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Title: Special Edition Using Borland C++ by Ed Toupin, Russ Jacobs, Paul Kimmel, Edward B. Toupin ISBN: 0789702843 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: May, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99

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Average Customer Rating: 2

Rating: 2
Summary: good C++ fundamentals, but almost no OWL help
Comment: Seeing the book rated for "Accomplished" programmers, I thought this would be a great way to learn Windows programming (since I already knew C++ itself). This is a very thick book that spends fully 1/2 of the volume with a C++ tutorial (well written). Then, suddenly, the example programs become Windows applications without much discussion on **what is going on**. Nothing on Windows specific programming is found until page 629, where a discussion of the Grapics Device Interface ensues. I found the Windows section to be very vauge. If I want to learn how to use the Integrated Development Environment, I can read the User's Guide that came with the compiler. This book might be a good reference for C++, and possibly for some advanced Windows programming concepts, but it is certainly not good for learning Windows programming with the OWL library

Rating: 2
Summary: Caution: This book is FULL of errors.
Comment: The very first program you try to compile and debug tells you that you "Can't debug 16 bit executables." This is because Borland C++ 5 uses the 32 bit debugger as the default. You can compile the example programs and use the 16 bit debugger, but it doesn't allow the ease of use intended for the IDE.