Re: [Dev-C++] How can I become a great windows programmer?

[Zodiaq <zo...@ac...>]

Hello Daniel and all Dev-C++ users,

Wednesday, November 27, 2002, 4:41:29 PM, Daniel wrote as follows:

DG> crazy thing to ask as I know you don't become one overnight, but how can I 
DG> get on and become good at windows programming? I'm specifically asking for 
DG> tutorials on websites, general tips (don't use/do use wizards in VC++), 
DG> things like that.

Question is really strange... but let me say few things:
-to be good at programming windows app you have to decide how you'll
made them - using MFC, VCL, wxWindows, .NET or in pure WinAPI... well, I use
the last option because I like to see small size of my apps, and the
speed is fastest of mentioned... Yeah, I have write some more code
that I'd have to in i.e. MFC, but these don't matter - I'm master of
my code and I don't have to rely on oversized MFC libs... but choose
one as you shouldn't devide your time into different areas - it's just
waste of it...
-I've chosen WinAPI and there are thousand of examples in C++ in MSDN
and in Platform SDK (which you can download for free from M$ site, it
is also updated fequantly - something like 4 times a year)
-at last, but not least - to be good at something you have to
understand it deeply - I mean every aspect of C++ (templates, exceptions,
OOP) and WinAPI (HANDLEs, msgs, errors, limitations etc.)
- lots of own code...

DG> Daniel

heh, my two grosze...
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regards, Zodiaq