Ivor Horton's Beginning Visual C++ 2012

The only book to teach C++ programming with Microsoft Visual Studio!

There's a reason why Ivor Horton's Beginning Visual C++ books dominate the marketplace. Ivor Horton has a loyal following who love his winning approach to teaching programming languages, and in this fully updated new edition, he repeats his successful formula. Offering a comprehensive introduction to both the standard C++ language and to Visual C++, he offers step-by-step programming exercises, examples, and solutions to deftly guide novice programmers through the ins and outs of C++ development.
* Introduces novice programmers to the current standard, Microsoft Visual C++ 2012, as it is implemented in Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
* Focuses on teaching both the C++11 standard and Visual C++ 2012, unlike virtually any other book on the market
* Covers the C++ language and library and the IDE
* Delves into new features of both the C++11 standard and of the Visual C++ 2012 programming environment
* Features C++ project templates, code snippets, and more

Even if you have no previous programming experience, you'll soon learn how to build real-world applications using Visual C++ 2012 with this popular guide.

This book is the latest edition of the bestselling book on the C++ language and Visual C++.   Ivor Horton has a loyal following who love his approach to teaching programming languages.  In this book, Horton repeats the formula that made the current edition so popular:  he provides a comprehensive introduction to both the Standard C++ language and to Visual C++.   The book has been thoroughly updated (more than 30%) for the 2012 release. This book shows novice C++ programmers how to build real-world applications using Visual C++.  No previous programming experience is required. The author uses numerous step-by-step programming examples to guide readers through the ins and outs of C++ development. The author will fully cover new features of this significant 2012 release, including: C++ language and library: o Stateless lambdas. o Scoped enumerations. o Updated Parallel programming capability o C++ Accelerated Massive Parallellism (C++ AMP) capability that uses the GPU through directX 11. IDE: o C++ project templates. o C++ code snippets. o Semantic colorization of C++ tokens. o C++ reference highlighting. o List members dropdown enhancements. Metro-style applications.  Visual Studio 2012l also provide templates for Metro-style applications for Windows 8 and .NET enhancements supporting such application. It is not clear at the moment that this will be appropriate for a beginners' book, but if it is, and it works with either of both of C++ and C++/CLR, I will include this topic.

The only book to teach C++ programming with Microsoft Visual Studio! There's a reason why Ivor Horton's Beginning Visual C++ books dominate the marketplace. Ivor Horton has a loyal following who love his winning approach to teaching programming languages, and in this fully updated new edition, he repeats his successful formula. Offering a comprehensive introduction to both the standard C++ language and to Visual C++, he offers step-by-step programming exercises, examples, and solutions to deftly guide novice programmers through the ins and outs of C++ development. Introduces novice programmers to the current standard, Microsoft Visual C++ 2012, as it is implemented in Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Focuses on teaching both the C++11 standard and Visual C++ 2012, unlike virtually any other book on the market Covers the C++ language and library and the IDE Delves into new features of both the C++11 standard and of the Visual C++ 2012 programming environment Features C++ project templates, code snippets, and more Even if you have no previous programming experience, you'll soon learn how to build real-world applications using Visual C++ 2012 with this popular guide.