C++ Windows Nt Programming [Paperback]

Mark Andrews (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1996

This second edition is completely refocused and updated, with new information on C++, NT and Microsoft Foundation Class. The guide is a thorough review of the unexplored corners of the Win32 API and the radically changed NT operating system. The disk contains source code for each example program in the book and Window Sockets API.

Product Details

• Paperback: 723 pages
• Publisher: M & T Books; 2nd edition (August 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558514937
• ISBN-13: 978-1558514935
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,716,863 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars * A huge disappointment -- don't waste your time or money *, January 22, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: C++ Windows Nt Programming (Paperback)

This book just plain failed to deliver. It continually talked around the subject matter, always promising more detail later, but later never came. Many chapters and sections merely repeated what had been said before, or punted: the old 'outside the scope of book' dodge. It was touted as a programming book, but there was little in the way of code or theory, just a lot of general overview already available in a lot of other places; too many screen shots, frequent typos, and most damning: references to Win95 -- remember this is supposed to be about NT! I bought the book looking for NT specific programming topics, not a general introduction to the Visual C++ environment, or vague generalities about generic topics. My advice to the author and publisher: next time don't be in such a hurry to put something out that it shows

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1.0 out of 5 stars The worst book I've ever read, June 19, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: C++ Windows Nt Programming (Paperback)

I totally agree with the previous reviewer's comments. There are a lot of typos. Demo program is not working on NT4. Jump over topic and never come back. Promise more but give less. No systematic way to explain C++ and NT. When talk about NT, it is a massy compilation of the existing material. The whole book is organized illogic and in a massy style. My advice to the reader, don't even look at it.