Ivor Horton's Beginning Visual C++ 2010 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

The leading author of programming tutorials for beginners introduces you to Visual C++ 2010

Ivor Horton is the preeminent author of introductory programming language tutorials; previous editions of his Beginning Visual C++ have sold nearly 100,000 copies. This book is a comprehensive introduction to both the Standard C++ language and to Visual C++ 2010; no previous programming experience is required.

All aspects of the 2010 release are covered, including changes to the language and the C++ standard..

Microsoft Visual C++ is one of the most popular C++ development environments and compilers, used by hundreds of thousands of developers
Ivor Horton's approach to programming tutorials has achieved a huge following; this book gives beginning programmers a comprehensive introduction to both Standard C++ and Visual C++ 2010
Covers all the language changes in Visual C++ 2010, library additions, new MFC features, changes in the Visual Studio development environment, and more
Also includes a brief introduction to programming for multicore processors in native C++ and C++/CLR processors
Nearly 100,000 copies of this book have been sold in previous editions

Beginners seeking a complete education in Visual C++ will find everything they need in Ivor Horton'sBeginning Visual C++2010.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Customer Reviews:

Pleased reader

By B. Zinser "tigreon" - September 5, 2010

I've mostly used it as a reference in the C++ area and have been learning from the later chapters. I think the book is wonderful, especially in its detail. Since I'm used to math books, I find the author to be on the chatty side, but I think most readers would be very thankful for its many explanations. I recommend this book to anyone serious about learning C++ and Visual C++.

Good but not too much Visual C++

By tjp1234 - November 1, 2011

This is a very good C++/CLI/CLR reference, but it doesn't go into as much Visual C++ as I expected. I was expecting the entire book to be devoted to introducing Visual C++, but the majority is devoted to non-visual C++. It is pretty thorough in non-visual C++/CLR/CLI and is a good reference for that, but about two-thirds of the book is devoted to this and the last one-third of the book introduces Visual C++ but I felt it wasn't enough to really learn it. This is a good book for C++ and a good book to have, it just was for a different focus than I had intended.

Very Happy With This Purchase

By Mark Blaide - January 23, 2011

I was currently reading "C++ Primer Plus" from a Kindle download when I wanted to migrate more into Windows programming, so I ordered Beginning Visual C++ 2010. The first several chapters of this book primarily cover C++ console programming so I thought I would just skim through most of this content and get to the Windows stuff. Well, I started picking up some new things not only in C++, but also with the Visual Studio 2010 environment. So I decided not to skip anything. Many of the questions I had about the differences between MFC, CLI, CLR, .NET were answered in this book. I certainly recommend this book if you are new to C++ and new to Windows programming.