Re: [Dev-C++] Best book

[Carlos d. M. <cg...@wo...>]

I think "Windows Programming" by Rector and Newcomer is a better election, it is either fine for
beinners and it is a little (or more than little) deeper, and it treats more things.
I haven't read Petzold's book, but judging by its TOC and a downloadable version I found
somewhere, it is poorer, and nothing you find in Petzold is missing in Rector's book.
By appearance, Petzold's book has minimal C++ orientation, and Rector's has more. However,
Rector's use afx---.h files (MFC), which is not in dev, but you can read the code an adapt to
whatever c++ library can be for dev. I don't know about the book by Petzold, but I guess in its
C++ code MFC is used, too (if it has C++ code), if not you'll can compile all its examples and
work on them for experimenting.
My experience with "windows programming" is that now I have the "feeling" of windows programmin, I
know what's the way, I know what means the win32API reference (and I guess the Petzold's book
readers would say the same).
If someone knows it and I'm wrong, say it.

Thanks

> Santiago wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> Can anyone recommend a good book for programming wondows applications with c++/devcpp?
>
> Thanks!