There isnt much of a *Huge* difference, if you know the C++ language, thats a big help for using with VC++ , but as far as learning the IDE, and it's MFC , I would definitly grab a book or something at the bookstore, of you could spend a few days looking at http://msdn.microsoft.com and looking at the MSND Library online. Least this vC++ topic gives me ideas of what to throw on my site.