ATL BOOK

Shaun Wilde

I don't think is a best - I've learnt bits from many books for differnt areas of ATL, and they cover differnet levels of difficulty best bet is to buy at least 3 recommendations and go from there mine ATL Internals

Technically speaking the dictionary would define Visual Basic users as programmers.
But here again, a very generalized, liberal definition is being employed and it's wrong
- just plain wrong - Tom Archer 5/12/02

NormDroid

Program ATL 3.0 by Richard Grime is quite good also ATL Internals.

Shaun Wilde

yup - got the grimes one as well on my shelf - on the whole he isn't a bad author but he has written the odd duff one

Technically speaking the dictionary would define Visual Basic users as programmers.
But here again, a very generalized, liberal definition is being employed and it's wrong
- just plain wrong - Tom Archer 5/12/02

thowra

Developer's Workshop to COM and ATL 3.0 by Andrew W. Troelsen - great book, good intro and reference. I found it quite easy to get through this book despite the complexity of COM. It gives a nuts and bolts intro and then tells you how ATL makes it all easier :) "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can."

Christian Graus

Lightweight Components with ATL by Jonothan Bates. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002

CodeGuy

Agreed. Far and away the best book on COM. Brandon

Vuemme

I agree, it's a great book and it explain also aspects of ATL that are hidden by macros, wizards and other tools. -- Looking for a new screen-saver? Try FOYD: http://digilander.iol.it/FOYD

Paul Ingles

I'd have to whole heartedly agree also... I bought that and the ATL Internals book, although I haven't really had the chance to get into it much of late. I'm actually quite looking forward to an updated ATL Internals for ATL7. One thing I found extremely helpful was the few chapters at the start that took you through effectively building your own COM, showing how it all works before getting into any of the ATL. -- Paul "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." - David Brent, from "The Office" MS Messenger: paul@oobaloo.co.uk Sonork: 100.22446

Shaun Wilde

Paul Ingles wrote: COM, showing how it all works before getting into any of the ATL. all ATL developers should know that - what has surprised me in the mentoring roles I have had is the number of people who didn't understand and thus unable to work out the problem (never mind the solution) when it all went wrong.

Technically speaking the dictionary would define Visual Basic users as programmers.
But here again, a very generalized, liberal definition is being employed and it's wrong
- just plain wrong - Tom Archer 5/12/02

Senkwe Chanda

phykell wrote: Developer's Workshop to COM and ATL 3.0 by Andrew W. Troelsen - great book co-sign :-) I'm re-reading it for the third time (I read it the way I would read a novel) hoping and praying I get a COM friendly project to work on again. Err, and a job. ASP.NET can never fail as working with it is like fitting bras to supermodels - it's one pleasure after the next - David Wulff

Erik Juhl

I have read Grime's book, ATL Internals, and a couple of others but the best one that realy clicked for me was ATL: A Developer's Guide by Tom Armstrong. I believe he has a second edition now so get that one.