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Article #3030Re: WARNING VISUAL C++
From: Michael Aichlmayr
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1993 19:56
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1993 19:56
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In article <MMORSE.169.743104544@nsf.gov> MMORSE@nsf.gov (Michael Morse) writes:
>>With Borland you have to learn the Windows coding up front. With VC++
>>you do not, it can be quite simply a fill in the blanks learning experence.
>>With VC++ you take on the learning of Windows one step or area at a time, not
>
>How easy it is to learn something, and what you need to know when, are
>obviously very subjective... ...Nonetheless, you are the first person
I've heard from (out of scores) that thinks that >VC++ is easy to learn.
I guess you can count me as the second.
>My experience is that with VC++ you must first learn Windows programming,
>then learn the MS Foundation Classes, and then you can start learning the
>Class Wizard and Apps Studio. Powerful features, no doubt, but not easy to
>learn by my standards.
I have so far been able to largely ignore "Windows" and simply learn
the MFC for all the UI stuff I need for interface to my code. I don't
think it's implicitly necessary to learn "Windows" if you focus on the
MFC and how it works...
>--Mike
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