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Title: Good beginners book.
Review: This is a good beginners' book. However, the title lies. It does not contain 1001 programming tips, unless you consider all of the steps in a first course Visual C++ programming class as tips. I don't. To me, a tip is something you want to learn after you've gotten the basics under your belt. The book does go into depth about a lot of material that you won't find in any other beginner book. For example, reading how to add text and a bitmap to a toolbar button in the MSDN is unnecessairly confusing. Whereas "1001 Programming Tips" clearly shows you how -- and it worked. So on a level of completeness, it is an excellent book for beginners, intermediate developers, and a good reference. It is also a well written book.
