MFC resources / links

Question

I am about to reenter the MFC world after years away for a new job. What resources to people recommend for refreshing the memory? I have been doing mainly C# recently.

Also any MFC centric websites or blogs that people recommend?

Answer 1

• For blogs: Your best bet would be the Visual C++ Team Blog.
• For books: Programming Windows with MFC is one of the best book on the subject.
• For tutorials: Simply search google for various tutorials on MFC.

Answer 2

The best: The Code Project

Answer 3

There's lots of useful information here:

http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm

Answer 4

I would highly recommend my all-time favorite book: MFC Internals: Inside the Microsoft© Foundation Class Architecture

It is not a 'how-to' book — it is a 'how does it work' book.

Answer 5

Its been a long time since i did any MFC but back then it used to be

"MFC internals" + debug into the MFC code and find what happens which used to be the best resources on MFC

Samples used to be available from Code Project to quickly get you going.

Answer 6

The vital "how do I?" book is http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0201185377/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link

Codeproject is also invaluable, although many of the 3rd party controls there nowhave counterparts in the new MFC feature pack.

Answer 7

Books are one thing, but I always found that practice was the key with MFC. CodeGuru was my favourite destination to answer anything MFC-related.

There's also that new website. What's it called...that's it - StackOverflow!