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Visual C++.Net in 24 Hours

   by Richard Simon / Mark Schmidt

  Paperback:
    Sams
    09 April, 2002

   US$19.79 

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Editorial description(s):

From Book News, Inc.
This series of 24 tutorials introduces how to write C++ applications in the Visual Studio .NET framework. The authors cover the major namespaces and classes, the common language runtime, integrating with Visual Basic and C#, working with Windows Forms, writing a simple Web Service, attributes, interfaces, and database access with ADO.NET.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


From the Back Cover


This book is for developers who want to develop .NET applications using Visual C++ 7.0 as the programming language. It covers the new features of Visual C++ which support .NET while lightly covering the new MFC and ATL enhancements as they relate to the .NET architecture, but focuses heavily on developing for the .NET framework. The book takes the reader through a simple .NET application, a more advanced application, and Internet development in .NET. The reader is also shown the differences between managed and unmanaged Visual C++ code and how to integrate them--critical information for migrating legacy C++ applications to the .NET architecture.


About the Author


Richard J. Simon has been a pioneer in new technology since 1985 when he started a consulting company to develop PC solutions for businesses. As an early Windows developer, he developed using client/server technologies that are now common place in the industry. Richard has been on the leading edge of Internet technologies and n-tier development using early alpha versions of Microsoft technology and has been actively using .NET technologies since early 2000. Richard if a former CTO of over eight years for a software development company that developed and marketed applications to fortune 1000 companies. He currently is the Co-Founder and CEO of MillenniSoft, Inc. and an established author of several Windows programming books and has tech edited several other books on Windows development and technologies.



Mark Schmidt has been a software engineer at Hewlett-Packard for the past 3 years. Mark began his career writing magazine articles for Fawcette Technical Publications. His articles have appeared in Visual C++ Developer's Journal, Visual Basic Programmer's Journal, and Visual Studio Magazine. In January 2001, Mark spoke at the VSLive! Developer's Conference in San Francisco. In that talk, Mark outlined his solution for advanced customizable user interfaces based on the Active Template Library (ATL). Mark is on a constant path to learn the latest and greatest technologies, and his recent work within the .NET world has kept him busier than ever. Feel free to contact him at [email protected]




Book Description


This book is for developers who want to develop .NET applications using Visual C++ 7.0 as the programming language. It covers the new features of Visual C++ which support .NET while lightly covering the new MFC and ATL enhancements as they relate to the .NET architecture, but focuses heavily on developing for the .NET framework. The book takes the reader through a simple .NET application, a more advanced application, and Internet development in .NET. The reader is also shown the differences between managed and unmanaged Visual C++ code and how to integrate them--critical information for migrating legacy C++ applications to the .NET architecture.






Reader review(s):

Too lightweight!, January 10, 2003
I bought this to help me with a graduate electrical engineering class that has a programming assignment to be written in Visual C++ .NET. Through other coursework, I am very familiar with the C++ language and have coded many C++ programs on Unix machines using the g++ compiler. However, I had very little experience with windows programming other than ASP.NET and XML Web Services programming using Visual Basic .Net. I also do not have any substantial experience with traditional Visual C++ with MFC, which the author recommends, but I felt I should still be able to work through the book. I did not finish the book. I worked through the first 2 or 3 chapters and felt that the explanations were too brief and code was not explained. Also, the sample code did not compile on my machine -- that could have been my own errors -- I don't know. But I decided the book was just too skimpy in explanations and returned it. I got Special Edition, Using Visual C++ .NET by Kate Gregory and am starting to work through that. So far, the experience is much better although the book is much thicker. At least I have a sense I know what I am doing instead of just blindly following terse instructions.

Interesting and Informative, December 7, 2002
As an MCSD, I have struggled to get my hands around all of the concepts involved in C++. After multiple classes and hours in training, I was refereshed to read this book which integrates intuitive knowledge, simple instructions and SUCCESSFUL C++ programming. Well Done to Mr. Simon and Mr. Schmidt!

Not for the beginner, January 9, 2003
The book is not designed for beginners despite being published in a series called "Teach Yourself". The authors specify the target audience as "Those who have some exposure to C++". It is misleading not to have this reflected in the book's title. Perhaps the previous reviewer gave it 5* because he had the prerequisite experience.

As a beginner I found the book to be of little use. It has been published in a series that I would assume is for the beginner and so I have given it 1*. If you have some experience in VC++ and want to transfer your skills to the .NET environment you might find this book useful?
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