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Book ReviewsDeveloper's Workshop to COM and ATL 3.0 |
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Book: Developer's Workshop to COM and ATL 3.0
Written by: Andrew Troelsen |
Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc.
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5
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Great way to learn COM and ATL
Rating:
4 / 5
I started with only a basic knowledge of C++, and no previous Windows C++ programming experience.
The book is organized as a series of labs (about 2 per chapter) that teach you the concepts in each chapter. For example, if the chapter is about tear-off interfaces, you write a tear-off interface in the lab. The solutions are included in the CD and are useful to clarify something if the book isn't entirely clear.
The great things about this book:
1 - I researched the other books (e.g. ATL Internals) and most reviewers agreed that this is the book to get
2 - This book is less expensive/more available than other books. For example, the Grimes book seemed to be out-of-print or on backorder and much more expensive.
3 - The workshop method of teaching is really the way to go. You need to program ATL to learn ATL IMHO.
The only gripes (and why this book got 4 and not 5 stars) are:
1 - The book covers ATL 3.0, not ATL 7.0 (which is what is included in Visual Studio.NET) There biggest difference is that _Module is deprecated - you'll use _pAtlModule instead in ATL 7.0
See http://www.ececs.uc.edu/~yoshikco/errata_for_com_atl.htm for my errata/notes page for more information.
2 - the book, at times, is a little more verbose than I wanted.
3 - there are two chapters which dive down deep into the macro definitions of ATL. I'd rather see this in an appendix, since reading macros is not very helpful at this stage of my knowledge of COM/ATL
Other than these small gripes, I'm very happy with my purchase and I'm currently on page 436 out of 686.
PERFECT FOR SERIOUS PROGRAMMERS
Rating:
5 / 5
i think the title explains everything :) however im mcsd and writing code on .net environment generally. but do not forget everything in windows has still run in com technology and you should understand COM inside and out to become competitive in market today. just one word: BUY..
The crystal clear C/C++ and COM/ATL reference book!
Rating:
5 / 5
Have you watch the movie "KILL BILL" ? This book is the real 'KUNG FU' master that taught you through traditional way and bring you to a solidify programming level not only in C/C++ but COM/ATL as well. No pain no gain.
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