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Summary: Good beginning, but leaves you without practical knowledge
Review: This book was a good overview, but leaves you with a lot of questions in the end. The title turned out to be misleading as well, since I read it and understood it in a couple of days, not twenty-one.To summarize, the book was a good introduction to visual programming, and the visual aspect of Borland C++ Builder, but did not discuss any practical applications in any depth. I found that it discussed a lot of how to "drag here, click here, enter your code here", but did not cover on what code you could put and where. I also found it somewhat lacking in covering the VCL and Events. For example, the book covered on the fact that you could create drag-and-drop events, but not how. A good beginners book, but I felt it belonged more in the "For Dummies" series than in the TYI21D's series.
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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: This is a wonderful book! I greatly disagree with the people that said this book was terible. The exaples were great to show how c++ is used in the real world.
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Summary: A great place to start
Review: This is a wonderful introduction to the product. Even considering it's for the original version of Builder, it's still a great book. The explanations are clear and to-the-point, the narrative is cogent as well as lucid. I expecially like the database tutorials -- they straightened out a number of misconceptions I had. Residorph and Henderson have put together a very nice piece of work.
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Summary: Good Start then Fizzle
Review: This is an ambitious book that tries to teach the basics of C++ and C++Builder. It does a pretty good job until the last 3rd of the book. DataBase discussion is particularly weak when compared to almost any other book out there. Kent Reisdorph appears to be the more lucid writer and it is unfortunate that he did not write the entire data base section. Considering how valuable database programming is I found this to be a particular weakness. In addition, there are sections of example code that just must be accepted as no explanation is provided for how or why it works. I think this book has promise and with a little more work and a few more chapters could be a great primer.
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Summary: Absolutely terrible
Review: this was the first c++ book i ever read and bought it because it included a free compiler but the book tries to be everything to everyone. You cannot try and summarize C++ into 4 chapters the 5th chapter was also a waste of space and i thought the examples were terrible... im sure there are better books out there
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Summary: For those who can read, a great book
Review: Unless you are incapable of reading, this book is a must for your library if you code in C++Builder. The vicious review below is beneath rebuttle. This book changed my life. I was having trouble getting started with C++Builder 5.0 until I happened upon this book at a local bookstore. Not only am I getting around in C++Builder quite well, I think I finally have a handle on Borland's concept of OOP. I've been a Smalltalk and MSVC++ coder for years, but Borland bends the terms a bit and defines a few things differently. Thanks to this book, I finally have a handle on this, and I'm more productive than ever in both C++Builder and Windows n-tier development in general.
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Summary: For those who can read, a great book
Review: Unless you are incapable of reading, this book is a must for your library if you code in C++Builder. The vicious review below is beneath rebuttle. This book changed my life. I was having trouble getting started with C++Builder 5.0 until I happened upon this book at a local bookstore. Not only am I getting around in C++Builder quite well, I think I finally have a handle on Borland's concept of OOP. I've been a Smalltalk and MSVC++ coder for years, but Borland bends the terms a bit and defines a few things differently. Thanks to this book, I finally have a handle on this, and I'm more productive than ever in both C++Builder and Windows n-tier development in general.
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Summary: Worth every penny
Review: Very cogent, very detailed, very well-written, this book is a must have for any serious Builder developer. The forays into language fundamentals, database programming, and Internet development are among the best I've seen. This version is targeted at C++Builder 1.0, but applies quite well to any version of the tool. I enjoyed this one immensely and commend Reisdorph and Henderson on their find work.
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Summary: A great value and a great book
Review: Very cogent, very detailed, very well-written, this book is a must have for any serious Builder developer. The forays into language fundamentals, database programming, and Internet development are among the best I've seen. This version is targeted at C++Builder 1.0, but applies quite well to any version of the tool. I enjoyed this one immensely and commend Reisdorph and Henderson on their find work.
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Summary: Read, learn, but most of all... have fun!
Review: Writing this book was a lot of work but also a lot of fun. It's nearly impossible for an author to critique his own book, but I can say that initial comments from readers have been very favorable. Borland C++Builder is a tremendous product and even one that can be fun to use. I believe this book offers a good balance between being a good "teach yourself" book and also giving the more advanced reader something to sink his or her teeth into. So read and learn, but most of all... have fun
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