Jonathan Morrison's C++ for VB Programmers is a very good introduction to C and C++ programming. Certainly this text accomplishes the task of making VB programmers familiar with the core features of C++ application development. Specifically, it describes C/C++ syntax, pointers, templates, classes, preprocessor directives, inheritance, the Visual Studio C++ Development Environment, C-styled strings, constructors, functions and many other C++ features common and uncommon to the VB programming language. There is also a very detailed chapter on creating COM components for VB via the ATL framework in C++.
Notably, there are few references to the Standard Library extension to the C++ core language. Also lacking are references to namespaces and C++ data structures. Obviously C++ for VB Programmers is not a stand-alone guide to C++ application development; however, coupling it with Bjarne Stroustrup's The C++ Programming Language, can certainly fast-track VB developers seeking the true extensibility of C++.
V. Lynn Flowers
NO VBLG