Programming Microsoft Windows CE, Second Edition (Pro-Developer) | List Price: $59.99
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Binding: Paperback
There's almost no there, there. [Posted on 2002-07-30]
I bought this book because I am about to migrate functionality from a Win32 application to the wince platform (aptly named?). I was expecting a wealth of information and examples on the peculiarities of the CE platform so that I wouldn't have to learn things the hard way. While the book does provide a little bit of the CE material I was looking for, most of what it provides is basic pre-MFC (stone age) windows programming which is virtually useless to an experienced windows programmer. If the reader is a complete neophyte to windows programming, the book might be helpful, if the poor soul was constrained to platforms which are too impotent to support MFC programs. While the book is not a total loss, for me was mostly a waste of money. Try "The Windows CE Technology Tutorial" by Muench instead.
almost completely useless [Posted on 2002-12-10]
Not entirely useless, but by no means good. There is an enormous amount of filler in this title. Most chapters contains 20+ pages of source code listing. That would be fine if the programs were illustrating a point or at least well-documented, but they seem to exist for the sole purpose of taking up space. In many cases the examples provided actually confuse the point rather than illustrating it. Worse, the example programs are a blend of ALL the techniques discussed in a chapter--sorting out the information relevant to the particular technique/concept you are interested in is next to impossible. (e.g. the Property Sheet example in chapter 4). In some rare cases it's possible to learn things by consulting this book, but when that happens it's almost always a case of "Oh, I didn't know that existed--now where do I go to find out how it works?" I've found no instances of clear explanation or illustration of concepts in the text. It's just an undifferentiated 500 page block of blah-blah, yadda-yadda. I've almost entirely abandoned it in favor of the (free) online documentation included with embedded C++.
NO CD KEY FOUND WITH PRODUCT [Posted on 2003-09-12]
The book might be a really good book, but I wouldn't know! I did not receive a CD KEY with the install programs. I guess I can look at the pictures.
Pretty cool book in Windows CE programming [Posted on 2003-11-03]
I bought the first edition right before the second edition came out. The second one has a lot more coverage of more contemporary topics and I liked it a lot better. There isn't an abundance of different examples available for developers but this book helps bridge the gap. If you are doing CE development, I think you'll appreciate this book. Bill
bill@devbuzz.com
completely useless [Posted on 2003-12-03]
This book gives very, very little insite to anyone actually interested in using eMbedded Visual C++ to write in the Windows CE environment. The author gives one paragraph explainations of subjects and then goes into 10 page programs using tons of functionality that he refuses to explain. Great for cut and paste. Horrible for anything else.
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