Book Recommendations

[tragomaskhalos]

All,
I'm looking to get myself a book on C++/CLI, and would greatly
appreciate advice from this group. I'm particularly interested in
interop/mixing managed and unmanaged code, I already know standard C++
so what I don't want is a book covering C++ basics, nor do I really
want reams of class library documentation. Ideally it should cover
advanced topics not readily available online and also cover more
recent things (eg marshal_as).

I have the following books under consideration, my only info on them
comes from looking at the TOCs and the few reviews I have dug out.

1. Expert Visual C++/CLI - Marcus Heege. I like the look of this, but
the price is a bit steep.
2. C++/CLI: The Visual C++ Language for .NET - Gordon Hogeson.
3. Pro Visual C++/CLI and the .NET 2.0 Platform - Stephen Fraser. I've
more or less discounted this for the reasons cited above.
4. C++/CLI in Action - Nishant Sivakumar. This looks like a good bet,
but not sure it's as comprehensive as the Heege book.

To add to the confusion, Hogeson and Fraser are bringing out new books
covering
..NET 3.5 within the next few months! Should I hold fire until then?

Any and all opinions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Giovanni Dicanio]

4. C++/CLI in Action - Nishant Sivakumar. This looks like a good bet,
but not sure it's as comprehensive as the Heege book.

Nish is an expert in C++/CLI (he is a VC++ MVP, too).
I would choose Nish's book.

My 2 cents,
Giovanni