Ivor Horton's Beginning Visual C++ 2013

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Ivor Horton’s Beginning Visual C++ 2013. With this book, you can become an effective C++ programmer using Microsoft’s latest application-development system, Visual Studio Professional 2013. I aim to teach you the C++ programming language, and then how to apply C++ in the development of your own Windows applications. Along the way, you will also learn about many of the exciting new capabilities introduced by this latest version of Visual C++.

Visual C++ 2013 comes with the Microsoft development environment Visual Studio Professional 2013. When I refer to Visual C++ in the rest of the book, I mean the Visual C++ 2013 capability that comes as part of Visual Studio Professional 2013. Note that the Visual Studio Express 2013 Edition does not provide sufficient facilities for this book. None of the examples in Chapters 11 through 18 can be created with Visual Studio Express 2013.

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to write C++ applications for Microsoft Windows using Visual C++. I make no assumptions about prior knowledge of any programming language, so there are no prerequisites other than some aptitude for programming and sufficient enthusiasm and commitment for learning C++. This tutorial is for you if:

• You are a newcomer to programming and sufficiently keen to jump into the deep end with C++. To be successful, you need to have at least a rough idea of how your computer works.
• You have a little experience of programming ...