretty straight forward.From the material I have mastered I give this book a top rating. The 20 year olds better look out.

This book is very complete - more than I need. I bought the book because I needed to know the basics of the C++ language. In this respect I would give the book a top rating.I also bought the book because I needed to get started with Windows programming. This is something I have put off for a number of years. Fear I guess. I would also give this book a top rating in this area. I used the material in the MFC section of the book. The authors did NOT assume you were a Windows expert. Instead, they took the time to teach the fundamentals and definitions needed to write Windows code.I have written 2 programs using the MFC. One was a knock off of their Fourier program (but mine does other Fourier series not just square waves) and the second was a line chart program. I learned to do the line chart example after studing their bar chard program.All and all - the book helped me a lot.

Buy this book if you are a C++ programmer who wants to write Windows code.The book covers all of the traditional C++ stuff. But I bought it because of the Windows programming. They do a great job on the MFC stuff and also did a good job on STL (try to find that in other books!!!!!!).These authors wrote a good book which was just what I wanted. I would have bought it for the four chapters I have already used many times.

This is the third [price] book I have bought to learn how to program with C++ and Windows.I finally found a book that took me step-by-step through understanding C++ and then writing Windows code. The book is about 1000 pages. Some of the stuff I'm not really interested in but I guess they had to put in in the book to make it a "complete" reference.The code they have written is short and to the point. I can finally figure out how to use methods and set parameters for Windows.One of the first programs I wrote was a knock off of a bar chart program they had in the book. With about a week of work (I could do it faster now) I converted they program to a bar chart program that has + and - bar chart values. I wanted to write a program that would show temperatures above and below freezing ;and this did the trick.Good book, good code

Well, this is the wrong book if you are an expert C++ programmer. However, as a beginner looking for a complete reference and a good treatment of C++ I found this book to be excellant.Very well styled, easy to read, lots of examples, lots of topics!!!!!, and a great index.