Rapid Application Development With Visual C++ (McGraw Hill Enterprise Computing)

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Summary: shouldn't be deserved high mark.
Review: I bought this book because it has very high rating but turned out to be an old book and not as what I expected. I was so disappointed when I got the book last night and here is my review after spent sometimes reading it:
- The first 4-5 chapters he talked about the software development technique and briefly showing how to use VC++ application wizard. All of these should be in one chapter and this is application dev, not software engineering course.
- Half of the rest of the book , he reviews about C++ syntax: data type, for loop, class... I thought this book is for advance programmers, why spend half of the book for these stuffs??
- The rest of the book he talks about many advance topics: database design, threat, diaglog, COM, ActiveX but nothing about control items(CButton class, CEdit....), well that maybe exceptable but each of the topic he covered is just in a few pages. Yes it's comprehensive book but useless and lack of explainations.
Trust me, you will regret if you buy this and I will donate the book to the local library. Just check out the table of contents of this book then you judge my review.
Thanks for reading.

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Summary: Good for VC++6 beginners
Review: If you are a VB++6 programmer or non programmer at all and want to learn VC++6 programming, this book is for you. It describes the VC++6 setup, basic C++ programming syntex, basic VC++6 programming skills and general software development knowledge, but does not cover much advanced skills. This book shows a bigger but not deeper picture than what you may expect from a C++ programming book.

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Summary: A great how-to book: Concise and clear
Review: This is a great book to get someone up and running with Visual C++ without having to read hundreds of pages. The format is very clear and the explanations are concise and right to the point. I wish all technical books are written this way - who has time to read and digest a 10-inch manual! I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn and utilize the power of Visual C++ quickly.

Rating:
Summary: A great how-to book: Concise and clear
Review: This is a great book to get someone up and running with Visual C++ without having to read hundreds of pages. The format is very clear and the explanations are concise and right to the point. I wish all technical books are written this way - who has time to read and digest a 10-inch manual! I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn and utilize the power of Visual C++ quickly.

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Summary: Great book to get you started...
Review: This is the book I was looking for for a long time. It is a good book for programmers familiar with visual programming. Mr.McMahon grabs the bull directly by the horns. The book gives you a quick grab on how to handle the visual aspects of VC++. Most other books I have read have endless explanations on the topic and print endless pages of coding which scares off many newbies and still do not make you productive. This book...brings you up to speed with Visual C++.
It should be the first book you should read. Once you are on your way then there are other fine books which go deeper in the topics.