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Most difficult areas of Microsoft Foundation Classes are equally well explored. The whole book has an excellent educational progress structure which makes it easy to follow. The CD contains clear examples for each chapter.
In my opinion, a must have if you work with MFCs.
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In the world of SF, this is the "screwball comedy" of the genre.
Cpt. Phule and the Omega bunch get a new assignment, something they can really sink their teeth into, they are working for the Zenobians now, those delightful little reptiles with an appreciation for anyone who "goes all out only for their friends".
Phule's been recognized by the State department and so he gets the assignment when the Zenobians specifically request his outfit. The fun starts because Phule's higher ups don't want him to succeed again, and plot a convincing method of bringing him down with a crash.
And previous elements of the series all conspire to deliver surprises for everyone.
A fun read, doesn't do the expected, and really begins to recapture the humor and characters of the first two books. In particular, the slowness of the previous book is gone and new recruits in that book are already proving their worth in this one.
If you want light SF reading that makes you smile, go for this book.
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I picked it up, well, because I buy every O'Reilly book that comes out (seriously) and thought I might be able to find something interesting, useful or that I wasn't aware of or forgot... maybe even a little tip about efficiency, compiling options or just anything of interest.
This is no more useful than the README and INSTALL files that come with Apache's source code. I'm not sure I want to even give this two stars come to think of it. I just don't see the point to this book. A let down coming from O'Reilly.
This book seems to have been written half heartedly. The explanations of many of the directives in the configuration file seem to be repetitions of online manual contents with the authors not taking the time to provide really useful insights or clarify difficult concepts.
The attitude of the book seems to be: "This is what we did to get Apache running on BSD and Windows. If it helps you, great, if not, tough !"
I also have a doubt about the technical credibility of the authors. Their advice seems glib and dubious at times.
I have run Apache on Windows before without consulting documentation and I expected to learn something useful from this book. Not in the 1st three chapters.
Not a great tutorial. Not a very good reference manual.
One of the few books I would lend to someone and probably not worry about it being returned.
Most chapters also have specific reference information for each topic included. The tutorial approach makes it easier for sys admins and programmers to learn how to install and maintain an Apache server. The examples of the butterhlies company make the concepts a little easier to follow. I acquired this book to familiarize myself with Apache and after reading this book I have a better understanding of it. The book is geared more towards Unix/Linux than Windows however.
This book is a nice training and reference source.
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So this book fails.
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"Harvest Home."
Now, I read and really appreciate Robert McCammon but this book...save your time and get "Harvest Home."
Jude
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For example, the authors claim that it is impossible to develop graphical interface in VC++ .NET and one has to design these features in C# and then optionally port them to C++. This is gross misinformation! One can do everything that was possible in VC 6.0 and much more without a single line of managed code or C#. Most importantly this new version of Visual C++ is standard compliant and supports all the newest additions to the language, including STL. MFC and everything else are expanded and improved etc. One doesn't need managed code or C# to use all these features. Granted, managed extensions might be helpful in internet programming, but again, they are not indispensible, contrary to what the authors will tell you.
I should admit though that the book was written about beta version of the Visual Studio .NET; the title is somewhat misleading however: the book is about .NET extension of Visual C++, not about Visual C++ .NET as one might think. Bottom line: this book makes you learn two new languages: managed C++ and C#, which you can do without.
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I'd recommend instead the best book that I've found on this subject which was "Foundation Flash 5" by by Sham Bhangal, et al.
I've been a fan of Darrel's since his "Lingo Programmer's Reference", possibly the best reference book on programming in Director ever written (and happily soon to be updated in a new title, "Lingo Line By Line"), and my advice to anyone wanting to move from Lingo to ActionScript (or simply to learn how to program in Flash) is to buy this book. As usual, one chapter alone ("Understanding the FSCommand System") saved me hours of work and frustration, clearly explaining how to communicate between different movies or between the movie and browser environments.
They're are probably better Flash overview and animation guides for the beginner. But this is the best ActionScript reference available today.
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This is a very different Boston from the modern one, you see -- Boston of 1980-82 was a crime-ridden, economically crunched failure of a city that had suffered the indignity of its historical places being ripped out for poorly-thought-out highway projects. A chronically depressed waterfront had been converted first to parking lots, then to high-rise apartment and office space; an architecturally conservative but rich city had disappeared under haphazardly built skyscrapers and prematurely decaying public works. And yet it still provides a view of places that in some ways haven't changed at all over the years, like Park Street, or places like Boylston St. near the Common that have changed profoundly yet are still very recognizable.
It's not as good a book as its successor, Cityscapes of Boston, as it has a tendency to avoid some things that were too weird (the Borders bookstore on School and Washington where I used to work -- used to be the Five Cent Savings Bank) or too blighted, and shots of some notorious Boston events like the Great Molasses Flood are missing, but it's still a very interesting book. I do hope Vanderwarker and Campbell have a third book in the works to cover Boston during and after the Big Dig, but get this one and Cityscapes together anyway before your next walk around Boston.
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