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Summary: Excellent book
Review: This book is well worth the price. It does a very good job of explaining MFC. Easy to read, even though it has 1200 +/- pages. You don't even have to read each chapter in order to learn what you need to know. Some reviewers complained that there is no CD. Fear not, you can download all source code from the wrox website. Sure, it's less convenient than a CD, but oh well.
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Summary: Explanations for People who want to Understand
Review: This book wonderfully explains how MFC classes and concepts actually work. It allows you to work-by-understanding, as opposed to by example. His writting style is also livly and he doesn't leave out the important details like what a constant actually equals so you can avoid conflicts with it. I would say anyone who uses MSVC++ should have this book on their desk. The fact that there is no CD is a plus. You can learn from this book away from your computer. It's not littered with code that you skip anyway, but has the code where it's needed. Worth every penny.
Rating:
Summary: Explanations for People who want to Understand
Review: This book wonderfully explains how MFC classes and concepts actually work. It allows you to work-by-understanding, as opposed to by example. His writting style is also livly and he doesn't leave out the important details like what a constant actually equals so you can avoid conflicts with it. I would say anyone who uses MSVC++ should have this book on their desk. The fact that there is no CD is a plus. You can learn from this book away from your computer. It's not littered with code that you skip anyway, but has the code where it's needed. Worth every penny.
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Summary: What do people really want from a book?
Review: Yes, it's true that this books is much like its predecessor, but then again; so is Visual C++. This a not a "how to" book, but a reference. Some subjects are covered very well, while some are covered somewhat poorly. On the whole, it's a good source of information. Again, it's not very useful as a tutorial, but I don't think it was written for that purpose. This book is the first place I go for "information", often not the last; but a good place to start. I don't know exactly what is different from the last release. I don't have time to do a comparison, so I'm glad that Mr. Blaszczak took the time to update his book with those changes. There is "nothing" more frustrating than to have unexpected behavior, only to find out it's the result of using something in an outdated manner.
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