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5 comments about MCSD Visual C++ Desktop Applications Study Guide.

1. I thought this book, while not perfect, was still fairly valuable in prepping for the MCSD exam. This is a difficult test, and the more studying, research, etc, the better.



2. I found this book to be very boring to read. I did not like it at all. Its content left little to be desired also. I disliked it so much, I returned it for a refund. I suggest Microsoft's own "Desktop Applications for Microsoft VC++ 6.0: MCSD Training Kit." it is a much better read.



3. This is actually a farily good exam prep- there are a few errors, bu they seem to be identified well on the publishers website. I thought the book mapped pretty well to the actual exam. Obviously the more experience the better, but i do think this showed me a couple things I wasn't certain of.



4. You won't pass the exam just by reading this book. However, it contains useful information that other books don't.There are hands-on exercises, and plenty of exam questions (20 for each chapter, and a CD with about 200 questions that comes with the book).

   For example, there is a chapter that shows you how to write ISAPI server extension that can dynamically change web content, that I haven't seen in other books.

   Overall, it is a fun book to read, and practice your skills. It follows the 70-016 objective lines, but don't expect to much depth information from it.

   These are the other books I used for this exam: Programming MFC (Jeff Prosise), Begginning ATL 3 by Wrox, 70-016 ExamCram




5. This book is very useful. I find it easy to read and understand. I passed the exam from reading this book.

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5 comments about Visual C++ 5 for Dummies.

1. OK. So you would like to learn VC++. You may already know some object oriented techniques. What do you do? buy a book on VISUAL C++. But this isn't it. If you have no experience with C++ then this book may help. The book titled Visual C++ has nothing visual about it. The book doesn't even explain how to create the basic user interface. this book is a farce. The book's author should have been persuaded to rename the book, C++ for beginners, and even then it touches so little on the Object Oriented Programming, that you could laugh. You would be better off learning VC++ with a MCSD book or someother VC++ programming book.

   I read this book and can't believe that the author never even used VC++, just MSDOS application. Ask youself this. MSDOS? Are we not in the age of GUI? Hence the name visual!

   2 STARS for C++ 1 STAR for VC++




2. --DONT BUY THIS BOOK--READ ON--! Ok, I love the dummies books. EVERY book I have is dummies. So I picked up Visual C++ for dummies, thought "Ok, this is going to be good, I already know C++, I done enough for DOS, so I'll learn windows C++." Good idea right? !WRONG! Ok, one or two chapters about Visual C++, thats it? If I wanted to know how to install Visual C++, and use the Wizard, I WOULD HAVE READ THE FREAKING MANUAL! Yeesh! So I thought "Ok, I'll brush up on my cpp skills". I skimmed through the book, and...whats this? All I see is a little old program that was introduced in the "C" language called JukeBox. THE WHOLE BOOK IS ABOUT "JukeBox". Good grief. On and on and on and on about the freaking JukeBox, how to do the same thing this way and that way, and another way, but get this, ITS THE SAME THING! What can I say, DON'T BUY THIS BOOK might be one thing. Thats it, skim through the book if you can. But dont buy it if you actually want to start programming for windows. Hey, new title for this book, "Same old, same old, another C++ book that tried to live up to its name, but lost." Hey it doesnt make sense to me either. Oh well. Try again guys.



3. Ok you've their has to be better. IS THEIR NO BOOK THAT TEACHES VISUAL PROGRAMMING?! As in how to actually use MFC and C++ in one? Please. This book only talks about a jukebox. Yippee! What a load of. This book could have been better, the elobration I do have to admit is quite good...in certain areas, and explains everything for you newbies. Though I'm a newbie and I didn't see anything about Visual Programming! Other then 'nohands' oh dialog boxes! Every program made in this book all concentrates on line by line type programs. Not Visual or text boxes or anything. Heck I recommended Visual C++ 5 in 21 Days then this! This should ahve been DoS Programming for Dummies 5.



4. Excellent source for explaining Visual C++. It is very popular here at work. Coworkers have borrowed 2 copies months ago and they haven't been returned.



5. I bought this book because i needed a language program to do a College work. The book was cheap and i could get the software (Visual C++) then i bought the book. My work had a pretty decent grade, so i think the book is good, but in this moment is obsolet considering the new programming languages (Java, etc.)and new software.

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5 comments about C++ Programming with CORBA(r).

1. I was very disappointed with this book. Obviously the book is written in a rush. The whole content is not carefully written. Some parts are confusing. If you want to get some pieces of code, maybe you can take a look. However, if you want to learn CORBA in C++, this is definitely not a good book.



2. I do not recommend this book at all. It is poorly written with a lot of errors and with no continuity from topic to topic. The descriptions about methods in the book are not useful at all. The book is apparently a verbatim copy of JAVA programming with CORBA. The authors did not even have the respect to the reader to replace the word JAVA by C++, in a number of places the book talks about JAVA. I do not recommend this book at all. I hope the editors at Wiley pay more attention to the books they send to the printing press. The time I spend reading this book was a total waste not to mention the money I paid.



3. I wanted to learn corba with this book but I realized that I have to rely on other sources to learn about it. This book contains excerpts from a book about corba with java and not c++, where the reference to java was not even removed and replaced by c++. Furthermore even as the unexperienced reader in corba I found many mistakes in this book regarding object and function definitions.



4. book is easy to read and excellent information



5. I'm a novice at CORBA and this book didn't prep me properly. Examples seemed to be Java examples ported over to C++. It was more of a reference than a learning tool. I've looked over the CORBA spec and a lot of the material from the spec is in the book almost verbatim.

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4 comments about Illustrating C (Ansi/Iso Version).

1. I got an "A" in my C course. And I used 5 text books. The ONLY textbook that really helped was Alcock's "Illustrating C". It uses diagrams in a truly "revolutionary" way that really helps understanding. It's like moving from black and white to colour. The intention is to provide the student with a set of course notes, complete with instructor black-board diagrams -- only better. It really works. It's enjoyable. Did I mention I got an "A"? I hope that other textbook writers pick up on Mr. Alcock's unique style! Bravo!!! I found C difficult until Mr. Alcock's diagrams made things clear -- the mysterious problem in teaching seems to be that many teachers and textbooks stop JUST BEFORE they reach the foundation of the matter -- and then you have to guess what's really going on. I suspect that this is because many teachers or textbook writers really don't have a profound understanding of their material -- and this becomes a difficulty for the student. Mr. Alcock understands the foundation of the matter and has managed to present it in the most accessible manner. You can really really learn from this surprisingly slight book!!! Bravo again!!!



2. This is the best C book on the market for visual thinkers like me! I used it to re-engineer a large embedded development project a few years ago. It's the only book I have found that explained link lists well. Buy it NOW!



3. Donald Alcock's Illustrating C is not just an outstanding intro into writing _idiomatic_ c, but it's a really beautiful model of how to put across a whole lot of the beautiful ideas of Computer Science. His illo's are hand drawn. Imagine really good blackboard illustrations of standard C.S. topics like linked lists and hash tables and so on, tidied up for publication. It just kills me that this wonderful little book is out of print. If you are a programmer of any stripe and you see a copy of this rascal, dive for it. You'll be glad you did. If you are a grizzled programmer that is taking up C, you'll find it a delight. If you are a gamer kid wanting to get into real programming, you'll find it hard, but worthwhile because there's so much great stuff presented in such a condensed manner. What a swell book!



4. Yes this book is very difficult to find.. The author has an incredible way of explaining each concept within a page or two, in a very concise and inuitive manor. This book is great for beginners, and equally valuable to the more advanced programmers. A must have for the library...

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