Up to chapter 8 now in my Visual C++ book. Here are some of the things I have learned so far:

• You declare the prototypes of your functions and member variables in a header file before you use them (usually anyways).
• Your function code is in a source file (.cpp) with no class {} wrapping them (that is in the header file).
• In unmanaged C++ you use the keyword "delete" to clean up your objects when you are done with them.
• Managed classes are defined with __gc in front of them (ie. __gc class Foo {})
• In the header file, there is a section for different scoped items like (classes also end with a ";"):

  __gc class Foo {
  public:
   Foo();
   ~Foo();
   void SomeMethod();
  private:
   int SomeID;
  };
  

  Instead of C#:

  class Foo {
   private int _someID;
   public Foo()
   {}
   ~Foo()
   {}
   public void SomeMethod()
   {}
  }
  

• It seems for strings you use "S" instead of "@" (ie. Console::WriteLine(S"Hello World"); instead of Console.WriteLine(@"Hello World");), only noticed this through usage - not 100% sure if it is a 1-to-1 comparison on this one
• Unlike VB.Net and C#, C++ can force a Finalize by using the delete keyword, which will then call the destructor and then the Finalize method
• Syntax for implementing an interface seems a little different - have to add "public"

  __gc class Tester : public IDisposable {
  }