Customer Review: The more I look through this book the more times I look at the cover and question the title. Although, the codes samples are thorough, I found the extensive explanations of basic programming concepts a waste of space in this 1600+ page book. As I have experience with several languages... more info
Customer Review: This book covers quite a bit of material but not sufficient enough in any area to bring a person to mastery level in Visual C# as it's name implies. The book lacks in three main areas: depth, consistency & challenge. It covers the basics very well for C# console applications but does not cover... more info
Customer Review: One of the best introductory books for C++ programming in Windows as well as coverage of Artifical Life concepts. Light hearted, but not a dummies book. Only problem is the book dated as far as Visual C++ goes. The book was written for version 1 of MS C++.
