RE: Just another Newbie
Hiya Maichael.
I myself have only recently started programming for Windows, having
found that the more usual routes (C++ etc) were pretty awful ways to
an end.
I use Euphoria with the Win32Lib by David Cuny and the IDE by Judith
Evans. the combination has got me into some quite useful programming
in a very short time. Mind you, now I AM having some troubles with the
Windows API, but a useful program suite from Microsoft ControlSpy.Exe
has helped me a lot with messages and notifications and things.
So I'd recommend getting the latest IDE from Judith Evans' site
(http://user.txcyber.com/~camping/judith.html) and the Win32Lib from
David Cuny's site (www.lanset.com/dcuny/win32.htm ). but get them in
that order as you need the not-latest Win32Lib.
And the control spy is at
http://www.microsoft.com/msj/1298/code/controlspy.exe
but it is 2.6Meg or so long!
Great system, I think, I'll never go back to old-style programming,
for Windows anyway!
Andy
Michael McKinley wrote:
> To anyone with ideas...
>
> I am just returning to programming (as a hobby now) since leaving the
> field just as Win95 was being released.
> -don't smirk I am not THAT old <g>-
>
> My programming background is BASIC (QBasic, and GWBasic), Pascal, C+
> (not ++), and Assembly (Peter Norton's books). I have only enough idea
> of what API calls are to be dangerous, and have never written any code
> for a GUI driven OS.
>
> I am looking for suggestions on reading materials, to start getting
> myself up to speed in programming again with the most interest in
> Windows OSes (however suggestions for the Linux world are also
> apreciated, especially RedHat). I am looking for materials that are
> either/both for the impatient (ie "Euphoria Programming for Dummies"
> would be great if there were such a publication) and for the serious
> programmer (ie. "The Guts of Windows API calls for the Overly
> Intellectual yet Socially Challenged")
>
> Any and all comments are apreciated.
> Michael
>
> P.S. If my attempts at humor have offended you please accept an
> insomniacs appologies
>
>
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