Best book for quick learning
Thanks a lot...I will have a look at those. I picked up the Prosise book
today and am looking through that now. Like you said, I think my biggest
problem is figuring out how the VC++ IDE fits in with the coding...using the
various wizards and everything effectively and efficiently. I'm starting to
get a much better grasp on MFC in general though.
And I do plan to learn the win32 API as soon as I can, I just didn't think
it would be as efficient to try learning that and creating my first
application (which will be distributed) all at once...
- J.
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> I mostly concur with Ajay and Ian. While I'm less a fan of the Kruglinski
> book than many, I must admit that a) my version is quite old
> (pre-Shepherd/Wingo whose "MFC Internals" is quite good) and things may
have
> improved and b) it is pretty good at covering the IDE's role in working
with
> an MFC app. which can be daunting.
> I have a couple of things to add:
> There are a few web-sites that offer some value.
> www.codeproject.com and www.codeguru.com both have valuable code that can
be
> downloaded and examined plus some interesting articles. My problem with
> both sites is separating the wheat from the chaff. CodeProject has some
> particularly good stuff but when I do searches I get far too many "hits"
to
> be useful.
> There are also some MVP tips sites worth visiting. www.mvps.org has some
> good stuff as do Joe Newcomer's
(http://www3.pgh.net/~newcomer/mvp_tips.htm)
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> and Bob Moore's (http://www.mooremvp.freeserve.co.uk) sites.
> Finally, while this last suggestion carries the same "not to sure about
the
> 'quick' part" caveat that Ian supplied, I've always been a fan of the
> Petzold book. I think it is valuable to know how a windows application
> relates to both the operating system and the user. After all, MFC is
mostly
> a thin wrapper around the Windows API. Knowing how the Windows
> message-based paradigm works sheds valuable light on why/how MFC works.
> TFM3
> Note: Spam-resistant e-mail address
> > What sorts of urls or books do you consider best for quick learning of
> MFC.
> > Scott McPhillips has been kind enough to offer Prosise' book as a
> must-read
> > and to follow the scibble tutorial. Are there any other suggestions out
> > there.
> > Thank you in advance,
> > J.
