Customer Reviews

Visual C++ 5 Unleashed

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Unlike some other reviewers I do not find it problematic that this book covers quite a number of different subjects. It has nearly 1000 pages so it has room enough! I found that the examples were short, consice and usually very illustrative. The code snippets were easy to set up/copy and this made me type in quite a few of them!

What I liked especially, and what is seldomly found in other books of this nature is that the started the book with creating Windows programs from scratch without using MFC. And a lot of times when introducing new MFC- concepts MFC-threads, MFC-Internet classes, the author first shows us the "Core Windows way" of doing things.

Mainly because the authors ability to explain what happens underneath I feel this book is worth reading.

I really loved writing windows-NT services in plain c++ - Without a single component!

Terje

a very good boo

First, let me note that the book is about 1000 pages long, and has 53 chapters. What does this mean? It means the author has talked about a LOT of topics, but as superficially as possible. I read this book and thought MFC was extremely complicated. I thought windows programming was extremely complicated. I thought I was stupid for not understanding it! But the author made one (and only one) good point. He said that one should understand the Windows API before starting MFC. I read the reviews of Petzold's _Programming Windows 95_ and bought it. It is the best book I have ever read on the topic, and is so clear and easy to understand. Another good book that is specifically about MFC is _Programming Windows 95 with MFC_ by Prosise. I think Petzold is better, though. :)

A word to the wise: be wary of books that have the name of a compiler in the title. I learned this the hard way!!

Being new in the programming in Windows (experience in C++) and looking to the contents of this book I thought it is a good book for beginning programming VC++. After studying parts of this book I can say that I got an idea and nothing more.

The first part of the book is explaining the Visual C++ Development System. VERY BAD. The second part is about Windows Architecture. Here I can say that I got an idea about the threats, processes but nothing deep. In the MFC part I was completly lost.

In the chapter of MAPI it is explained only the Simple MAPI. (buy "Inside MAPI" from Microsoft Press).

Viktor Toth (author) could have written in his book fewer topics but with better explanations.

An excellent book. But not a book for beginners. I especially like those examples. Right to the point. Almost all examples can be compiled and run from the command line. If you want to learn some "visual" things or how to use dev studio, go to somewhere else. If you want to learn how things work, this is the book for you.

This book gives excellent coverage of the C++ language as it pertains to the Windows environment. Despite it's title, however, it's coverage of Visual C++ appears to be an afterthought. Almost all examples are console apps to be compiled and ran from the command line. A good book for C++ programming, but not for learning the capabilities of Visual C++.

This book gives excellent coverage of the C++ language as it pertains to the Windows environment. Despite it's title, however, it's coverage of Visual C++ appears to be an afterthought. Almost all examples are console apps to be compiled and ran from the command line. A good book for C++ programming, but not for learning the capabilities of Visual C++.

A good Visual C++ reference, covers all mfc classes and vc 5 wizards, but lacks of information regarding to the use of visual components from vc. Not recomended for beginners.

One does not <<READ>> this book ... at least not at one sitting ... it's greater than 1069 pages. While I wouldn't recommend it a complete novice who hasn't been exposed to C++, I certainly WOULD recommend it to anyone who wants to obtain a realistic understanding of Windows programming.

Chapter 8 is the best introduction to the "HELLO, WORLD" scenario that I've seen ... period. I found the treatment of several advanced topics, especially Graphics and multimedia, to be quite well done also.

The one item I didn't particularly like was the (constant) suggestion to compile the included examples from the command line instead of from the graphical interface provided.

STRONGLY recommended