Good books on MFC/C++?

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James Simpson

2004-08-15 15:19:03 UTC

The reason why I am opening this thread on MSDN is to get the opinions of
Microsoft MVPs and also people who frequent this forum of what good MFC and
C++ books. I would personally like to know, and I also think that people who
are viewing the forum might be interested in this as well.
First off I would let to give what my favourite MFC/C++ books which is:
Programming in C (book from the 1980s still very handy)
Special Edition Using Visual C++ 6
C++ A Dialog : Programming with the C++ Standard Library
C++ How to Program by Deitel & Deitel

If anyone has any other suggestiosn feel free to post them.

Sincerely,
James Simpson
Straightway Technologies
http://www.straightwaytech.com

CheckAbdoul

2004-08-15 21:04:15 UTC

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Take a look at the following link

http://www.accu.org/resources/public/terse/cpp.htm#C++%20books
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Check Abdoul [VC++ MVP]
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Post by James Simpson
The reason why I am opening this thread on MSDN is to get the opinions of
Microsoft MVPs and also people who frequent this forum of what good MFC and
C++ books. I would personally like to know, and I also think that people who
are viewing the forum might be interested in this as well.
Programming in C (book from the 1980s still very handy)
Special Edition Using Visual C++ 6
C++ A Dialog : Programming with the C++ Standard Library
C++ How to Program by Deitel & Deitel
If anyone has any other suggestiosn feel free to post them.
Sincerely,
James Simpson
Straightway Technologies
http://www.straightwaytech.com

Curtis

2004-08-16 02:28:13 UTC

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Post by CheckAbdoul
Take a look at the following link
http://www.accu.org/resources/public/terse/cpp.htm#C++%20books
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Check Abdoul [VC++ MVP]
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The best MFC book is without a doubt:
Programming MFC 2nd Edition Jeff Prosise.

MFC is a very hard framework to use but this book does its best.
Another one that is recommend but imo doesnt really compare to the
other is

Inside Visual C++ by David J Kruglinski

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My favorite C book of all time was Sam's Teach Yourself C in 21 Days
(or C++ but didnt cover any C++). I think been long time ago.

There are a lot of C++ books so I can't say which is the best.
Addision Wesley C++ Standard Library/Tutorial Ref is good for STL

Post by CheckAbdoul

Post by James Simpson
The reason why I am opening this thread on MSDN is to get the opinions of
Microsoft MVPs and also people who frequent this forum of what good MFC

and

Post by James Simpson
C++ books. I would personally like to know, and I also think that people

who

Post by James Simpson
are viewing the forum might be interested in this as well.
Programming in C (book from the 1980s still very handy)
Special Edition Using Visual C++ 6
C++ A Dialog : Programming with the C++ Standard Library
C++ How to Program by Deitel & Deitel
If anyone has any other suggestiosn feel free to post them.
Sincerely,
James Simpson
Straightway Technologies
http://www.straightwaytech.com

Ajay Kalra

2004-08-16 02:30:24 UTC

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http://www.flounder.com

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Ajay Kalra [MVP - VC++]

Ajay Kalra

2004-08-16 02:35:02 UTC

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As far as MFC is concerned, Prosise's book is useful for all level of MFC
programming.

Programming Windows With MFC by Jeff Prosise 2nd Ed
Programming Visual C++ 5th Edition by David J. Kruglinski, Scott Wingo,
George Shepherd(There may be a later edition)
MFC Answer Book: Solutions for Effective Visual C++ Applications by Eugene
Kain

Sites:

http://www.codeguru.com
http://www.codeproject.com
http://home.inreach.com/mdunn/code/index.html
http://www.mooremvp.freeserve.co.uk/
http://www.flounder.com
http://www.naughter.com/
http://journal.iftech.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/msj/

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Ajay Kalra [MVP - VC++]

Anders Gustafsson

2004-08-16 06:54:42 UTC

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Mike Blazsak's book is very nice.

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Jim Howard

2004-08-16 18:14:09 UTC

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I second that. Mike's book is a must have IMHO.

Jim H

Post by Anders Gustafsson
Mike Blazsak's book is very nice.
- Anders G

Daniel James

2004-08-17 15:49:44 UTC

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Post by James Simpson
The reason why I am opening this thread on MSDN is to get the opinions
of Microsoft MVPs and also people who frequent this forum of what good
MFC and C++ books.

For MFC:
To get started: Programming Windows With MFC by Jeff Prosise
For more detail: Professional MFC with Visual C++ 6 by Mike Blaszczak

Neither of these is completely up-to-date, but they're the best books I've found.

Also of interest (but showing its age even more) is MFC Internals by George
Shepherd and Scot Wingo (of Stingray software).

For C++
To learn: /Accelerated C++/ by Andrew Koenig and Barbara Moo
(or, for total beginners, /You Can Do It/ by Francis Glassborow)
For reference: /The C++ Programming Language/ by Bjarne Stroustrup
For more reference on the library:
/The C++ Standard Library/ by Nicolai Josuttis
To understand what the STL is all about:
/STL Tutorial and Reference Guide, 2nd Edn/ by Musser, Derge, and Saini
For further reading: anything and everything by Scott Meyers or Herb Sutter
Finally, to help you realize you really haven't even begun to understand:
/Modern C++ Design/ by Andrei Alexandrescu.

Post by James Simpson
Programming in C (book from the 1980s still very handy)
Special Edition Using Visual C++ 6
C++ A Dialog : Programming with the C++ Standard Library
C++ How to Program by Deitel & Deitel

I don't know the first two. I don't personally like the Deitels' style, though
some of their books are well regarded. This one, however, is generally not
recommended. See
http://www.accu.org/cgi-bin/accu/rvout.cgi?from=0au_d&file=cp003204a

Cheers,
Daniel.