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Visual C++.NET: Your Visual Blueprint for Programming on the .NET Platform (With CD-ROM)

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I bought this book so that I could learn VC++.net. From reading it, it appears that if you are already an experienced VC++ programmer, then you'll be able to understand what they're trying to teach you. I am using the original studio.net, and maybe the book is geared towards studio.net 2003 - but I could not find info stating that.

The text/screen shots of the examples are of so poor quality that it is extremely difficult to read and prone to the reader making mistakes. The ebook included on the CD is of the same poor quality. The code examples on the CD are only of the extra examples, and not of the main tutorial. Once I got stuck - the book provided no way to get answers.

In the end I browsed the web and found sites giving VC++.net tutorials.My advice - Save your money - browse the web.

I have always wanted to learn c++ but never had the chance because of the constant changing technology and lack of time, but when I picked up this book and looked through the illustrations I knew I had no excuse. This was the only book I found in the market which removed most of the complexities of c++.net and left only the basics. It took me just 2 months on and off and typing every excersise and demo to understand and add c++.net to my skillset. Although this book is basic, I now have the ability to look at more advance books now which most C++.net books are written for.

There is however no database access code and no examples to show you how to distribute shared assemblies in the GAC. In addition no code to demonstrate interaction with web services.

This book is okay. You can tell it was written by multiple people, because some pages have a very different writing style and very different screenshot looks from the rest of the book. I'm not sure why they put Cogswell's name on the cover. He wrote a better book in the Dummies series about C++. Get that one instead. It has a section on C++.NET and is much better than this one.

its not what it tells to be , buy somthing else .

Unfortunately, I cannot give this book a good recommendation.
The book is difficult to follow and its true what another review wrote that the screen shots presented in the book are difficult to follow. The verbiage in the book is okay but it needs improvement...that is why I gave this book 2 stars instead of 1. Its unfortunate, but I will have to try a different book to learn Visual C++.NET.