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Summary: Dense, rich, deep, informative
Review: This is truly great a book. I've been so tired of seeing those books doing 'click, click' - so called wizard. As I've stated in title already, this book covers very valuable topics. I'm impressed! Only one drawback is that it took pretty long time to read the whole book... Well, still it's worth every second.
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Summary: Basic Bolts to Flashy Functionality
Review: This is THE book for anyone programming for the Windows platform! From beginners to experts, this book offers something for all learning levels. I keep 6 books within arms reach while programming and Prosise's book is number one. Without doubt, this book is a rock solid reference for any windows programming. Coding practices are obviously influenced from his days with Microsoft, adding more than the bare bones, straight-up, give it to me in three lines or less approach; however I found it very informative and helpful.
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Summary: Excellent book for developers young and old!
Review: This book covers a great deal of MFC development. The book starts with a little work with how Win32 programming is done in standard C (see, Charles Petzold's Programming Windows for more). The book clearly defines the inner workings of the "windows message pump" and gives the reader a sense of what environment they are heading into.Warning: If you are not good in Object Oriented Programming this book is not the first step. First learn up on C++ and then think about jumping into MFC. The writing is made clear and understandable at a "user level". The code is sometimes not fully completed (and can be obtained from the included CDROM), but all examples are clearily described line by line on what is going on in them. The API's that are described throughout the book will definatly get you on your way to writing a class A application. The writer covers the use of GDI for graphic drawing, Single and Multiple Document interfaces, and works through almost every control that you have available in Visual C++ including Rich Edit Controls and Rich Edit Views. You can learn to print, write to disk, and access the windows registry (and much much more) This books constantly gets passed between friends as they all have begun learning the inner workings of MFC and have left the days of the "win32 console application". The book also includes a nice object oriented hierarchy diagram on the inside front cover of the Foundation Classes at your disposal. Drawbacks: 1. Some examples use the Class Wizard, and other Visual C++ "helpers" which lead to some odd comments in the code, and less "handwritten" appeal. 2. The book is HUGE. Pretty heavy, and not always easy to read in a comfortable way. 3. Does not give you a 100% understanding of how MS Windows works internally. It has a good introduction, but if you want to know how it all works using MFC to encapsulate the more difficult functionality is probably not in your best interest. - I suggest both this book and "Programming Windows 5th Edition" by Charles Petzold for both C++ "MFC" and standard Win32 C programming. However, with this book you can write quick and dirty applications in no time flat!
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Summary: great as a course and as a reference
Review: This book is exceptional in that it will be by your side for as long as you program in MFC. I used this book as a curriculum for my independent study course in preparing for the certification exam 70-016 and it is awesome! He covers everything from painting a single black line to licencing activeX controls. Definately a keeper.
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Summary: Best MFC book around, again!
Review: This new version is just as great (maybe even better) than the previous edition. This new edition includes some good intro material on COM as well. If you are interested in programming Windows using MFC this will give you all the basic knowledge to get started. Prosise's writing style is very easy to understand for the novice and provides information that will teach the intermediate Windows programmer a thing or two.
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Summary: Bible Book for MFC.
Review: I have just one word to comment this book----it is a bible for the MFC that can compare with the "Progrmming Windows" by Charles Petzold
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Summary: Great book
Review: This book is realy GREAT about MFC and Windows programming. Now I have the most valuable book in my bookshelf. Buy it before any other ! Very deep insight. Explains actions that u have ever wanted to do, but u couldnt find them in other books. Bye a book for C++ before. I suggest Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in C++"ΓΏ
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Summary: Very well written and complete...
Review: If you have an understanding of the fundamentals of the C++ language and would like to dive into MFC, I know no other way than to start out with this book. Jeff explains topics well and backs them up with good examples. The book is up to date and complete, covering the Microsoft Foundation Classes inside and out.
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Summary: The second edition of Jeff Prosise's Programming Windows wit
Review: . The last word of warning is that it is geared to the Visual C 6.0 compiler. So for those with Insprise, you aren't out of luck (it facilitates understanding 1000% still), just some of the stuff about using appwizards (which, come in handy) isn't going to apply to you. Prosise makes compensation for those with other compilers.
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Summary: For the Windows programmer, it's *the* MFC book.
Review: Just what I was looking for. Explains the MFC concepts from the ground up in an authoritative and approachable way. The examples are perfectly pitched and bring you step-for-step through the architecture of an MFC application. What I particularly liked was how, as I was going through the examples, the book seemed to anticipate my problems and questions. You get the impression that Prosise is a Windows programmer who had to go through the process you're now going through - and he's tripped all the wires. It's not a book for programmers unfamiliar with C++, and some knowledge of how Win32 GUI programs are constructed is an advantage. However, if you're a current Windows programmer who needs to pick up MFC - it's *THE* book. (One small gripe - I would have liked more on how MFC is used with the various UDA technologies. The CRowset class for example.)
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