Popular author Ivor Horton uses his trademark approachable writing style to provide novice programmers with the basic tools as they learn Visual C++ 2005
Readers will learn how to program in C++ using Visual C++ 2005-without any previous knowledge of C++
More than 35 percent new and updated material covers the new release of Visual C++, and exercises and solutions help readers along the way
Demonstrates the significant new features of Visual C++ 2005, providing improved flexibility in developing Microsoft applications in C++
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Rating: - Very readable intro to Visual C++
Excellent, readable, and comprehensive intro to Visual C++ for folks with a smattering of programming knowledge. You don't have to have any C++ experience to use this book, but I do recommend that if you are an absolute beginner to the world of computer programming, you pick up an easier book, say, COBOL for Dummies. I bought this book as a refresher...I've done Visual Basic for years and want to go back to something closer to the machine level--I miss the granularity and sheer power of C++ and ... Read More
Rating: - Great Book but Boring
This is a great book. However, the chapters are long and can be boring.
Also, if you hate math then you might be a little annoyed at all the simple exercises using basic math. Maybe, if Ivor Horton referenced food instead .. hmmmm.
One other downer about this book ... as you get more advanced you will find yourself working on only one example. The author should have used new examples in each chapter to help the learning experience.
Rating: - A book worth not having
I found this book of little or no use. When a buy a book that is this big (1180 pages) you think, "Wow this thing is so big it must be the one." I am more and more of a mind that programming books that are bloated are just poorly thought out. I would not recommend this book to anyone.
Rating: - Super book
This book is and has everything you need to learn VC++ and MFC. It takes you through every step to get you on track.
Rating: - Horton's VC++ 2005
I learned C from Ivor Horton and i liked his style.But this book is not good in my opinion for a few reasons.First half of the book is talk about standar t and and cli c++ but not in detail.Second half of the book is about MFC and WinForms but again i do not find them enough.It is very hard to follow the examples about MFC and WinForms and i couldnt manage to get to the end of them because of compiling errors and i was very bored.Putting all the things in just a book : ansi c++,c++/cli,databases,mfc,winforms ... Read More
- Very readable intro to Visual C++ 
- A book worth not having
- Horton's VC++ 2005
