What are some good websites for Win32 SDK programming tutorials?
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The best online tutorial with regards to native Win32 programming would have to be The Forger's Win32 API tutorial.
John T
2009-06-04 05:12:26
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The generally accepted bible for Win32 is the Petzold book:
http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Windows%C2%AE-Fifth-Microsoft/dp/157231995X
It's not online, but worth purchasing if you're serious about Win32, IMHO.
William Leara
2009-06-04 05:12:40
In my experience most of the MSDN docs assume you've read Petzold already, even for .NET framework. For example, a lot of the documentation on threads in .NET assumes you understand how they worked in Win32; without Petzold, I would have been utterly lost. If you look around, you can get used copies really cheap. And he's a great writer.
sheepsimulator
2009-06-04 05:32:12
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This is my favorite: Win32 Programming by Rector & Newcomer It is massive and goes through all the basic concepts down to the nuts and bolts about Win32 programming.
BTW: Newcomer has a website also with examples (although more related to MFC) here
Anders K.
2009-06-04 05:45:51
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If you really need a simple starter that will guide you through the basics. You can read "Windows Programming from the Ground Up" by Herbert Schildt. It will be a good forerunner to Charles Petzold. I read Herb Schildt first and then Charles Petzold, and I really was able to understand what Petzold was talking very easily.
Ram
2009-06-04 06:25:48
While old, stuff like this: <http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/schildt.html> has made at least me very weary of Schildt. Just thought I'd mention it.
unwind
2009-06-04 06:38:11
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Avoid tutorials (by kids for kids)
Read the Petzold + Richter + Adv. Win32 Group (news://nntp.aioe.org/comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32)
And avoid Newcomer (newbie in Win32, knows MFC only...)
Domi, you've got a serious attitude problem. Are you going to answer everyone's questions like this?
Robert Harvey
2009-06-04 17:39:55