Beginning Visual C++ 2005

Welcome to Beginning Visual C++ 2005. With this book you can become an effective C++ programmer. The latest development system from Microsoft, Visual Studio 2005, supports two distinct but closely related flavors of the C++ language; it fully supports the original ISO/ANSI standard C++, and you also get support for a new version of C++ called C++/CLI that was developed by Microsoft but is now an ECMA standard. These two versions of C++ are complementary and fulfill different roles. ISO/ANSI C++ is there for the development of high-performance applications that run natively on your computer whereas C++/CLI has been developed specifically for the .NET Framework. This book will teach you the essentials of programming applications in both versions of C++.