Chapter 1Programming with Visual C++
- What the principal components of Visual C++ are
- What solutions and projects are and how you create them
- About console programs
- How to create and edit a program
- How to compile, link, and execute C++ console programs
- How to create and execute basic Windows programs
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LEARNING WITH VISUAL C++
Windows programming isn’t difficult. Microsoft Visual C++ makes it remarkably easy, as you’ll see throughout the course of this book. There’s just one obstacle in your path: Before you get to the specifics of Windows programming, you have to be thoroughly familiar with the capabilities of the C++ programming language, particularly the object-oriented capabilities. Object-oriented techniques are central to the effectiveness of all the tools provided by Visual C++ for Windows programming, so it’s essential that you gain a good understanding of them. That’s exactly what this book provides.
This chapter gives you an overview of the essential concepts involved in programming applications in C++. You’ll take a rapid tour of the integrated development environment (IDE) that comes with Visual C++. The IDE is straightforward and generally intuitive in its operation, ...
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