Understanding C++ for MFC (With CD-ROM) [Paperback]

Richard F. Raposa (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2001 | ISBN-10: 1578200687 | ISBN-13: 978-1578200689

Jumpstart your MFC programming without the tedious study of C++! Now you can learn C++ and MFC together -- learning C++ principles on a need-to-know basis. Author Richard Raposa has refined this tutorial over years of teaching Windows programming in quick

Jumpstart your MFC programming! This book demonstrates C++ and MFC together, so you learn C++ principles on a need-to-know basis. You get a contextual understanding of encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism that will allow you to use this powerful, efficient approach to create full-scale Windows apps.

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About the Author

Richard F. Raposa has a Ph.D. in mathematics and more than a decade of experience teaching mathematics and computer science in both university and industrial training programs. Richard has won numerous university teaching awards and is a Sun Certified Instructor, Sun Certified Programmer, Microsoft Certified Professional and Microsoft Certified Instructor. He provides custom C++, Java, and other OO training solutions through JLicense, Inc., his training firm based in Rapid City, S.D.

Product Details

• Paperback: 251 pages
• Publisher: CMP (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578200687
• ISBN-13: 978-1578200689
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,705,454 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Spoty at best, June 21, 2001

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M. Hickman "Knowldgemonger" (pantville ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Understanding C++ for MFC (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

I am a CS student looking to do some GUI programing.The first 1/4 of the book is just basic brush up on simple c++ classes,strings, declaring variables, pointers,etc. Nice little refresher. Then it gets into pop up windows which was informative but very limited . Then the remander of the book is focused around one program that he wrote as an example but his descriptions are so vague it is dificult to apply it to your own program. The things done in the book can just as easily be done by following the MFC app wizard in visualc++ and then reading the MSDN library, save your money, or buy my copy used =)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Title suggests more than contents of book, April 11, 2003

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Bart Willems (Elmwood Park, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Understanding C++ for MFC (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

The one thing that you're not going to do at the end of this book is actually understanding MFC. It will give you a crash course in how to write an MFC program, and that's where it stops. Deeper understanding of how and why things work the way they work is not explained.
Most of the book is based on one example, so if you skip a chapter you're doomed because your sample project isn't up to date. I wouldn't recommend buying this book.

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice intrduction to MFC, October 10, 2004

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Berk (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Understanding C++ for MFC (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

It does a good job of introducing MFC with good but not many examples. If you know C++ programming and have experience with another GUI framework, this book will serve you very well to understand MFC quickly.