The Beginner's Guide to Windows Programming Using Turbo C++ Visual Edition [Paperback]

Ivor Horton (Author)

Book Description

Series: Beginners Guide | Publication Date: January 1995

This book will take the reader from beginner to ObjectWindows programmer in C++ in one step. It provides comprehensive coverage of C++ together with a detailed tutorial on how to use the language with ObjectWindows applications. Complete working examples are used throughout to illustrate the use of the language, and are included on the accompanying disk.

Product Details

• Paperback: 643 pages
• Publisher: Peer Information Inc.; Pap/Dis edition (January 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1874416532
• ISBN-13: 978-1874416531
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,906,011 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Bad book, April 5, 2000

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This review is from: The Beginner's Guide to Windows Programming Using Turbo C++ Visual Edition (Paperback)

This book is horrible. The source codes dont even compile. The explanations are hard to understand and is outdated.

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book I have used., August 3, 2008

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This review is from: The Beginner's Guide to Windows Programming Using Turbo C++ Visual Edition (Paperback)

This book is a little dated, which makes sense, as it was published 5 years before C++ was standardized. However, this guy has the best tutorial on pointers and arrays (who knew they were sort of the same thing) that I have ever seen. I had no idea what the hell a pointer was, but this book did a great job.

The only problem I had at first was that this book was made before the major advent of namespaces. Therefore, you have to know what namespace you're going to use before you type your code (usually you can just type using namespace std;). This guy also has a good tutorial of classes, and really is a good teacher.

Be warned, though, that this guy loves his for loops, so if you aren't into that kind of thing, then be prepared.