Interface Technologies On-line Training Center

The Interface Technologies on-line training center is a collection of on-line courses designed to help you quickly master a variety of computer-related topics. Each of the courses offered is a complete package written by one of the authors at Interface Technologies. The following topics are currently available:

Visual C++ 2.x >>> 4.x Updates

• Do you own the book "Visual C++ 2: Developing Professional Applications in Windows 95 and NT using MFC"? Interface Technologies is pleased to announce complete Web-based updates for your book. These updates allow you to move effortlessly to VC++ version 4 using the book you already own. Click here to go to the updates.

Visual C++ and MFC

• Understanding the AppWizard and ClassWizard in Visual C++ version 4.x or Visual C++ version 2.x: These tutorials use straightforward and simple examples and explanations to help you to understand how to use the AppWizard and ClassWizard. You will learn about the document/view paradigm and see how to design your applications so that they fit properly into the framework generated by the AppWizard. You will have a much clearer understanding of how to create your own applications in Visual C++ version 2.x once you have completed these tutorials.
• Introduction to MFC Programming with Visual C++ for Version 4.x or Version 2.x or Version 1.5: The goal of this series is to help you to gain an understanding of the fundamental concepts that make MFC programs work under Visual C++. It will significantly improve your abilty to understand code written by other MFC programmers if you are new to MFC.
• Building Database Applications with the CRecordset Class: This series shows you how to use the CRecordset class to build robust database applications using MFC and Visual C++.
• MFC FAQ : Answers to common MFC questions.

C and C++

• Understanding C++: An Accelerated Introduction : These tutorials help you to gain an understanding of the fundamental concepts driving C++ in a quick and painless way. They let you begin thinking in an "object oriented way". Once you understand the fundamentals, the rest of the language is relatively straightforward because you will have a framework on which to attach other details as you need them.
• Introduction to C Programming : This series contains a set of tutorials that will help you learn about the C programming language. These tutorials start with the assumption that you know a procedural language like Pascal or Fortran already, and want to map that knowledge to C.

Windows NT Topics

• Win32 Concepts and Features : This series contains a set of articles that describe several of the new and interesting features of the Win32 API. These features let you build high-end 32-bit applications in Windows NT and Windows 95.
• Windows NT Administration FAQ : This set of questions about Windows NT administration has been collected from readers and from our own experience. If you are administrating an NT machine or network, you will find this list useful. If you have questions of your own, please send them to support@iftech.com.

Other Systems

• Using a Simple Source Code Control System - This article shows you how to download and use the GNU RCS source code control system under Windows NT/95. You can use RCS to act as a "software libaraian" for large multi-programmer projects.
• An Introduction to Motif Application Development : These tutorials help you to learn how to write GUI applications using Motif and the C programming language. They start at the very beginning, and teach you the essentials of Motif programming.
• Understanding PostScript Programming : This set of tutorials teaches you about the PostScript programming language so that you can control PostScript printers directly from your applications.
• Blitzen Simulator Tutorials : This series contains a set of tutorials that help you to learn about massively parallel programming using the Blitzen simulator. The simulator is a set of C libraries that can run on any computer. The Blitzen architecture is an extension of the Goodyear MPP architecture, and is a good starting point for anyone interested in SIMD processing.

Business Topics

• Understanding Computer Networks in Business Environments : This series of articles is designed to help small business owners understand how to network the PCs in their offices together. The articles are written in English rather than techno-speak and show you how easy it is to create small networks.
• Successfully Managing Custom Software Projects : This series of articles is designed to help business owners, managers, project leaders and other professionals understand custom software and how to manage custom software projects. In our experience, there is a great deal of confusion in this area, and a number of businesses and individuals are not getting their moneyÆs worth because they do not understand the process. These articles are designed to remedy that situation.
• ITMM: The Information Technology Management Model - This series, intended for high-level IT professionals, shows how to tie IT investment to business processes in order to demonstrate a direct impact on business productivity. The ROI model descibed in this series, combined with a TQM methodology, completely redirects the energies of the IT department.

Public Service

• Other WWW Tutorials - This list contains other WWW tutorials that we have found on the net, or that other users have suggested to us. If you know of a good set of tutorials that should be added to this list, please send mail with the URL to support@iftech.com.
• Emphasis on Teaching - A collection of articles on effective teaching.
• On Traveling to New York City on Business - Tips on traveling to New York city for the first time.
• Using Your Computer More Comfortably - Many people (particularly programmers, technical writers, secretaries and authors who sit at a computer for long stretches of time) find that computing is uncomfortable. Levels of discomfort range from the debilitating effects of carpal tunnel syndrome to minor eye irritation. This series of articles demonstrates proper workstation setup, and discusses a number of simple steps that you can take to relieve the stiffness, soreness, eye strain and stress that can result from using your computer daily.
• Bluebird house plans (something completely different...) - If you have kids, and if they belong to Cub Scouts, Brownies, Indian Guides, Indian Maidens, etc., then you know that it can be hard to come up with good, interesting, meaningful projects that the kids can finish in a single meeting. This article describes how to create a bluebird house kit that is easy to produce and costs very little. You can use the kits as a youth project, or you can assemble them yourself and put them around your property if you are interested in attracting bluebirds.

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