Visual C++ MFC Programming by Example
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– Add extensions to the Developer’s Studio Wizards — 85 examples with complete working code Tired of the inadequate examples and documentation for MFC and Visual C++ development? Don’t like what the Developer Studio Wizards give you? Beginning and exper
Create more sophisticated and powerful applications with MFC. You get an introduction to the MFC paradigm as well as solutions to 85 common application problems. ‘Any h… More >>
Visual C++ MFC Programming by Example
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Anonymous said :
April 19, 2010 at 1:12 am
This book is very dismal in presentation. Not an interesting read at all. The author tries to cram too much stuff into the chapters haphazardly. It is very painful to grasp the thread of what the topic is trying to tell you, when poorly organized. I bought this book with an intention to gain knowledge on MFC usage, but so far no gain. It could be done better.
Rating: 1 / 5
Kedar said :
April 19, 2010 at 3:48 am
While learning something new, it’s always a dilema whether to learn concepts first, of whether to learn the application first. It’s a lot easier, if you have a book like this, which maintains a proper balance for you.
language is good, examples are reasonably well structured, coverage is adequate. A great go for totally new beginner, but not much in for experienced one.
If you are starting with MFC, I strongly recommend this book for use and for ready reference.
Rating: 5 / 5
S. Graessle said :
April 19, 2010 at 5:20 am
Hi,
the title “Programming by Examples” doesn’t match to this book! Yes, it’s right, there are a lot of examples provided with this book, but neither of the examples are discussed in detail, line by line!
Further, the example wizard (a tool helping you to copy the examples from the attached CD to your disk) was not really a good help. I tried to copy a Visual C++ project (A4) from CD to my hard-disk with the example wizard. But when I looked to the target folder, I didn’t found the project as a I expected! Instead, I get the message “No example files to copy!”. Everbody who tries this the first time is wondering about that behavior. The sample wizard is anything but not intuitive!
This book gives back a smattering introduction into the most important MFC-Classes, and a really confusingly introduction into the depth of the MFC message-handling. I read this chapter two times, but I didn’t get the feeling that I got it. I’m convinced, that the author knows everything about MFC, but he does not impart the knowledge in a good way. The author is telling all the time about the handling under the hood of MFC. The main message is that most things are based on API-calls. But I wouldn’t bought a book about API-programming. I’m more interrested in how I can use the MFC-classes. Afer reading this book you are questioning yourself, how can I apply the MFC-classes? The answer will be, I don’t know.
Conclusion:
In my opinion, this book is too expensive to get only a lot of examples. Further, after reding this book, I was not able to use and apply the MFC-classes.
Rating: 2 / 5
Anonymous said :
April 19, 2010 at 8:08 am
This book is a must have for all MFC programmers! It’s got really cool examples on how to do certain things in MFC like adding controls to the status bar and such and it makes a great reference. And the examples are well laid out and very easy for anyone to follow. All in all a great book to have around the office or home
Rating: 5 / 5
G. Jackson said :
April 19, 2010 at 9:24 am
Sometimes the author shows the code you need to create a certain result and where to put it. Sometimes he does not. You have to do a lot of second-guessing when you read this book. I even tried looking through the CD to see if I could get the source code in context with the example application–na da, zip! Some of the code is outdated. If you are using Visual Studio 6 or later, forget this book. You will have tons of error messages. This is not the author’s fault. This is the fault of those pointy-headed pinheads at Microsoft. They actually think changing the names of classes and functions is some sort of upgrade(lol). The book would be a lot better if it started with a simple application and expanded on that application showing where all the little code snippets go in the source files and how they work. Wouldn’t that be nice?
Rating: 1 / 5