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Title: Microsoft Visual C++ .NET Step by Step by Julian Templeman, Michael Hudson, Andy Olsen, Tyrone Howe ISBN: 0-7356-1567-5 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 16 January, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.67 (15 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Extremely poor
Comment: I was tempted to give this book 1 star, but it does give a small (if extremely inconsequential) introduction to Managed C++. I get the impression that the author wants to coerce his reader into learning ANSI C++, because so much is left out (or glossed over). Given the choice to use either .NET methods or old-style code, the author goes with the older style -- it's total confusion.
In comparison, the Visual C# .NET Step by Step and Visual Basic .NET Step by Step books are a *lot* better.
Rating: 1
Summary: I hate it.
Comment: To summarize, I hate this book because you can't use it without reading it through from page one. I use this book for a class I am enrolled in. One of our projects is to build a simple windows game. So, I look up how to display a bitmap. Displayed are two lines of code along with the instructions "find the Form_1Paint function that handles Paint events". Where should I look? The instructions do not hint at where it is and certainly the function can't be found by searching the code. The only way to understand what they are talking about is to actually go through every tutorial in baby-step fashion because every page on the book tells you something such as "Continue with the CPPDraw application from the previous excersise" (p.365). Well I don't want to read the whole )@$#%ing book to find out how to draw a bitmap. When I finally do figure it out I am guessing I could show someone how to do it in 10 lines of code so they wouldn't have to read 100 pages of baby-step drivel. If you want to find out how to do any one thing in .Net with this book expect to have to spend several hours reading the previous 100 pages from where it is supposedly explained. Microsoft Press should consider making encryption a core of their business. They are really good at it.
Rating: 2
Summary: It's a decent try, at least
Comment: The book wades through managed C++ code, and it is very good. However, the author doesn't do a good job of maintaining consistency and explaining the code. I will credit the author for having very good OOP style, but the writing is far from satisfactory. Another thing to note is that the author does a good job of explaining Exception Handling, but in the early parts of the book, any reader can get easily confused.
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Title: Microsoft Visual C++ .NET Language Reference by Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 0735615535 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 29 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Programming with Managed Extensions for Microsoft Visual C++ .NET by Richard Grimes ISBN: 0735617244 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 31 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Designing Microsoft(r) ASP.NET Applications by Douglas J. Reilly ISBN: 0735613486 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 12 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Visual C++(r).NET Developer's Guide by John Mueller ISBN: 0072132817 Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 10 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++.NET in 21 Days (2nd Edition) by Davis Chapman ISBN: 0672321971 Publisher: Sams Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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