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Summary: Excellent introduction to MFC
Review: The book gives a very good introductionary to intermediate level view to MFC programming.The theory given explaning the points is excellent. The only area the book needs to be trimmed down is the length of the examples`. Actually the examples get so long that they get intermixed with other unrelated points(but important, anyway) that were not supposed be explained in that example!!It also misses on topics of Database and Socket programming. But anyway, excellent and highly recommneded.
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Summary: Good as a tutorial and for reference
Review: I can recommend this book for beginners to MFC or Windows programming in general, however, programmers who have done nothing beyond the console may be a bit overwhelmed at first. I had to reread many of the beginning examples to understand what was going on. Knowledge of C++ is a must; if you don't know anything about programming with C++ or classes, you'll need to learn that first. The lack of any discussion of network programming is a definite disadvantage, though it is not very difficult to learn Winsock and the MFC network classes from Internet sources, especially MSDN.
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Summary: Great textbook...
Review: I had this great MFC course in college, and this is the book our lecturer had reccomended. Even though I hadn't used it exstensively, at least not as much as some other reviewrs did, I disagree with those who think this is not a book for begginers. I had used it as a begginer (with a little classroom background) and not only enjoyed it, but also benefited from it...
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Summary: this is what I needed
Review: I've read through web pages and looked at the help files and source code, then it was time to get a book. Glad I made this book my choice, since it pretty much made me an excellent programmer. Is it for newbies? Newbies in windows programming? Yes, I didn't have much of experience in windows API, but managed to move along pretty smoothly with this book. Newbies in programming in general? probably not, unless u have solid C/C++ skills (then I guess you're not a newbie :) ), but I'm sure the book will be waiting for you... For MFC development, this IS the book.
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Summary: Simply the best
Review: If you want to learn MFC, and know your C++, this is the book for you. I'd happily trade my entire collection of books on VC++ and MFC for a copy of Jeff Prosise's masterpiece.
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Summary: The Must Have Resource for MFC
Review: This book is an excellent resource for Win32 MFC Programming. This teaches you everything you could ever want to know how to do, with the possible exception of DLLs, which are easier written in Win32 API anyway. One word of warning however, although Prosise wrote and explained the topics in great detail, I found that I did not totally understand everything until I had learned API programming as well. I remember countless times after reading a chapter in Petzold's API book hitting myself in the head and going, "Ohhh.. so thats what he was talking about".
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Summary: Worth every penny!
Review: I bought this book because it was highly recommended, but I was wary because of previous experience with similar books. However, as an intermediate Windows programmer, I was NOT disappointed. It is an excellent book for learning MFC, and teaches both the why and the how. It also tells what goes on behind the scenes, which can be very important. For a beginner, I would recommend you learn some basic windows concepts, maybe with Petzold's Programming Windows 95, and have a good understanding of C/C++. Then go out and pick this book up if you want to learn MFC. (It does assume a knowledge of C++ and basic Windows) This book is very thorough, and is an excellent teaching tool as well as a great reference. Highly recommended.. 5 stars!
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Summary: Comprehensive but Overrated
Review: This book covers MFC in great detail. That can be a plus or a minus, depending on how you look at it. If you're a beginner, I would not recommend this book. Interestingly enough, in the book's introduction, the author writes: "[This book] was written with two kinds of people in mind: (1) Windows API programmers who want to learn MFC; (2) Programmers who have never before programmed Windows." I strongly disagree with (2). If you want to spend hours and hours reading this book at a snail's pace, and then going back and continually reviewing what you read, then I guess it's possible for you as a beginner to learn MFC from this book. For the majority of beginners, however, starting out with this book would not be the best way to learn MFC. (Of course, the author's job is to sell copies of his book, so why wouldn't he claim that it's for beginners too?) The best part about this book is its comprehensiveness. So, if you're looking for a good reference, this book definitely gets a thumbs-up. But if you want clear discussions of fundamental MFC concepts, this book falls short. When you read this book, in many ways you can't see the forest for all the trees. That is, Prosise does a rather poor job of separating key, high-level concepts from more advanced, low-level details. The result is a book that is very dense and not so readable. Even when he isn't getting bogged down in details, Prosise doesn't always present topics effectively. At some places his discussions are pretty good, but at others they aren't so clear. Frankly, although Prosise is a brilliant programmer, I don't think he's that gifted as a teacher. He no doubt understands the material himself, but he isn't nearly as skilled at presenting it to someone with little exposure to it. If you're an intermediate MFC programmer--or, even better, an advanced one--this book can be a valuable resource. But if you're trying to navigate the waters of MFC/COM for the first time, try another book--and come back to this one after you've already learned the ropes.
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Summary: Great but not for newbies
Review: This is an excellent book to learn and for reference to use the MFC in Visual C++. But MFC is getting old and there are other frameworks superior to the MFC like the VCL (Visual Component Library). In VCL you can do anything that MS does and faster and safer. Why use MFC and Visual C++ when you have Borland's C++ Builder a truly Object Oriented and RAD tool for C++, real ANSI C++ not MS C++, it doesn't look like C++ at all. And you can do any low level stuff if you want. Don't waste your time with MFC
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Summary: Highly Recommended
Review: I read the 1st Edition of this book and bought the 2nd Edition without even looking through it first. The 1st Edition was so informative and helpful, that I just had to have the 2nd Edition. I would recommend learning how to program Windows using "C" before reading this book, however.
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