Visual C++ .Net 2003 Book Suggestions

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cheeta05r

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What books would anyone suggest for learning Visual C++ .NET 2003 or Visual J# .NET 2003.

Sorry if the below is somewhat of a dumb question, I have done a decent amount programming mainly Visual Basic & Pascal (HS computer science) on Windows so I have very little knowledge about writing code for more than one plateform.

I would also like to program while being platform independent. Have the code be exactly the same, and then just compile for windows and Linux. What languages can this be done with? What editor/compiler packages can this be done with?
 
First off .NET is not platform independent probably like your thinking it is, but if your set on learning .NET (something I have taken a passion to) I would suggest you learn C#. Since you have no previous experience with a C family language I would not suggest you start with a more difficult language like C++. Instead take a look at C# and if you choose to do start off with this book, http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progcsharp3/ . If you wait long enough (feburary) the 4th edition is coming out.

If your looking for 100% platform independancy install Fedora and read http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cbook/index.html .
 
Thanks.


Here is some more information and why I was thinking about getting into Visual C++ .NET. I will be working with a Proprietary API that supports the following:

Java to Socket - Available for all platforms including Windows, Mac, UNIX/Linux.
C++ to Socket - Sample code for Windows only. Socket protocol is platform independent. Sample code is compatible with Visual C++ 5.0 and Visual C++ .NET
 
Well I went on Amazon and l found these books that had pretty good customer reviews:

"Absolute C++, Visual C++.NET Edition" by Walter Savitch
"Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 Kick Start" by Kate Gregory
"Visual C++ .NET Bible" by Tom Archer, Andrew Whitechapel, Tom Archer

Any opions or suggestions?
 
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