Re: Win32 tutor, part 2.
>Oh, and if you are really serious about it, of course there is the book by
>Charles Petzold: "Programming Windows 95",(1996), Redmont: Microsoft Press
>- although I never read it, this must be the 'Bible' for Windows
>programmers. Unfortunately, I think you should have a working knowledge of
>C and C++ to really be able to work with this book. The same is true for
>most of the books written on Windows Programming.
It actually uses Microsoft Visual C (which I do not have, I have DJGPP). It
didn't make mention of this outside the cover, so I hoped it was a
language-independant book about introductory programming in Windows95. I
purchased it at a discount of $14 Canadian (the actual price is $67.95
Canadian). I found it to be a disappointment because it seemed like the
author was rushing through to get to the programming without explaining
about the Windows architecture. It's pointless to teach programming in
Windows if you do not understand all of the terminology involved. For
example, what is a two-byte or four-byte boundary? I know what a byte is,
but what is a boundary?
I also saw the hellowin program it used. All that code just to generate a
simple window like that. No wonder I was put off learning about Windows
programming...at least until David Cuny's work came along.
What is required is a tutorial that is language independant, so that we
understand the why of the programming and not just how. If you do not
understand why, you'll just be copying code without understanding what it
does to get what you want.
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