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Summary: The most comprehensive book written on MFC
Review: The author of this book neither spared any time writing it nor has he misunterstood the needs of both newcomers and proffesionals to MFC. Out of the many books available, he takes the most comprehensive, multi-audiential approach. I strongly suggest buying this book.
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Summary: Good for Beginner and Self-learner
Review: This is the best MFC book I have ever read. I am looking for a good MFC book for a long time. This book fits the need of the beginner in Visual C++. It explains every thing a beginner needs to know to produce a professional Appwizard.It's not like the general Viusal C++ or MFC book that tell you to insert some lines in .h and .cpp file without explaining what you're doing. This book explains each line of code (even the code generated by the AppWizard) for you. This is a really good book.
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Summary: Excellent !!
Review: Really Excellent! Personally I think this book is the one of two best books for MFC windows programmers ( another one is Petzold's) . This is for serious programmer. Not easy to follow. but if you get through, you will get much more than you expected. The tips is, digest it, keep these books handy( plus one manual , plus intensive practice) , you can do whatever!
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Summary: There is no doubt, this is the best book on MFC!
Review: I have read a lot of good books on MFC, but this one stands above them all. This is the Petzold of MFC books. The information in this book has save me much time and effort. He goes beyond MFC and uses the API when MFC falls short and point out bugs both in the wizards and windows and how to get past them.
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Summary: The best of All MFC books
Review: Jeff Prosise's book is definitely the best book about MFC programs. I read many MFC book and this one is my favorite. He injected logic into confusing MFC and make MFC not boring anymore.
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Summary: Truly beautiful work BUT........
Review: no practical programs. Both "Windows programming" of my boss,Charles Petzold and the book taking draw, game programs to demonstrate.
Are there any books getting developers really inside industry projects using MFC or Windows API ??????
This question is my Christmas gift for Microsoft authors !!
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Summary: who says it takes longer?
Review: I managed to muddle my way through simple dialog-box based applications with hardly any documentation -- just advice from colleagues. When I got assigned to write a real live multi-threaded, multi-document app, I tried the books lying around the office which had helped me considerably with the simpler apps, but which left me much confused about things like device contexts. Why all of a sudden CClientDC instead of CPaintDC? And what is a DC anyway exactly? They say, "See, if you do this and this, then you can draw an ellipse that wiggles around." So I do that, and then try changing parameters, and am left only able to draw that ellipse. I can't make it purple.
I hate feeling like I don't really, REALLY know why I'm doing what I'm doing. And Prosise was an effective (and therefore quick) book which left me feeling like I knew. After about 2 days of reading and working with the examples, I felt I understood device contexts mapping modes, why I don't tell the Ellipse() routine what color ellipse I want. Prior to that, I'd spent 2 weeks with other books, not really getting it, not effectively able to modify the examples in the book.
Something about the way he organized it just got me to a point of clarity quicker, without nearly as much frustration. So don't let the 1300 pages throw you. It's not hard to read.
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Summary: Best book in it's class
Review: Over several years, I have purchased around a dozen books on MFC, and this one by far is not only the best one for learning MFC, but also the best to use as a reference (in addition to MSDN). Some of the examples were a little lengthy, as I prefer shorter examples. The first half of the book is essential for any windows programmer. The second half leans more towards particular advanced topics which are not needed by everyone, but good to have handy when the time comes.
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Summary: Not Petzold, unfortunately
Review: Unfortunately this wasn't written by the master, Petzold. However, it does an OK job, but be prepared to spend a lot of money on other books to compliment this one. I would suggest the O'reilly book Essence of C++ and the book Thinking in C++ by Bruce Eckel, plus the C++ reference from the O'Reilly series.
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Summary: The end-all-be-all of programming books
Review: I'm a senior majoring in Computer Science at Wright State University located in Dayton Ohio. Sadly to say, I was disappointed that my University does not offer a Windows programming class as a requirement or an elective. So I went on a mission to find a MFC book. I stumbled across this book only two weeks ago, and I'm already writing Graphical User Interfaces. The writing flows, the examples are easy to understand, and the layout of the book is amazing. I strongly recommend this book to any professional or student who wants to learn Windows programming. Excellent Book.
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