How to get started in win32 api
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Hi, after programming in c++ for some time, I've decided to start to code in windows environment. The question is, should I read code until I fully understand windows internals or should I start to make my own programs and learn on the fly? I've read Petzold's book but it seems to me that it its not enough to make my own app.
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Hi, after programming in c++ for some time, I've decided to start to code in windows environment. The question is, should I read code until I fully understand windows internals or should I start to make my own programs and learn on the fly? I've read Petzold's book but it seems to me that it its not enough to make my own app.
freeheap wrote:
I've read Petzold's book but it seems to me that it its not enough to make my own app.
Do you mean "Programming Windows 5th Edition"? If so... If you have read and understand everything in that book then you should have the fundamentals every Windows programmer should know. It's also the core fundamentals of MFC (and any other framework which wraps the Win32 APIs). If you intend to write GUI applications and you haven't programmed for an event/message-driven OS like Windows, then that's probably the most important concept to understand from the book. I would recommend starting with a Visual Studio generated Win32 application. Look at the code produced by the wizard and make sure you understand everything that's there. From there you have a basic shell of an application that you can modify and extend as you learn new APIs. Just my 2 cents. Have fun! Mark
Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:
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Hi, after programming in c++ for some time, I've decided to start to code in windows environment. The question is, should I read code until I fully understand windows internals or should I start to make my own programs and learn on the fly? I've read Petzold's book but it seems to me that it its not enough to make my own app.
I would suggest a blend of both approaches.
Steve
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Hi, after programming in c++ for some time, I've decided to start to code in windows environment. The question is, should I read code until I fully understand windows internals or should I start to make my own programs and learn on the fly? I've read Petzold's book but it seems to me that it its not enough to make my own app.
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Hi, after programming in c++ for some time, I've decided to start to code in windows environment. The question is, should I read code until I fully understand windows internals or should I start to make my own programs and learn on the fly? I've read Petzold's book but it seems to me that it its not enough to make my own app.
I suggest for start see create a simple dialog.
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Hi, after programming in c++ for some time, I've decided to start to code in windows environment. The question is, should I read code until I fully understand windows internals or should I start to make my own programs and learn on the fly? I've read Petzold's book but it seems to me that it its not enough to make my own app.
freeheap wrote:
I've read Petzold's book but it seems to me that it its not enough to make my own app.
His Windows books are more than enough. I started with his Windows v3.1 book.
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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Hi, after programming in c++ for some time, I've decided to start to code in windows environment. The question is, should I read code until I fully understand windows internals or should I start to make my own programs and learn on the fly? I've read Petzold's book but it seems to me that it its not enough to make my own app.
Are you planning on using MFC or not? If not, I can recommend this one (although I hear Petzold's is pretty good too)... Clickety[^]
Jeremy Falcon Oatmeal, It's What's for Dinner.[^]