Visual C++ .net 2 Book

Visual C++ .net 2 Book

• Greg Czechowicz

  yes, there should be between 6-10 books on C++\CLI, the C++ language binding to .NET, appearing in 2006. microsoft press has unfortunately cut back their publishing schedule rather severely, and so apart from a tentative plan to have me co-author CLR via C++ with Jeffrey Richter, there is no MS Press books on C++ planned. But we plan a C++\CLI series with a publisher whom i cannot currently disclose until all the i's are dotted and the t's crossed, so to speak.
  
  in addition, stephen fraser [i hope i spelt his name right -- i am at home at the moement] has completed a revision of his text that should be published very soon. DevelopMentor has one of their brains, Marcus Heege, developing a really fine course that we have been reviewing on C++\CLI, and he is also scheduled to turn that into a book. and so on.
  
  my guess is that we will officially unveil the book series and titles at VC Connections in November which celebrates the 20th anniversary of the first public release of C++.
  
  i'm sorry that i cannot go into more details at this time. but thanks for asking!!!
  
  stan lippman
  architect, visual c++
  

• umamahesh

  Oh thanks. I already knew about these books but I thought Microsoft were planning on publishing their own book. Oh well, just have to wait for their release.
  
  With Thanks,
                      Gal Beniamini.
  
  

• Jeremy Holmes

  So the VS2003 editions of "VC++.NET Step by Step" and "Programming with Managed Extensions for VC++.NET" will not be followed by VS2005 versions   If that is in fact the case, should we read something into this   MS Press used to put out a couple of books on C++.NET but now will rely on other publishers instead.  For all MS's insistence that Visual C++ is still a first-tier language, it is constantly treated as a third-rate niche language, in comparison with the all-purpose C#/VB.NET language.  If MS is willing to outsource their writing about VC++, how long will it be until they outsource the language itself, such as was done with third-party languages like COBOL.NET and FORTRAN.NET
  
  OK, maybe I'm over-reacting, but I wonder.  It seems that MS's claims of language-independence for .NET are even more over-inflated than are Sun's claims of platform independence for Java.  Until I see VC++ being used interchangeably with C# for developing WPF, WCF, and Office apps, I will have my doubts about its role within .NET for anything other than .COM interop.  The fact that MS no longer considers it worthwhile to publish a book on the subject is certainly not reassuring.
  
  

• Jim McKay

     The fact that MS no longer considers it worthwhile to publish a book
     on the subject is certainly not reassuring.
  
  
  unfortunately, wil, that statement is completely speculative and untrue. if you look at the number of books scheduled for publication by mspress through 2006, you should draw other conclusions ...
  
  

  
  

• MichaelH1981

  I asked this at the PDC pre-conference and was told that Stan Lippman and other MS folks are planning a number of VCPP 2005 titles from Apress. For whatever reason, it appears MS would rather let an outside publisher carry the load.
  
  You can read about two forthcoming Apress volumes here:
  
  http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html bID=10082
  http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html bID=10074
  
  

  
  
  
• Visual C++ .net 2 Book