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

[The Tone's. <to...@ds...>]

being a professional programmer myself ...

another technique for being a good programmer is learning how to do basic
research using a search engine to find tutorials/information/implementations on
subject matter that is pertinent.

posting questions like this shows no initiative, no aptitude and shows no
respect for the value of other programmers time ...

Tony

--- Zodiaq <zo...@ac...> wrote:
> 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...

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