Jonathan Morrison

C++ for VB Programmers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Visual Basic is the most popular programming language in the world today. It can be used to quickly create a Windows application and has a short learning curve. However, there are limits to what Visual Basic alone can do. By contrast, C++ is used for very complex and advanced systems programming and it has a very steep learning curve. Because of the differences between the two languages, many programmers develop expertise in either one language or the other. The optimal situation would be for a programmer to be able to harness the power of C++ and take advantage of VB, thus allowing him to create Windows software in the most efficient manner possible. C++ For The Visual Basic Programmer by Jonathan Morrison teaches VB programmers what they need to know in order to combine these two powerful tools and create truly world-class applications. This book is what Visual Basic programmers have long desired: a book that uses their existing knowledge as a framew ork to teach the skills they need to move to the next level, C++!

Produktdetails

• Books for Professionals by Professionals
• Verlag: Apress / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-893115-76-7
• 1st ed.
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 838g
• ISBN-13: 9781893115767
• ISBN-10: 1893115763
• Artikelnr.: 09173958

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Morrison has written several books on C++ and Visual Basic programming, and has over¿seven years of experience developing applications in Visual Basic, C++, and Java. He has consulted for Racal Datacom, The Maxim Group, and Cyberguard, and has held lead development positions at AIG, Autonation USA, and Digitalbond Inc. He currently works for Microsoft's Solution Integration Engineering Team, where he helps Microsoft's enterprise customers design, develop, and debug their large-scale applications.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Why C++? (And Why with Visual Basic).- 2 Where Do We Start?.- 3 How Do You Do That Voodoo That You Do?.- 4 C++ 101.- 5 It's Not Polite to Point.- 6 Classes.- 7 Templates.- 8 Putting It All Together.- 9 What's the DLL, Man?.- 10 Your First Real DLL.- 11 An ATL Primer.- 12 The COM Project.- 13 Advanced Topics.- Appendix A A Thread to Visual Basic.- Just Because You Can, Doesn't Always Mean that You Should.- A Quick Review of Multithreading.- The Threading Contract.- The CreateThread API.- The CreateThread API Revisited.- Conclusion.- Appendix B Visual Basic Strings: The BSTR Data Type.- What Is a BSTR?.- Using_bstr_t.- Conclusion.- Appendix C Article 3. Strings the OLE Way.- Unicode Versus ANSI.- What Is a BSTR?.- The String Class.