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Title:
Developing Professional Applications for Windows 95&NT
Author:
Brain&Lovette
ISBN:
0 13 616343 2
Publisher:
Prentice Hall
Pages:
858pp+CD
Price:
£29-99
Reviewer:
Edward Crosby
Subject:
beginner's c++; MS Windows; microsoft
Appeared in:
10-4
This is an introductory book into programming with the MFC
classes. It starts with an introduction to the fundamental concepts and
theory behind the MFC and goes on to examine the most popular MFC classes
such as dialogues, list and edit controls and includes extensive coverage
of the Windows drawing model. Later on the book discusses the more
professional features that turn an ordinary application into a polished
product, e.g. DDX, DDV, splash screens, pop-up menus, etc. The more
advanced MFC classes such as databases, OLE and thread support are
discussed, but only briefly and it is this that makes the book suitable as
an introduction but not for the more experienced.
The book's authors both have teaching experience and this clearly comes
across in the style of the book. It is clear, readable and with the right
depth of understanding to make the reader comfortable and follow the
logical progression. It is not a 'teach yourself' C++ book, although an
appendix adequately covers this topic for the purposes of the book. This
book is only for developers with MS Visual C++. The bulk of this book would
be wasted on anyone with Borland's development tools. The reason for this
is that the book is not just about MFC but also has wide coverage of how to
use the development tools and wizards included in MS VC++.
For anyone with some C/C++ experience and with MS VC++ wishing to have an
introduction to the MFC then this book is recommended.