Pro Visual C++ 2005 for C# Developers: Featuring C++/CLI

by Dean C. Wills

Overview

Pro Visual C++ 2005 for C# Developers features two distinct sections that lead to a simple migration path for you to move toward Visual C++ 2005 development. If you’re an experienced developer approaching Visual C++ from a C# background with .NET 1.1 or 1.0, you’ll greatly benefit from this book. The first section introduces the Visual C++ 2005 technology, then outlines the language in fast-track chapters. This overview focuses on the mechanics of the language, without introducing any coding. Additional chapters cover the techniques and issues involved when converting C# applications to Visual C++ 2005.

The next portion of the book functions as a detailed reference to Visual C++ 2005 providing information and advice about the technology and its coding techniques. Here you can dip into it as necessary for assistance with your work. This material supplements the information that is already freely available within Visual Studio .NET 2005. With its thorough regard for Visual C++ 2005, this book will earn a place on your shelf as a helpful reference for years to come.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590596081
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	11/22/2006
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	382
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

Dean C. Wills is a freelance programmer with over 20 years of experience in system programming areas such as BIOS, assembly language, C, and C++. He is the owner of Sandpaper Software and has worked for companies such as Compucorp, Cyrix, National Semiconductor, and Virtio. He was a developer on the Visual C++ front-end during the Visual Studio 2005 ship cycle.

Table of Contents

Section I. Fast Track to C++/CLI.- Introduction. Inspiration. Motivation.- Basic Syntax Changes.- Data types.- Native and Managed Memory Management.- Pointers.- User Defined Conversions.- Properties, Events, Delegates.- XML comments.- Section II. How to Convert C# Applications To C++/CLI.- Converting basic C# applications to C++/CLI.- More on inheritance.- Secure Coding.- C# to C++ Differences.- Section III. Advanced Concepts.- Generic Programming.- Templates.- C++ Under the hood.-.NET binaries.- Visual C++ 2005 Project Configuration.- Visual C++ 2005 Debugging.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"This book is designed to guide C# programmers in how to use C++ in the Visual Studio environment. Thus, this book fills a definite need. … The book concentrates on the extensions to C++ found in Visual Studio 2005, which makes it compatible with the newer features of programming languages found in C# (and frequently in Java). … This book is clearly intended for a specialized audience, and it appears to be well thought out and focused." (J. Miller, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (8), August, 2008)

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